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Chicken Souvlaki

Ingredients: 

300 g oven-fry chips 4 medium pita breads 1 regular size BBQ chicken, shredded Lettuce leaves, shredded 1 cup shredded, tasty cheese 1 tomato, diced Dressing/sauce of choice

1. Cook oven fries according to packet directions. 2. Toast pita breads in a sandwich press for approximately one minute. 3. Divide chicken, lettuce, cheese, tomato and chips over each pita bread. 4. Roll tightly and wrap in foil Serves 4 Sourced with permission from www.bestrecipes.com.au and written by Marie.

Tuna Mornay

Ingredients: 

1 1/2 cups rice 3 cups water 1 large tin tuna in sprignwater, drained 3 cups skim milk 1 1/2 cups low fat grated cheese 2 tablespoons cornflour or plain flour pinch nutmeg grated low fat cheese, extra 1 cup breadcrumbs

1- Cook rice. (see Basic Cooking Skills) 2- Combine flour with 1/2 cup milk in large saucepan, stir until smooth, then add remaining milk. Cook, stirring continuously over medium heat on stove, until mixture thickens and boils. 3- When boiling, take off heat, and add grated cheese and nutmeg. Stir through. 4- Add tuna and cooked rice to saucepan, and stir through. 5- Pour mixture into a large baking dish, sprinkle with extra grated cheese and breadcrumbs, and bake in oven (at 180 degrees C) for around 30 minutes or until top is crispy. Serves 4

Chicken Paella

Ingredients: 

4 cups chicken stock
½ teaspoon saffron
½ cup oil
2 large onions, sliced
1 red capsicum, sliced
1 green capsicum, sliced
1½ cups rice
2 cloves crushed garlic
400g can tomato
10-15 slices from a stick of pepperoni, or sliced sausage, e.g chorizo
1 cup peas
Salt and pepper
Shredded BBQ chicken

1. Bring the stock and saffron to a boil in a pot.
2. Heat oil in large pan and add onions and cook until golden.
3. Add sliced capsicum and rice, stir well until combined and heat through for 5-10 minutes.
4. Add crushed garlic, tomato, pepperoni, salt and pepper, boiled stock and peas and cook for 10-15 minutes or until rice is nearly cooked.
5. Add chicken and cook for a further 10 minutes

Serves 4

Sourced with permission from www.bestrecipes.com.au and written by Jules2

Portuguese Chicken Burger

Ingredients: 

½ cup reduced fat mayonnaise
1½ tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
6 chicken thigh fillets, trimmed
3 teaspoons Portuguese chicken seasoning
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 tablespoons lemon juice
Salt, to taste
Olive oil
Cooking spray
6 hamburger rolls, halved
70 g mixed salad leaves
1 red onion, sliced
2 tomatoes, thinly sliced

1. Combine mayonnaise and sweet chilli sauce in a bowl, cover and refrigerate.
2. Place chicken between 2 sheets of baking paper. Using the flat side of a meat mallet, pound fillets until approximately 1 cm thick.
3. Combine seasoning, oil and lemon juice in a shallow ceramic dish.
4. Add chicken, turning to coat well and sprinkle with sea salt.
5. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
6. Preheat a barbecue plate or chargrill over medium high heat. Remove chicken from marinade. Cook for 4 minutes each side or until cooked through.

Grilled Lemon Chicken

Ingredients: 

4 chicken breasts 2 lemons, 2 cloves garlic, crushed, 2 tbsp olive oil.

Grilled chicken makes an easy mid-week dinner. Marinading the meat in lemon juice tenderises the chicken, and gives it masses of extra flavour. Serve with veges or salad. Put the chicken in a dish. Squeeze the lemons, mix juice with the garlic and oil to make a marinade. Toss chicken in the marinade, cover and refrigerate until needed. Preheat the grill to medium. Put the chicken onto the grill pan (on top of foil) and spoon over some marinade. Grill the chicken, and turning once until the skin is crisp.

