under 15 minutes

Ayam Goreng

Ingredients: 

4 chicken thighs, sliced into thick strips
1 tablespoon Thai curry powder
1 tablespoon oil
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons sugar

1. Mix all ingredients together and marinate overnight.
2. Roll chicken pieces in flour and deep fry until golden (about 5 minutes).

Recipe notes: Serve on a bed of shredded lettuce, with sweet and sour sauce drizzed over the top
Can also serve with rice or noodles.

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

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.

Thai Green Chicken Curry

Ingredients: 

1 large onion, finely slice 1/4 cup chicken or vegetable stock (liquid, or make with stock cube and water) 2 large chicken breasts, skinned and cubed, 1-2 tbsp green curry paste, 100g (1 cup) canned lite coconut milk 2 cups chopped mixed vegetables (such as snow peas, carrots, capsicum, bok choy)

Cook the onion gently in the oil until softened. Add the chicken, then stir in the curry paste. Pour coconut milk over the chicken and stir well. Bring the mixture back to the boil, lower the heat, and simmer gently for 20 minutes. Serve with rice. Serves 4. Sourced from: www.healthy-eating-made-easy.com

Chicken and Veges

Ingredients: 

4 skinless chicken breasts vegetables of choice 1 tablespoon oil rosemary

This is a simple baked chicken recipes that couldn’t be easier for a satisfying one-dish mid-week meal. You can use any vegetables that are suitable for baking, such as onions, potatoes, carrots, pumpkin, eggplant or zucchini. If you use potatoes, you won’t need an accompaniment, but if not try serving the dish with rice. Serves 4: Preheat the oven to 200C. Trim any excess fat off 4 chicken breats and put into a roasting tin with vegetables cut into chunks. Sprinkle over 1 tbsp fresh chopped rosemary (or 2 tsp dried) and brush with oil.

Egg and Potato Mash

Ingredients: 

3 eggs
3 medium sized potatoes
1 small onion, chopped finely
1/2 cup cream
2 tablespoons milk
Salt and pepper

1. Boil eggs and potatoes until potatoes are soft to mash.
2. Mash eggs and potatoes together and add onion.
3. Add cream and milk and mash further.
4. Season with salt and pepper

Serves 4

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

Pumpkin Soup

Ingredients: 

500g pumpkin, cubed
350ml (1 ½ cups) vegetable stock
1 sliced onion
2 diced carrots
1 tsp ground cinnamon

Serves 4:

Place the vegetables and stock in a large saucepan, bring to the boil and simmer for 15-20 mins until the vegetables are tender. Blend or process until smooth.

Leftover soup can be frozen and re-heated.

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Wholemeal Apple Cake

Ingredients: 

3 cups wholemeal self raising flour
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 eggs, beaten
3 cups shredded, peeled apples (about 4 medium apples)
1 1/2 cups sugar
2/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon vanilla

1. Grease and flour two 21x10x5 cm (8x4x2-inch) baking pans. Set aside. In a medium bowl combine flour, soda, salt, cinnamon, and baking powder; set aside.
2. In a large bowl combine eggs, apples, sugar, oil, and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture just until moistened. Pour batter into prepared pans.
3. Bake in a 175 degree C (325 degrees F) oven for 45 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
4. Cool in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Remove from pans. Cool on wire racks. Wrap and store overnight before slicing.

Makes about 30 serves. Can be frozen.

Wholemeal Poppy Seed cake

Ingredients: 

3 cups wholemeal selfraising flour
1 1/2 cups sugar
1/4 cup poppy seeds
1 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil (or peanut oil)
3 eggs
3/4 cup reduced fat milk
2 teaspoons finely shredded orange peel
3/4 cup orange juice (don't discard the pulp)

This cake is a healthy alternative to other cakes- a great idea for a snack.

1. Grease and lightly flour a fluted cake tin.
2. Combine all ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on low to medium speed for about 60 seconds. Pour batter into cake tin.
3. Bake in a 180 degree C oven for 50-55 minutes or until knife inserted near centre of cake comes out clean (this cake can also be freezed for up to 1 month).
4. Leave in tin for 10 minutes before turning out on to a wire rack to cool.

Makes 12 pieces.

Sourced from: www.healthyeatingclub.org

Basic Fish

Ingredients: 

1 fish fillet
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
Fresh or dried herbs
1 teaspoon of Extra virgin olive oil

1. Preheat a barbeque grill or frying pan to hot.
2. Place a fish fillet on each piece of foil and drizzle with olive oil
3. Sprinkle the fillet with lemon juice and herbs (and salt optional)
4. Fold the foil to seal completely
5. Place the foil package on the barbeque or frying pan and cook for approximately 8 minutes, turning after 4 minutes.
6. Test the fish by flaking the thickest part of the fillet with a fork. If the flesh is white (or light pink in the case of salmon) the fish is cooked.
7. Serve the fish with steamed vegetables or salad on a bed of your favourite rice.

Fish Cakes

Ingredients: 

1 400g tuna (in spring water) 1/2 cup breadcrumbs 1/2 cup LSA mix (linseed, sunflower seed, almond meal)- alternatively use extra breadcrumbs 1 onion grated 2 tbs dill chopped (optional) 1 egg

- mix ingredients and form patties - spray with oil and bake in the oven or pan fry in a little oil Makes 4. Sourced from: www.healthyeatingclub.org