hmmmm comfort food

Hi all,

Well its been comfort eating here in the mad house.

Just a quick post as knowing me i'll lose the recipe!

jambalaya 

2 tbsp veg oil
200g sausage, sliced into chunks
2 tbsp paprika
1 tbsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp chilli powder
1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper
1 tsp salt
1 tin of chopped tomatoes
2 peppers sliced thinly
2 onions, sliced thin
300 grams of long grain rice
1 litre of chicken stock
3 cloves of garlic crushed


Heat oil, add onion and garlic, when browned add the sliced sausage and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes. Add the paprika, cumin, chilli powder, black pepper, and salt. and stir for about a minute till sausage is coated. Add the tomatoes and cook for a few minutes to thicken. Add peppers and stir.

Stir in the rice and mix well. Add the stock, turn the heat to low and cover. Takes about 45 minutes to an hour to cook. When the ric e is cooked its done. Then serve.

We all really enjoyed it.

Back soon 

kez x

something new :)

Stuffed cabbage in tomato sauce served with risotto.

Stuffed Cabbage
6 Cabbage leaves (boiled in water for about 6 minutes)
250g red lentils
250g yellow split peas
salt
pepper
chilli powder

Tomato Sauce

1 large onion sliced
2 cloves of garlic crushed
2 tins of chopped tomatoes
2 tabsp of tomato puree
1 pint of water
2 tbsp of dried Italian herbs (optional)
Pre heat oven to gas mark 4

While the cabbage is boiling,place lentils and yellow split peas into another pan with boiling water add spices and leave to cook till lentils and split peas are soft.
Drain cabbage leaves and leave to cool.

At the same time make the tomato sauce
fry one large onion, 2 cloves of crushed garlic when cooked place in a casserole  dish or baking tray
add the tomatoes, tomato puree and stir.



Next make get a cabbage leaf and place large spoonfuls of lentils into and roll up in a pasty shape and place into the casserole dish with the tomatoes. do this till the cabbage leave have all been filled.
Next place the water over the cabbage leave and lightly mix it with the tomato sauce. add more salt and pepper and place in the oven for about 40 minutes.

Whilst this cooking make the risotto.

300g Tesco Long Grain Rice (40p per kilo)
2 veg stock cubes ( 8 cubes for 10p sainsburys basics)
water (paid for courtesy of northumbrian water)
2 garlic cloves (from 20p head of garlic)
black pepper (1p)
cheese (about 35p) 
 onion (15p)


Risotto

one large onion chopped and finely sliced.
2 garlic cloves (crushed)
300g of long grain rice
1litre of veg stock 
1 tbsp of black pepper
30 grams of strong cheddar cheese


Fry onions  and garlic till soft
add the rice and stir till fully coated in oil
Then  add the stock bit by bit till fully absorbed.
If the rice isn't cooked just add more water till it it.
Add the cheese and fully stir into the risotto.
Place the cabbage onto a plate with some tomato sauce and risotto and serve.

Makes a very filling meal  :)


Till tomorrow :)

Sausage and stuffing plait.

Hi all

Been a another cold and blustery day. 

Spent the day at my sisters drinking tea, cofee and chatting about life, kids basically anything and evrything.

Another recipe for you to try, i'm sorry i don't have pictures daft phone decided to run out of battery.

Sausage and stuffing plait.
1 large onion (thinly sliced and diced) (10p)
4 cloves of  crushed garlic (optional) (20p)
1 pack of basic sausage meat (494grams) (£1.45)
1 pack of puff pastry (£1.00)
1 pack of basic sage and onion stuffing (15p)
Fry onion and garlic till cooked and place into a bowl.
Mix the dried stuffing with the onions
Mix the above with the sausage meat.
Roll out pastry into a rectangle shape.
Fill the middle of the pastry with the meat mix, then fold pastry over into a sausage roll shape.
Place onto a greased baking tray and cook till pastry is brown, about 25 mins.
Serve hot or cold.
The above did us two meals with extras for the boys.
The first meal we had it had it with was veg, mash and gravy for one meal.
The second meals was sausage plait with chips and beans.

The plait can also be frozen and eaten cold, so very flexible meal.

Till tomorrow

Kez x