Where can i get some quick, easy meal ideas?!
my boyfriend is doing a catering course in college!. he needs to come up with a quick and easy 2 course meal!. any ideas anyone!?!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
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well i am a HUGE pasta lover and I would recommend these really yummy frozen pastas you can get at a grocery store!.!. the ones I have tried and really like don't come in boxes but they come in like a plastic tray with a plastic covering over them!. I think one brand name is S&N or something like that but I'm sure there are quite a few more out there too!. They come in spaghetti, raviolli, stuffed shells, manicotti, etc!. It is DEFINITELY something I recommend trying, plus it's already made, you just follow the cooking directions and that's it!.
also there's mac & cheese!. The recipe I use is after you cook your pasta, you put a layer of it in a pan, put butter and cheese on that layer, add another layer, and you keep repeating the process it's full!. Then at the top layer you pour a bit of milk on it, cover it with aluminum foil and bake for about 30min or so, then uncover it and bake it for maybe another 30min or until you can't see the milk anymore!.
I can also recommend soup, where you buy the broth and put whatever ingredients you would like in it!. Just watch the pepper, I learned that the hard way :)
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also there's mac & cheese!. The recipe I use is after you cook your pasta, you put a layer of it in a pan, put butter and cheese on that layer, add another layer, and you keep repeating the process it's full!. Then at the top layer you pour a bit of milk on it, cover it with aluminum foil and bake for about 30min or so, then uncover it and bake it for maybe another 30min or until you can't see the milk anymore!.
I can also recommend soup, where you buy the broth and put whatever ingredients you would like in it!. Just watch the pepper, I learned that the hard way :)
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Matambre - Argentine rolled, stuffed flank steak
Ingredients
2 two-pound (1 kg) flank steaks
1/2 cup (125 ml) red wine vinegar
1 tsp!. (5 ml) finely chopped garlic
1 tsp!. (5 ml) dried thyme
3 cups (750 ml) beef stock
1 to 3 cups (250 to 750 ml) cold water
The Stuffing:
1/2 lb!. (200 g) fresh spinach, washed, drained, and trimmed of stems
8 carrots, scraped, cooked, 6 to 8 inches long
4 hard boiled eggs, cut into quarters lengthwise
1 large onion, sliced into rings
1/4 (60 ml) cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
Ground black pepper (to taste)
1 Tbsp!. (15 ml) coarse salt
Method
Butterfly the steaks by slicing them horizontally from one long side to within 1/2 inch (1 cm) of the opposite side!. Pound the steaks between plastic wrap to flatten them further!. Trim of all sinew and fat!. Lay one steak cut side up on a 12"x18" jelly-roll pan!. Sprinkle with half the vinegar, half the garlic, and half the thyme!. Cover with the other steak, also cut side up, and sprinkle with remaining vinegar, garlic, and thyme!. Cover and marinate for 6 hours at room temperature, or overnight in the refrigerator!. Lay the steaks end-to-end, in the direction of the grain of the meat, so that they overlap by about two inches!. Pound the overlapping area to join them securely!. Spread the spinach leaves evenly over the meat, and arrange the carrots across the grain of the meat in parallel rows about 3 inches apart!. Place the egg quarters between the carrots!. Scatter the onion rings over the meat, and sprinkle the surface with the parsley, salt and pepper!. Carefully roll the matambre with the grain, jelly-roll style, into a thick, long cylinder!. Tie at 1 inch intervals!. Place the matambre in a large casserole or roasting pan along with the beef stock!. Add enough cold water to come a third of the way up the roll!. Cover tightly and bake at 375° for one hour!. To serve hot, remove the matambre to a cutting board and let rest for 10 minutes!. Remove strings and cut into 1/4 inch slices!. Moisten with a little pan liquid, which can also be served on the side!. Alternately, press the matambre under weights to until the juices drain off, refrigerate thoroughly, and slice as above!. Serves 8 to 10!.
