Tag: easy

Easy Red Thai Prawn Curry

I was sent this lovely gift basket from the people at Blue Dragon.   It was full of wonderful things; apron, pen, chopsticks, Coconut Milk, Red Thai Curry Paste and a few recipe cards.  Unfortunately, and this isn’t a complaint, but the ingredients didn’t match the recipe cards, so I had to ad-lib a bit and create my version of Red Thai Prawn Curry – Gaeng Phed Goong.  I’m not confident in the kitchen but the result was amazing and it only took about 20 minutes.   If I can do it anyone can.

Serves 3-4

Ingredients

  • 2 TBSP of oil
  • 1 yellow pepper, sliced into chunks
  • 1 red pepper, sliced into chunks
  • 2 TBSP of Blue Dragon Red Curry Paste
  • 400 ml of Blue Dragon Coconut Milk
  • 240g of King Prawns
  • ½ a lime
  • Coriander to garnish
  • Blue Dragon Coconut Cream

Method

Heat the oil in a frying pan.  Add the peppers and sauté 3-5 minutes until soft.  Add the curry paste to the pan, mix and heat for about a minute and then add the coconut milk and bring to a low boil and simmer for 5 minutes stirring occasionally.

Then add the King Prawns and cook for another 5 minutes until pink and cooked through.

Finish by adding the lime juice and garnish with coriander and a swirl of Blue Dragon Coconut cream if you have any.  As you can see by the photos I didn’t.

We served it with basmati rice and naans.  Enjoy!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Easy way to get backlinks

Here is a cheeky little trick, to get more backlinks, I learned at #blogcamp from the ever so clever Lee Smallwood.

I’ve been using the Tweetmeme plugin for WordPress for ages.  However, I didn’t realise that every time I was using it I was inadvertently generating a backlink to my blog.

 

When you want to promote your blog on Twitter, simply click the green Retweet button within your post, edit the message and tweet.  As it contains your URL, you now have a backlink from the folks at Tweetmeme. It’s as easy as that!

Cheeky or clever???

 

 

 

 

 

Slow Cooker Pork Chops in Mushroom Gravy

I normally don’t post my recipes until I’ve tried them but this one smells so good I’m confident it’s going to be delicious!  I’ll let you know otherwise.

Serves 3-4

Ingredients

  • 2 TBSP of Oil
  • 4 medium pork chops
  • Salt and Pepper
  • 1 tin of Baxter’s Cream of Mushroom Soup (295g)
  • ½ tin of Baxter’s French Onion Soup (415g)
  • 1 TBSP of butter
  • 200 grams of button mushrooms sliced

Directions

  1. Heat the oil in a frying pan, season the pork chops with salt and pepper and brown on both sides (approx 3 minutes per side).  Transfer to the slow cooker.
  2. Melt the butter in a sauce pan and sauté the mushrooms for a few minutes until they begin to soften.  They still have hours in the slow cooker so you don’t need to cook them fully.  Place on top of the chops in the slow cooker.
  3. Mix the Mushroom and French Onion soup in a jug.  Pour over the mushrooms and pork chops.  Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

I tend to serve mine with rice and green beans.

Enjoy!

You can find a full list of my slow cooker recipes here.

Beef Stew with Dumplings, Red Wine and Leeks

It’s taken me ages to work out a recipe for Beef Stew.  I like my stew thick and gloopy.  This one was gorgeous and hubby gave it an A ++.  I put it on a bit late so cooked it at high throughout but sure you could adjust the timings and cook it on low for 8-10 hours, just remember to put the leeks, carrots and dumplings 90 minutes before it finishes and turn to high.

Beef Stew with Dumplings, Red Wine and Leeks

Recipe Type: Main
Cuisine: Slow Cooking
Author: Mediocre Mum
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 2 TBSP of oil (whatever you have at hand)
  • 500 g of stewing beef
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 2-3 garlic cloves
  • 2 TBSP of flour
  • 300ml of red wine
  • 300 ml of vegetable stock (would have used beef stock if I had any)
  • I TBSP of tomato puree
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 150 g of baby carrots trimmed, cut large ones in half
  • 1 large leek, trimmed and thinly sliced
  • Dumplings:
  • If you’re so inclined you could make your own but I cheat and use Aunt Bessie’s which you will find in the freezer aisle near the chips!
Instructions
  1. Heat the oil in a pan. Add the beef, season with salt and pepper and brown on all sides (approx 5 minutes). Add the onion and sauté for 3-5 minutes until soft.
  2. Add the garlic and cook for a minute or two. Sprinkle with the flour. Mix well for about a minute. Then gradually add the wine and stock. Simmer until it thickens. Then add the tomato puree and bay leaves.
  3. Transfer to slow cooker and cook on high for 5 hours.
  4. minutes before it is finishes add the carrots and leaks and stir and place the dumplings on top. After about 45 minutes turn the dumplings.
  5. Enjoy!

Slow Cooker Lasagne

I do get a bit overzealous with my slow cooker.  I saw someone talking about slow cooking Lasagne.  I really thought I’d gone a bit too far this time, but it was absolutely gorgeous.

I honestly think any lasagne recipe would work, with a little modification, but if you don’t have one here is what I did.

Ingredients

  • 2 TBSP of Olive Oil
  • 455g of mince
  • Salt
  • 1 onion chopped
  • 1 500g jar of Dolmio Original Lasagne ‘Red’ Sauce (I used the roasted onion and garlic)
  • 1 package of lasagne noodles
  • 250 g of cottage cheese
  • 1 egg
  • 125g of parmesan cheese
  • 200 g of mozzarella cheese

Method:

  1. Heat the olive oil in a pan.  Add the mince, season with salt and brown.  About 3 minutes before it is finished add the onion and sauté till soft.
  2. Add the Dolmio sauce and simmer for a couple of minutes.
  3. Keep a small amount of the mozzarella aside to sprinkle on top after.
  4. In a separate bowl, mix the cottage cheese, egg, parmesan and remaining mozzarella cheese.
  5. Put a layer of the meet sauce in the bottom of the slow cooker.  Cover with a layer of noodles.  This is a bit fiddly.  You’ll have to break them to fit.  Cover with a layer of the cheese mixture.  Spread evenly.  Add another layer of meet sauce, then another layer of noodles.  One more layer of the cheese mixture and then beef.  Top with the remaining mozzarella cheese.

Cook on low for 4-6 hours.

I like to serve mine with Caesar salad and Garlic Bread.

Enjoy!

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