Nachos

Nachos
Nachos
Servings:3
Preparation Time:5
Cooking Time:3
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Ingredients

  • 175 grams plain tortilla chips
  • 200 grams salsa
  • 3 Spring onions sliced
  • 100 grams grated cheese
  • crushed chilli flakes
  • jalapenos optional
  • sour cream or guacamole

Method

  1. Put tortilla chips on to a baking tray, pour over salsa and scatter over a few sliced spring onions.
  2. Add your grated cheese, plus a pinch of crushed chilli flakes and jalapenos (optional) then put under a hot grill for around 3 minutes to melt the cheese. Serve with soured cream or guacamole (optional). Enjoy!

Chilli Cheese Nachos

Chilli Cheese Nachos
Chilli Cheese Nachos
Servings:8
Preparation Time:20
Cooking Time:30
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Ingredients

  • 450 g lean ground beef
  • 3/4 cup white onion finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup red bell pepper finely chopped
  • 4 cloves garlic chopped
  • 2 tbsp chili powder
  • 1 tbsp ground cumin
  • 2 tsp Oregano
  • 1 tsp Coriander
  • 400 g chopped tomatoes
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 250 g tortilla chips
  • 2 cups shredded cheese

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
  2. Fry beef, onion, pepper and garlic in a large pan over a medium heat for10 minutes.
  3. Stir in chili powder, cumin, oregano and coriander
  4. Stir for 30 seconds and add tomatoes and water and simmer for 5 minutes.
  5. Top chips with the chili and cheese. Bake until the cheese is melted, about 7 minutes.

Kiwi & Banana Smoothie

Kiwi & Banana Smoothie
Kiwi & Banana Smoothie
Servings:1
Preparation Time:5
Cooking Time:0
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Ingredients

  • 125 ml Alpro Almond Milk
  • 0.5 Banana
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 2 Kiwi fruit

Method

  1. Whiz all the ingredients together in your blender for about one minute, decant into glass and enjoy!

Christmas Pigs in Blankets

Christmas Pigs in Blankets
Christmas Pigs in Blankets
Tuck into a delicious Christmas treat.
Servings:4
Preparation Time:5
Cooking Time:30
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Ingredients

  • Chipolata Sausages
  • Streaky Bacon
  • 200 g Sure setting sugar
  • 200 ml Fresh orange juice
  • 450 g Fresh or Frozen Cranberry

Method

  1. Wrap chipolata sausages in streaky bacon and oven cook for 30 mins
  2. Pour your sugar and orange juice into a deep saucepan, bring to the boil.
  3. Stir in the cranberries, then simmer until tender but still holding their shape.
  4. This will take about 5 mins if using frozen cranberries or 8-10 mins if using fresh.
  5. Once of the boil, pour into jam jars and put the lid on tight
  6. The cranberry sauce will thicken as it cools in the jars

Banana Ice Cream

Banana Ice Cream
Banana Ice Cream
Making homemade ice cream is easier than you think! Give everybody something to salivate over with this delicious treat.
Servings:4
Preparation Time:10
Cooking Time:
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Ingredients

  • 6 Bananas
  • 1 Dark Cooking Chocolate
  • 1 litre Fresh Milk

Method

  1. Make sure the bananas are over ripe for this one.
  2. Mash 6 bananas with milk until you get a soft consistency.
  3. Break up the dark chocolate into mini pieces and mix in.
  4. Place in a bowl and put into the freezer overnight.
  5. When serving, leave to thaw for about 20 mins before.
  6. Garnish with shaven chocolate and preferred fruit

Easy Onion Rings

Easy Onion Rings
Easy Onion Rings
A seriously tasty side!
Servings:4
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Ingredients

  • 150 g self raising flour
  • Sunflower oil
  • 1 onion cut into 1cm slices
  • 180 ml Sparkling water

Method

  1. Slice onion into rings about 1cm wide.
  2. Remove the skin and separate the rings.
  3. Heat the oil to 180oC in a heavy-based pan - it should be no more than 1/3 full.
  4. Put the flour and sparkling water in a bowl and season generously.
  5. Whisk together to form a batter.
  6. Coat a small batch of onion rings in batter. Carefully lower into the hot oil and deep-fry until crisp and golden, about 2 - 3 minutes.
  7. Remove with a spoon and place on piece of kitchen towel to drain.
  8. Repeat with the remaining onion and batter.

Rainbow Fruit Kebabs

Rainbow Fruit Kebabs
Rainbow Fruit Kebabs
Servings:8
Preparation Time:5
Cooking Time:0
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Ingredients

  • 2 Apples cut into chunks
  • 2 Bananas chopped
  • 2 Kiwi cut into chunks
  • 8 Strawberries cut in half
  • 16 Red and Green Grapes quartered
  • 8 Pineapple Chunks chunks
  • 8 Wooden Skewers

Method

  1. Wash the fruit.
  2. Peel the banana and kiwi.
  3. Chop the banana, apple, pineapple and kiwi into 8 bite size chunks and cut the strawberries in half and quarter the grapes.
  4. Carefully thread the chopped fruit onto the wooden skewers.

Super Green Smoothie

Super Green Smoothie
Super Green Smoothie
Servings:2
Preparation Time:5
Cooking Time:2
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Ingredients

  • Fresh Spinach
  • 1 cup Fresh Pineapple
  • 1 Kiwi Peeled and chopped
  • 2 Celery Stalks Chopped
  • 1 inch Root Ginger Peeled
  • 1 cup water

Method

  1. Pop all of your ingredients into a blender and give it a whizz!

Oaty Banana Bread

Oaty Banana Bread
Oaty Banana Bread
Grab those over-ripe bananas you’ve left in the fruit bowl and make some Oaty Banana Bread!
Servings:4
Preparation Time:15
Cooking Time:60
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Ingredients

  • 200 g self raising flour
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 50 g porridge oats
  • 3 Bananas mashed
  • 2 Eggs
  • 3 tbsp Natural low-fat yogurt
  • 1 tbsp honey

Method

  1. Preheat your oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
  2. Line a 2lb loaf tin with baking paper.
  3. Sieve the flour with the cinnamon into a large mixing bowl and stir in the oats.
  4. Add the banana, eggs, yoghurt and honey and mix together well using a hand mixer.
  5. Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and bake for about an hour (55-60 minutes).
  6. Use a skewer to test it is cooked in the middle – when it is, the skewer will come out clean.
  7. Remove from the oven, cool slightly in the tin and then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely before serving.

Butter Bean Houmous

Butter Bean Hummus
Butter Bean Hummus
A healthy snack or starter - this Butter Bean Hummus can be served with sticks of raw veg like carrots or cucumber or pita bread
Servings:4
Preparation Time:15
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Ingredients

  • 400 g tin butter beans (drained, juice kept)
  • 3 cloves garlic crushed
  • 2 dessert spoons peanut butter
  • 1 tbsp cooking oil or olive oil

Method

  1. Put crushed garlic in a food processor, blitz to chop finely.
  2. Next, add the butterbeans and the peanut butter and blitz again, seasoning with salt and pepper.
  3. Add oil and if mix looks too dry add a little of the juice from the tin and blitz once more to amalgamate.
  4. Serve with raw vegetables such as cauliflower florets, celery or carrot sticks.