Pan fried Broccoli

Cut a stalk of broccoli in half and or quarters (cut down sides)
Pan fry in olive oil approx 2 minutes
Drizzle with citrus  ( 1 lemon cut in half and added to the pan)

Place in oven until broccoli starts to soften
Then drape with pancetta
Cover with a little cheese (mozzarella and parmesan) and melt

Serve with capers and some steak

Frys to accompany

Braised Beef Slow Cooker Chinese Style

This is a a slow cooker recipe for beef Chinese style.

Roughly chop two brown onions
Slice 2 carrots
Cut 2 capsicum into strips
2 sliced garlic bulbs
Take 200gms of small whole mushrooms

Combine in a slow cooker with:

2 cups of beef stock
2tbs of Shao Shin Wine
1 cup of Chinese braising Stock

600gms diced beef
6 Sliced Chinese sausage
Diced bacon

Put on low for  10 hours

Serve with spring onion and cashews and noodles

Pulled Pork (Slow Cooker)

In your slow cooker

Slice 2 onions and place on the bottom of your slow cooker
Dice 2 garlic cloves and add
Add 3 cups of chicken stock
1 tsp Hot English mustard
1 tbs Worcestershire Sauce
1tbs vinegar

Add your pork leg ( with bone is best without still ok)

Cover pork with a bbq sauce

Slow cook for 6 to 10 hours

Serve on a roll with tomato salsa and a dash of lemon.

Oven Baked Chicken Risotto

Start by sautéing some leek, garlic and red pepper in olive oil.

In a separate pan brown
4 cut chicken thighs
2 Diced chorizo sausages

Combine and add
2 cups aborio rice and cook until clear
1 litre chicken stock

Combine in an oven proof dish
Bake at 180c for 40 minutes

Top with grated Parmesan

Pork Sausages with Hassle back Potatoes

Boil your potatoes slice and coat with olive oil and season.

In a baking tray
Cut 2 onions into generous chunks.
Cut  mushrooms into pieces
Add 500gms chipolatta sausages
Drizzle with olive oil
Coat with a mixture of hot english mustard and honey.

Oven bake

Breaded Chicken

I took this recipe from Colin Fassnidge new book Four Kitchens.

It's a simple take on roast chicken but really good and worth trying.

Take a slice of sourdough vienna  and cut in half lengthwise.

Top with a chicken stuffed with a lemon cut in half, and 4 garlic cloves.

Surround with sliced veges of your choice.

season the chicken with olive oil, tarragon salt and pepper,

Roast at 180c until chicken is golden

remove and wrap in foil

Toast the bread in the oven

Serve with gravy.

Salmon Pasta

This is just a quick dish to with some bargain picks from the supermarket.

Cook a little pasta in this case penne from the store cupboard.

Meanwhile in a frypan sauté
1 sliced brown onion
4 crushed and diced garlic cloves
1 sliced green chilli
Chopped parsley
A dash of lemon juice
A sprinkling  of capers

Add in the cooked pasta and stir through some chopped smoked salmon
A 2tbs of pesto and 3 tbs of sour cream