You can either serve it on a bed of rice, or double the amount of potatoeand serve it alone!. Accompany it with a dressed green salad and a bowl ofpickled cucumbers!.The traditional Thai table also offers chillies in fish sauce(prik nampla) chillies in vinegar (prik nam som or prik dong), powdered chilli(prik phon - not to be confused with the powdered chilli mix sold as chillipowder in the US - it only contains chillis), sugar, and often MSG!. You can if you wish add about a teaspoon of MSG to the above recipe to bringout the flavors, but I personally don't think it is necesary!.
Medianyk (Honey Cake)
Ingredients
4 oz Butter
4 lg Eggs
14 oz Honey
14 oz Unbleached All-Purpose Flour -; 3 Cups
1/2 ts Ground Ginger
1/2 ts Ground Nutmeg
1/2 ts Ground Cloves
1 ts Cinnamon
2 ts Baking Powder
Method
Cream the butter and separate the eggs!. Add the room temperature yolks, one at a time, to the butter and beat well!. Mix in the honey!. Sift the flour, baking powder, and spices twice and add to the butter mixture!. Whip the egg whites until stiff!. Fold a little of the egg whites into the batter, then add the rest of them, folding them gently into the batter!. Pour the batter into a guttered and floured loaf pan!. Bake in a preheated 350 Degrees F!. oven until firm on top and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour!. Cool, in the pan, for 10 minutes, then remove and finish cooling on a wire rack!. Makes 10 Servings!.
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Ingredients
2 two-pound (1 kg) flank steaks
1/2 cup (125 ml) red wine vinegar
1 tsp!. (5 ml) finely chopped garlic
1 tsp!. (5 ml) dried thyme
3 cups (750 ml) beef stock
1 to 3 cups (250 to 750 ml) cold water
The Stuffing:
1/2 lb!. (200 g) fresh spinach, washed, drained, and trimmed of stems
8 carrots, scraped, cooked, 6 to 8 inches long
4 hard boiled eggs, cut into quarters lengthwise
1 large onion, sliced into rings
1/4 (60 ml) cup fresh parsley, finely chopped
Ground black pepper (to taste)
1 Tbsp!. (15 ml) coarse salt
Method
Butterfly the steaks by slicing them horizontally from one long side to within 1/2 inch (1 cm) of the opposite side!. Pound the steaks between plastic wrap to flatten them further!. Trim of all sinew and fat!. Lay one steak cut side up on a 12"x18" jelly-roll pan!. Sprinkle with half the vinegar, half the garlic, and half the thyme!. Cover with the other steak, also cut side up, and sprinkle with remaining vinegar, garlic, and thyme!. Cover and marinate for 6 hours at room temperature, or overnight in the refrigerator!. Lay the steaks end-to-end, in the direction of the grain of the meat, so that they overlap by about two inches!. Pound the overlapping area to join them securely!. Spread the spinach leaves evenly over the meat, and arrange the carrots across the grain of the meat in parallel rows about 3 inches apart!. Place the egg quarters between the carrots!. Scatter the onion rings over the meat, and sprinkle the surface with the parsley, salt and pepper!. Carefully roll the matambre with the grain, jelly-roll style, into a thick, long cylinder!. Tie at 1 inch intervals!. Place the matambre in a large casserole or roasting pan along with the beef stock!. Add enough cold water to come a third of the way up the roll!. Cover tightly and bake at 375° for one hour!. To serve hot, remove the matambre to a cutting board and let rest for 10 minutes!. Remove strings and cut into 1/4 inch slices!. Moisten with a little pan liquid, which can also be served on the side!. Alternately, press the matambre under weights to until the juices drain off, refrigerate thoroughly, and slice as above!. Serves 8 to 10!.
