Sunday, March 24, 2013

Layered Casserole with Beef, Cabbage and Potato


This is a layered casserole that can work as vegetarian dish, a side dish or a one pot meal


Ingredients:
500gms meat of your choice (Optional use mushrooms instead of meat)
1/2 head cabbage
shredded and
5-6 large potatoes (I use yellow potatoes)
2 large carrots
1 med onion
pasata
Salt, pepper, coriander, Vegeta or any of your favorite spices
Oil to saute


Cut meat in med-small pieces. Add salt, pepper, coriander. Cook until ready.

Slice cabbage into short strips. Add spices to your taste. Saute for about 15 min.
Slice onion into small cubes. Peel and grate carrots. Saute until golden color.

Mix together with cabbage.



Preheat oven to 180c.
Slice potatoes.  Add salt, pepper.


Make layers: first meat or mushrooms, potatoes then cabbage. Or mince meat and put it on top. Pour pasata to cover it all. Cover and bake up to an hour or until potatoes are ready.
Enjoy!!!

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Bubble and Squeak



This was for meatless Monday a new thing in our house designed to encourage eating more vegetables.

Cook about 450 gms mash potato

Saute one diced onion until translucent
Prepare a generous serving of spinach and cut finely

Mix both through the mashed potato with 150gms grated cheese

Form into patties and refrigerate for about an hour

Heat some oil and fry the potato cake until golden.

Serve with vegetables and gravy.