Despite having what has felt like a rubbish week, I've tried some lovely new recipes which I thought some of you might like to try.
Caribbean turkey and vegetable stew:
This was beaut - I teamed it with one of Tesco's trusty vegetable cous cous pots (carrot, beetroot, onion, broccoli and baby corn).
I put it in the slow cooker, too, so it was even easier.
Here's the SW recipe (which is for four people):
Ingredients
- 1 red onion, peeled halved and sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and chopped
- 1 tbsp jerk seasoning
- 750g skinless turkey breast steaks, cut into 3cm pieces
- 1 green pepper, deseeded and cut into 2 cm pieces
- 1 yellow pepper, deseeded and cut into 2 cm pieces
- 1 red pepper, deseeded and cut into 2 cm pieces
- 300g cherry tomatoes
- 250g button mushrooms halved
- 1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves
- 400ml chicken stock
- 1 level tbsp gravy granules
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Fresh thyme leaves to garnish
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C Fan/Gas 4.
- Put all the ingredients into a large casserole dish, place over a high heat and bring to the boil. Season well.
- Cover the dish with a lid and transfer to the oven.
- Cook for 1½-2 hours or until the turkey is tender.
- Remove from the oven and garnish with the thyme leaves before serving.
There is one syn per serving in this because of the gravy granules.
Sweet chilli chicken:
This is a new favourite, I think. I love sweet chilli so I couldn't believe I'd not found this recipe sooner. It was also really easy, which was great because I was having my 'I can't be bothered to cook' week.
The recipe says to use chicken thighs but I really don't like thighs, so went for breasts instead. And I halved all the quantities because it was only for two of us.
I served it with a pot of Tesco cauliflower rice/cous cous with some fresh garlic crushed into it (because I hate the taste of it on its own) and some broccoli. It was so, so yummy and I was soooo full after!
Here's the SW recipe (for four people):
Ingredients
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 110ml soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
- 2 tbsp harissa powder
- 12 boneless and skinless chicken thighs
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- A handful of fresh coriander, chopped
Method
- Preheat your oven to 200°C/180°C Fan/Gas 6. Place the garlic, soy sauce, sweet chilli sauce and harissa powder into a small bowl and mix. Pour over the chicken and toss together to coat evenly.
- Place the chicken in a single layer on a non-stick baking tray. Season and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until cooked through
- Remove the chicken from the oven, scatter over the coriander and serve with the lime juice squeezed over.
I did mine in a little dish (like a lasagne dish) because I wanted it to cook in the sauce and have the sauce to pour over afterwards, rather than it all swishing around a baking tray.
This recipe has 1/2 a syn per serving for the sweet chilli sauce.
Turkey burgers:
I can't remember whether I have shared this recipe before or not... If I have, you've got it again now! I absolutely love these burgers, they are so packed with taste and flavour and are really easy to make, too (always a bonus).
The recipe is for four people but I like them that much I make it stretch to two, so have two rather than one. #Fatty
I served it with, again, a Tesco pot of butternut squash spaghetti and a salad (the first salad I've had in ages actually!) I also had a bit of passata/chilli/garlic leftover in the fridge from doing pizza-topped chicken so I whacked that on for a bit more flavour.
Here's the SW recipe (again, for four people):
Ingredients
- 450g lean turkey mince (5% fat or less)
- 1 small onion, grated
- 3 small courgettes, grated
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 level tsp grated fresh root ginger
- 1 egg yolk
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
- Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl until well combined. Divide the mixture into four and shape into burgers using your hands.
- Preheat the grill to a medium setting. Line a grill rack with foil and arrange the burgers on top. Cook for 6-7 minutes on each side until cooked through.
I used a similar recipe to this last week, actually, to make turkey/courgette meatballs. So if burgers aren't really your thing, it's definitely easy to adapt to other shapes (and it made sooo many meatballs there was some left for lunch - even with a fatty like me!)
Best thing about it is it is syn free (as long as you use mince that is 5% fat or less).
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