My Cook Book: Robbie's Recipes

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Chilli food4thought p114

Chinese stir fry +sauce4noodle birdnests for family of 5.2tbs hoisin. 2tbs soy. 1tbs tom puree. Recipe$20073tbs hoisin. 1tbs soy. 1tsp sesame. 1tsp chilli. 2 tbs sherry. half tbs tom puree.

Eggs
poached egg: 1tbs vinegar in pan water, cook egg for 3 mins.
scrambled egg3 eggs (=6floz) 2 tbs milk (=2floz) salt+pepper
1. fork, microwave 1min.
2. fork again, microwave 0.5min.
3. repeat stage 2 till total is 2 or 2.5 mins.

Flapjacks: Good Housekpg p284.

Gravy: fry onion & garlic in generous amount of olive oil till browned.add 1 heaped tsp cornflour & 3/4pint cold water (or stock) and stir continuously.add tom puree, thyme (or, better, fresh herbs) & stock cube.

Greek salad: Make separate helpings of the following so that LHR can mix to taste. Pitta Hummus Olives Tomato Cucumber Feta Mozarella and Nuts

Lentil & cheese bake (wedges). Cranks recipe book 1992 p130. onion garlic225g red lentils450ml water Fry onions and garlic. Add all other ingredients

Lentil soup - see roadlesstraveller.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/lentil-soup.html

Pancakes  1. Crepe: 8oz flour, 1pint milk/water, 2 eggs, salt, (50g oil instead of 50ml water?).  Scotch: 200g flour (SR or 4 level tsp Baking powder), 200ml milk, 2egg, 50g sugar, serves4 - Recipe$2006

Pasta  100g/adult, 50g/child. nocarbonara OR creme fraiche.
1. NOCARBONARADefrost 4 vegebacon slicesChop mushrooms for 4
people Cook pasta or spaghetti Fry mushrooms and frozen peas in deep frying pan.Fry vegebacon separately in shallow frying pan for 3 mins. Add 200ml crème fraiche to frying pan, plus grated cheese, and mix together with mushrooms and peas and pasta.
2. CREME FRAICHE Fry courgette, mushroom, pepper, etc. Add 200g crème fraiche (Yeo valley organic 200g tub). Heat till bubbling. Add a handful of grated cheese (pref Emmental but cd use Cheddar) and melt in. You can add pesto.
3. OPTIONS plain spag with nuts / No fried vegebacon, but with black olives / vice versa.

Pasta ricotta Fry courgette, mushroom, pepper, etc. Add 200g crème fraiche (Yeo valley organic 200g tub). Heat till bubbling. Add a handful of grated cheese (pref Emmental but cd use Cheddar) and melt in.

Quiche without pastry by Kay.  Roast veg and put in in ovenproof dish. Whisk 4 eggs (can add pesto sauce)
and some milk as for quiche, and pour over.  Bake in oven.

Sauce, white/bechamel/roux 2008. 1 rounded tbs white plain flour; 40g butter; 0.75pint milk; tsp mustard. Can make nice veg bake with leftover veg: in pyrex dish, cover veg with sauce, inlc heap of grated cheddar; cover mix with breadcrumbs; bake at 180C 30mins.