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Chicken, Cauliflower, Broccoli Pasta Bake

Chicken, Cauliflower, Broccoli Pasta Bake

For the “Q” in our Ingredients Alphabet we used Quark as the base for the Cheese sauce.

Ingredients:-

2 cooked Chicken breasts, cubed
Cauliflower and Broccoli, cut into florets
Mature Cheddar Cheese, grated
200ml Quark
Milk
Pasta ( Gluten free in our case )
2 cloves of Garlic, grated
½ a large Onion, chopped
Mixed Herbs
Black Pepper
Salt & Vinegar crisps crushed
Oil and Margarine

Method:-

(1) Gentle Blanch the Cauliflower and Broccoli and drain.
(2) Boil the Pasta until it has a little bite and drain.
(3) Fry the Onions and Garlic in the Oil and Margarine and season with Salt & Pepper.
(4) Add the Chicken and heat through.
(5) Add ½ Quark and ½ Milk as the foundation of your sauce.
(6) Add ¾ of your grated Cheese.
(7) Add mixed herbs and Pepper to season.
(8) Add the Onions and Garlic and stir in.
(9) Add the Broccoli and Cauliflower and stir in.
(10) Stir in the Pasta.
(11) Transfer to an oven proof casserole.
(12) Sprinkle with the crushed Crisps and the remaining grated Cheese.
(13) Bake at 180c for 20 minutes or so until the Cheese has melted and slightly browned.

We made some Gluten free Galic bread and cobbled together a salad. It was very tasty.

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Doner Kebab Wraps

It’s not often that we have Lamb as it’s often out of our budget. But when a pack of Lamb mince appeared in the discount fridge at £1.50 - Strange ideas started to form……

Kebab Ingredients:-

250g of Lamb Mince
1 Onion, sliced
3 Cloves of Garlic, minced
50g Breadcrumbs (Gluten free in out case)
1 tsp Cumin
1 tsp Ground Coriander
1 tsp Dried Oregano
¼ tsp Smoked Paprika
Salt & Pepper
Oil

Method:-

(1) Heat the oven to 180c.
(2) Add all the ingredients excluding the Oil in a food processor and pulse until smooth and combined.
(3) Oil a sheet of Foil and place the mixture in the middle.
(4) Mould into a long Sausage shape.
(5) Roll the foil around tightly and twist both ends to seal.
(6) Lay on a baking tray and roast for 35 to 40 minutes.
(7) Leave to rest for 10 minutes.
(8) Remove the foil and place under the grill, turning occasionally to brown.
(9) Allow to rest again and then cut thinly.

We had a home made hot Chilli Sauce, Yogurt and Mint dip as sides. Wrapped the Kebab meat in Gluten free wraps with salad and chips. OK generally this is a dish to fall asleep in after a night out in the pub. But the Pubs aren’t open and we’d not go at the moment if we could afford to….. Plague, you know!

 

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