Thursday 25 August 2011

Stuffed Mushrooms


Ingredients:
  • 2 tomatoes, diced
  • 6 large portobello mushrooms
  • 4 garlic cloves, chopped
  • lemon juice
  • 1 leek, chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • fresh basil, chopped
  • grated cheese
  • fresh parsley
  • olive oil, salt and pepper
Instructions:

Heat up olive oil, fry onion, add tomatoes, garlic, leek, salt and pepper to taste-saute ingredients
Squeeze about 1 tbsp lemon over the ingredients
Add basil
Heat up the oven to 240C fan.
Stuff the mushrooms with the ingredients and top it with cheese
Bake for about 12 mins, then sprinkle with parsley and enjoy!
They taste absolutely wonderful!!

Monday 15 August 2011

Juicy Lucy Pears


Ingredients:

  • 350g fruits- strawberries and blueberries
  • 2tbsp sugar free blueberry jam
  • 3 medium-sized ripe pears , peeled, quartered and cored
  • 50g wholemeal breadcrumbs
  • 25g butter , melted
Instructions

Preheat the oven to 190C/gas 5/ fan 170C. Mix the fruits in a large bowl with jam, then add the pears and toss to mix. Tip into a deep baking dish, cover with foil and roast in the oven for 20 minutes. Pierce a pear or two to see if they are really tender; if not, return dish to the oven for another 5 minutes or until they feel soft.
Mix breadcrumbs with the butter and scatter over the fruit. Bake uncovered in the oven for 10-15 minutes or until golden and crispy. Serve hot.

Jacket Potato with tuna

Ingredients:

  • Potato
  • small can of tuna in spring water
  • half onion, diced
  • 1tsp egg free mayo
  • salt and pepper
  • salad and some vegs to serve
Instructions

Wash and dry the potato, then prick the skin few times, wrap it in foil and put it in the preheated to 250C (fan) oven.
In the mean time mix tuna, onion, mayo and salt and pepper, put it in the fridge to cool.
Once the potato is cooked cut it in half and top it with tuna salad, serve with salad and vegs.

Great lunch :)