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Spicy Beef Stir-Fry With Noodles

Ingredients: 

600g rump/scotch fillet, cut into thin strips
Vegetable/peanut oil
500g fresh vegetables of your choice, finely chopped into small pieces, e.g. onion, beans, capsicum, carrot, broccoli, baby corn, water chestnuts etc (or can use from pack of frozen vegetables)
Stock
2 teaspoons cornflour

Vegetable Sauce:
1/4 cup stock or 1/4 stock cube or 1/4 teaspoon stock powder
1 tablespoon shao hsing wine/dry sherry, or non-alcoholic alternative such as grape juice
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1 tablespoon oyster/hoi sin/chilli/satay sauce, according to taste

Beef Marinade:
2 tablespoons shao hsing wine/dry sherry, or non-alcoholic alternative such as grape juice
1/2 tablespoon sugar
2 tablespoons crushed ginger from a jar
1 teaspoon ground garlic from a jar
1 tablespoon oyster sauce
1 tablespoon light soy sauce
2 teaspoons malt vinegar
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
1/2 - 1 teaspoon chilli paste, according to taste

1) Marinate the beef in the marinade overnight, or for at least 2 hours, in fridge

2) Heat 2 tablespoons vegetable oil in a hot wok, add half the marinated beef and stir-fry for one minute. Remove from wok with a slotted spoon and set aside.

3) Stir-fry remaining beef and set aside also.

4) Add another 2 tablespoon vegetable oil to the wok and start stir-frying the vegies

5) Once the vegies are coated with oil, add the vegetable sauce

6) When vegetables are nearly cooked, add the cooked beef strips together with their liquid. Stir until combined

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.

Tacos

Ingredients: 

- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 500g lean beef mince
- 1 packet taco-seasoning mix
- 1 packet 12 taco shells
- chopped lettuce
- chopped tomato
- 1 jar taco sauce
- grated low fat cheese

1- Add onion, stock cube and a few spoons of water to a saucepan. Heat on medium heat on stovetop. Stir continually with a wooden spoon.
2- When onion starts to brown, add mince and taco seasoning. With the wooden spoon, continually stab at mince and turn it over and over to ensure it cooks evenly and thoroughly. Add more water to pan if necessary to prevent mince from sticking to the bottom.
3- When mince is browned, put the lid on the saucepan, turn the heat on the stove to low, then leave it to simmer for at least 15 mins.

Pizza Muffins

Ingredients: 

1 packet (6) English muffins
Tomato paste
200g lean shredded ham
1 can chopped pineapple
Grated cheese

1- Cut English muffins in half
2- Spread each muffin half with tomato paste
3- Add some shredded ham and pineapple to each muffin, and top with grated cheese.
4- Place muffins on a baking tray and cook for 10-15 mins until crispy.

Makes 12

Pork Dumplings

Ingredients: 

100 (3.5 inch square) wonton wrappers
795 g ground pork
4 cloves of minced garlic
10 g thinly sliced green onion
60 ml soy sauce
45 ml sesame oil
1 egg, beaten
380 g finely shredded Chinese cabbage

1. In a large bowl, combine the pork, ginger, garlic, green onion, soy sauce, sesame oil, egg and cabbage. Stir until well mixed.
2. Place 1 heaping teaspoon of pork filling onto each wonton skin. Moisten edges with water and fold edges over to form a triangle shape. Roll edges slightly to seal in filling. Set dumplings aside on a lightly floured surface until ready to cook.
3. To Cook: Steam dumplings in a covered bamboo or metal steamer for about 15 to 20 minutes. Serve immediately.

Source: Used with permission from http://allrecipes.com/Default.aspx

Spaghetti Bolognaise

Ingredients: 

500g of lean beef mince
1 can diced tomato
1 beef stock cube
1 jar tomato based pasta sauce
1 onion, finely chopped
Water
1 packet spaghetti

1- Add onion, stock cube and a few spoons of water to a saucepan. Heat on medium heat on stovetop. Stir continually with a wooden spoon.
2- When onion starts to brown, add mince. With the wooden spoon, continually stab at mince and turn it over and over to ensure it cooks evenly and thoroughly. Add more water to pan if necessary to prevent mince from sticking to the bottom.
3- When mince is browned, add diced tomatoes and pasta sauce. Stir it through thoroughly.
4- Put the lid on the saucepan, turn the heat on the stove to low, then leave it to simmer for at least 15-20 mins.

Basic Stir-fry

Ingredients: 

- 2-3 chicken breast fillets, skin off, chopped - 1 stock cube (any flavour- chicken, beef, vegetable) - approximately 4-5 cups chopped vegetables of your choice. Try using onion, broccoli, baby corn, carrot, green beans, snow peas. Alternatively, use a packet of frozen vegetables. - 1 cup teriyaki sauce - cornflour - water - 1 packet 99% fat free 2 minute noodles.

1- Add chopped chicken, stock cup and ½ cup water to a large pan. Cook over medium heat on stove unitl chicken is sealed and browning. 2- Add chopped vegetables, and teriyaki sauce. Mix thoroughly so sauce coats everything. You may need to add more sauce. 3- Add another ½ cup of water and stir. The sauce is likely to be runny- mix 1-2 tbsp cornflour with ¼ cup water and 1 tbsp teriyaki sauce in a cup- add to stir fry. 4- Stir through- the cornflour should thicken the sauces.