You can either serve it on a bed of rice, or double the amount of potatoeand serve it alone!. Accompany it with a dressed green salad and a bowl ofpickled cucumbers!.The traditional Thai table also offers chillies in fish sauce(prik nampla) chillies in vinegar (prik nam som or prik dong), powdered chilli(prik phon - not to be confused with the powdered chilli mix sold as chillipowder in the US - it only contains chillis), sugar, and often MSG!. You can if you wish add about a teaspoon of MSG to the above recipe to bringout the flavors, but I personally don't think it is necesary!.
Medianyk (Honey Cake)
Ingredients
4 oz Butter
4 lg Eggs
14 oz Honey
14 oz Unbleached All-Purpose Flour -; 3 Cups
1/2 ts Ground Ginger
1/2 ts Ground Nutmeg
1/2 ts Ground Cloves
1 ts Cinnamon
2 ts Baking Powder
Method
Cream the butter and separate the eggs!. Add the room temperature yolks, one at a time, to the butter and beat well!. Mix in the honey!. Sift the flour, baking powder, and spices twice and add to the butter mixture!. Whip the egg whites until stiff!. Fold a little of the egg whites into the batter, then add the rest of them, folding them gently into the batter!. Pour the batter into a guttered and floured loaf pan!. Bake in a preheated 350 Degrees F!. oven until firm on top and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 1 hour!. Cool, in the pan, for 10 minutes, then remove and finish cooling on a wire rack!. Makes 10 Servings!.
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Home made pizza recipe
To make the base you need 4oz Self raising flour 3/4 oz of Marge and a pinch of salt!. Mix those all together until it resembles breadcrumbs!. Then add enough milk to mix it all together making a, dough like substance, it needs to be together enough for you to roll it out!.
It then sits in the bottom of your frying pan you can add a little bit of oil but if you have a non stick pan its not necessary you then chuck any topping you like on while it is in the pan I generally use tomato paste for the base then ham mushroom and plenty of cheese! Then turn your grill on and put the frying pan under it to top it all off make sure the handle pokes out!
Enjoy! Its been a firm family favourite in my house since I was a kid and as you can add anything you like most people will eat it!.
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To make the base you need 4oz Self raising flour 3/4 oz of Marge and a pinch of salt!. Mix those all together until it resembles breadcrumbs!. Then add enough milk to mix it all together making a, dough like substance, it needs to be together enough for you to roll it out!.
It then sits in the bottom of your frying pan you can add a little bit of oil but if you have a non stick pan its not necessary you then chuck any topping you like on while it is in the pan I generally use tomato paste for the base then ham mushroom and plenty of cheese! Then turn your grill on and put the frying pan under it to top it all off make sure the handle pokes out!
Enjoy! Its been a firm family favourite in my house since I was a kid and as you can add anything you like most people will eat it!.
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I like "Quick and Easy" menus at:
http://www!.epicurious!.com/recipesmenus/q!.!.!.
or maybe:
http://www!.recipezaar!.com/Www@FoodAQ@Com
http://www!.epicurious!.com/recipesmenus/q!.!.!.
or maybe:
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www!.bbc!.co!.uk/food
I love that site, you can search for ingredients for food!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I love that site, you can search for ingredients for food!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Most websites will give you ideas!.
Have some soup and croutons as an entree!. and some chicken fried rice!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Have some soup and croutons as an entree!. and some chicken fried rice!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Simple and delicious magazine!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
eatingwell!.com
kraftfoods!.com
foodtv!.comWww@FoodAQ@Com
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stuffed chicken with noodles or salad or rice or cous cousWww@FoodAQ@Com
chicken n mushroom pot noodle an chips with buttered bread and a banana milkshake!.!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
www!.bettycrocker!.comWww@FoodAQ@Com
I find that UKTV FOOD has many recipes and helpful tips!. http://uktv!.co!.uk/food/Www@FoodAQ@Com
rachel ray's show on food network
they have some 30 minute meals on one of her showsWww@FoodAQ@Com
they have some 30 minute meals on one of her showsWww@FoodAQ@Com
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