Month: July 2020

Quick Lasagne On The Table In 10 Mins

Who doesn’t love lasagne?? i know we do, but when you are busy with work, kids or it’s just the hottest day ever who wants to be stood over and hob or oven making lasagne – i know i dont!

So i devised this quick easy method of cutting down cooking time and prep time to get an individual lasagne on the table in 10 mins – yes it really can be done, you can also use this method for bigger portions too.

You will see for the white sauce i used a cream cheese yes its a cheat but its one worth trying it really does save all the messing around creating a sauce, but as always use whichever sauce you like.

For the base part (Ragu) of my lasagne i use my slow cooker spaghetti bolognese recipe it works well and again another easy prep meal – the recipe makes 4 portions and freezes well. Press here for the recipe https://julesthelazycook.co.uk/2016/09/19/spaghetti-bolognese/

by julessmithie

Pork & Apple Burger

Another recipe ticked off my to do list 😂 and i have to say it did not disappoint! I decided in this recipe not to use an apple grated which you can do if you wish i opted for using apple sauce from a jar as i think its much sweeter and works better with the pork, but use whichever you have and like.

Very few ingredients in the one as i didn’t want to overpower the apple taste, i used a spring onion instead of traditional onions as they are not as powerful in taste and just added a lovely background flavour. My top tip is to add a pinch of salt and pepper as it really does bring all the flavours out within the burger – this is my worst trait not seasoning food drives Graeme mad 🤣🤣🙈

This mix makes 4 burgers but i decided to make 3 what i would say were quarter pounder size burgers, but you can make them as big or as small as you wish.

by julessmithie

Chipolte Potato Bites

I love potatoes and think they are a really inexpensive way of bulking out a meal especially if you have children.

These were really good that subtle hit of Chipolte worked a treat – the spice i used is from https://www.spicentice.com/ use discount code JULES20 for 20% off any order (AFFILIATE)

I always par boil my potatoes using the microwave method i just find it easier especially if the hob is full of pans trying to get other parts of the meal cooked, plus it cuts down on cooking time in the oven. As you will see i dont use my oven to cook these i use a halogen but the temperatures and times given are for a conventional oven.

Why do i use a halogen??? cost basically – the cost of heating an oven to temperature and then cooking can be horrendous when you are just cooking a few potatoes – a halogen heats immediately and the cost is hugely reduced due to the heating methods they use. You will find the one i use on my Amazon Shop press here https://julesthelazycook.co.uk/2019/04/16/amazon-shop/

NOTE:- the “how to” for the potatoes is in the 2nd part of the below video

by julessmithie

Sticky Sweet Chilli Chicken Nuggets

Another fantastic Meat Free Monday recipe and this one is not only super quick but super tasty too. I have made this vegetarian by using Quorn Chicken nuggets but you can use any chicken nuggets you like to suit what your family likes.

I served mine with a huge stir fry and noodles but this will work equally as well with rice. This really is the simplest recipe ever the only tip i have is when creating the sauce do not take your eyes off pan as the sauce reduces very quickly and you need to make sure you have enough left to coat the chicken.

by julessmithie

Flaming Hot Wotsit Chicken

Over the years i have made lots of chicken recipes covered in crisps and to be honest they all work and add bags of flavour without the need to create spices that give a desired taste.

This is a really simple recipe however i made a mistake when making this batch and it goes along this line, because the crisps when crushed are basically “dust” they absorb liquid very easily, so when you dip them in the egg they will quickly start absorbing that liquid and become soggy.

So my top tips – when crushing the Wotsits DON’T crush them into a fine crumb leave some bigger chunkier bits this will help with the sogginess also don’t spray them with oil before putting them into the oven again they crisps will just absorb the liquid.

I cooked mine in the air fryer but you can easily cook them in the oven if you wish. My air fryer is on my Amazon Shop press here and look under kitchen gadgets https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/julesthelazycook

by julessmithie

Sticky Hoisin Duck Stir Fry

What an absolute winner this was i really could not believe how good this vegetarian duck is. The biggest question is does it taste like duck – the short answer is yes! the texture was fantastic and it really does “mimick” duck well.

I decided to make a stir fry out of mine but you could use this as a basis for a Chinese Fakeaway, from frozed the duck i used takes 7 mins to cook perfect for a mid week meal too.

You can make this recipe using duck breast or leg cooked in a pan, grill pan, or an electric grill or in the oven – once cooked shred it with 2 forks and follow the below recipe.

Below is the duck i used which i purchased from Tesco but im sure Asda or other supermarkets will have it in stock.

by julessmithie