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Rich Spaghetti with meatballs – Quick and Easy

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Ingredients

  • 500gm Mince (1lb)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/4 C flour
  • 1-2 Diced Onion
  • 500gm Pasta (1 bag)
  • 800gm Can Tomatoes (1 large can)
  • 4T Sugar
  • 2T Sweet Basil
  • 1T Oregano
  • 1T red wine vinegar  (Optional but amazing!)
  • 2t Cornflour
  • Grated Cheese of your favourite type

Instructions

  1. Mix Mince, 2 eggs, Onion
  2. Add in enough flour to make it dough like
  3. Make 1cm(1/2″) sized meatballs on a tray
  4. Put meatballs in the oven at 200C (200F) for 20mins whilst you do the rest
  5. Put pasta on to boil as per instructions on packet
  6. Empty tin of diced tomatoes into another pot
  7. Mix in, Sugar, Oregano,Sweet Basil, red wine vinegar
  8. Simmer sauce for 5 mins.
  9. Mix cornflour with enough water so it does not lump, and mix into the sauce until its as thick as desired .
I serve this up with paste on the plate, sauce over the pasta (usually in the middle), sprinkle the cheese over the top, then place meatballs in the center. If you are vegetarian just drop the meatballs or make vegetarian meatballs (vegeballs!).
It might sound complex, but because most of the food cooks at the same time its a very quick meal to make in a hurry.
This meal will feed 5-6 people easily.

 

 

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Quick easy Pesto Pasta with or without chicken

Sunday, March 21st, 2010

Ingredients

  • Chicken Breasts (optional)
  • 1500gm packet pasta
  • 2T Finely chopped basil
  • 1 Cup blueberries
  • Any vegetables, eggplant, beans, etc you want
  • 2 T crushed/chopped fine Garlic oil Sprinkle of cheese (parmesan works best)

Instructions

  1. Cook pasta
  2. Mix Equal amounts of basil and garlic with oil. I find food processor is great here!
  3. Put mixture with the pasta, feel free to add more/less depending on taste.
  4. Add any vegetables into it here if you have any. Sliced eggplant is great, as is carrot, zucchini, mushrooms etc
  5. Sprinkle cheese over the top
  6. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes whilst you brown/cook the chicken.
  7. Brown/cook Chicken in a frying pan. You can slice it or leave it whole.
  8. Stir the Blueberries into the pasta
  9. Serve with chicken on the side, or mixed in if you sliced it (up to you!)
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Mushrooms in a tangy sauce

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Ingredients

  • 2 cups button Mushrooms (feel free to try others)
  • 1 T Soy Sauce
  • 1T Balsamic Vinegar
  • 1/4 cup Cream

Instructions

  1. slice mushrooms
  2. Lightly sauté mushrooms in tiny bit of butter
  3. squirt equal amounts of soy and balsamic vinegar (i use approx 1T of each)
  4. Let it simmer and reduce (to get rid of some water)
  5. Add in cream and again let it reduce until thick, then serve.

Alter the amounts of soy and balsamic to taste.

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