Noodle Bake

Ingredients: 

2 x 85 g packets Two Minute Noodles
1 carrot, grated
1 zucchini, grated
1 onion, finely chopped
200 g shredded ham
1 cup grated cheese
½ cup self-raising flour
½ cup vegetable oil
5 eggs, well beaten

1. Cook noodles according to packet directions, drain and place in a large bowl.
2. Add all other ingredients and mix well.
3. Place in a greased baking dish and bake in oven at 180 C for 40-60 minutes or until brown and firm on top

Serves 6-8

Sourced with permission from www.bestrecipes.com.au and written by Fee Fee.

Whatever You Fancy Soup

Ingredients: 

This is a soup base you can use to make a variety of delicious soups. Just add the vegetables of your choice, a few herbs and spices and enjoy.

Staple Ingredients:
1 large onion, diced
1 packet chicken noodle soup
4 potatoes, peeled and diced
Milk or evaporated milk (for creamy soups)

Vegetables of choice:
Cauliflower soup - ½ large cauliflower, broken into pieces
Pumpkin soup - 1 medium sized butternut pumpkin
Carrot soup - 5 large carrots, chopped
Zucchini soup - 3-4 zucchinis, chopped
Potato and Leek - 3 leeks, chopped (add with the onions)
Tomato soup - tinned or fresh peeled tomatoes

1. Saute onions in a little butter.
2. Add potatoes and the packet of soup with 2 cups of water.
3. Cook for 5 minutes.
4. Add prepared vegetables of choice, depending on which soup you are making.
5. Add extra seasonings as desired e.g curry powder, pepper, herbs.
6. When vegetables are tender, blend with a stab mixer

Sourced with permission from www.bestrecipes.com.au and written by Kaye

Potato and Corn Soup

Ingredients: 

1 tablespoon olive oil
3 large potatoes, cubed
6 bacon rashers, chopped, fat removed
1 onion, chopped
1 L chicken stock
1 tin creamed corn

1. Heat the olive oil in a saucepan.
2. Saute bacon and onion until cooked.
3. Add potatoes, stir through and cook for a further minute.
4. Pour in chicken stock to cover potatoes and allow to boil until potatoes are cooked.
5. Remove from heat and add creamed corn.
6. Stir through and season to taste with salt and pepper

Serves 6

Sourced with permission from www.bestrecipes.com.au and written by Than

Red Lentil and Sweet Potato Soup

Ingredients: 

20 g butter
500 g sweet potato, peeled and coarsely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
1 teaspoon ground cumin
5 cups vegetable stock
1/2 cup red lentils
1/4 cup tomato paste
Parsley, to serve

1. In a large saucepan, melt butter then saute kumara, onion and cumin for 2-3 minutes until onion is tender.
2. Add remaining ingredients and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer covered for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
3. Blend or process soup until smooth. Return to heat, season to taste before serving.
4. Sprinkle with parsley.
5. Serve with crusty bread

Serves 6

Sourced with permission from www.bestrecipes.com.au and written by Valralph

Stuffed capsicum (with mince, rice and pine nuts)

Ingredients: 

3(soft) capsicums (pick capsicums which are small and rounder in shape for easy filling) 125g lean beef mince 1/4 cup rice 1/4 can of diced tomatoes or 4 large tomatoes grated 1 teaspoon tomato paste 1 tablespoon red wine 1 large onion chooped finely  parsley 1 garlic cloves, crushed 1/4 cup of pine nuts Optional: low fat fetta or parmesan 1/8 cup olive oil (this will be poured over the top of the capsicums in the tray to give the flesh a great flavour)

1. In a pot saute onion and garlic in a litttle olive oil on low heat. Add pine nuts and stir. Add mince and brown. 2. Add 1/2 the tomato and tomato paste. Stir. 3. Add rice, salt, pepper. Stir. Cook for 5 minutes and add wine. Remove from heat. 4. Wash capsicums and cut tops off to form lids. (lids will be used to cover stuffed capsicums). 5. Fill capsicums with rice mixture. Sprinkle with a little parmesan or fetta (optional). Cover openings with the capsicum lids. 6. Place stuffed capsicums upright in a baking try. 7.