Christmas season will soon be on us and as our busiest time of the year it is also the time when lovingly prepared meals get overlooked in favour of dishes that can be thrown in the oven, forgotten and 30 minutes later be ready on the table.
I think this is when My Secret Kitchen products can really shine by turning the mediocre into the magical and it is a million times more satisfying to feed your family with as much of a true home cooked meal as you can. A dollop of Tapenade with Smoked Garlic through hot pasta or a speedy Miso Dressing stir fry are simple ways to feel like you can cook great meals from scratch even if you are pushed for time.
An even better idea for the time-poor home cook is to have one week-end cooking session to produce several meals for the coming week. So I have been working on deliberate batch cooking to produce several equally delicious dishes from the same ingredients. Hence - cook once, eat twice.
This week my family have been my usual willing guinea pigs although I have to say the kids are rather confused as to why I need to photograph their dinner before they eat it! Red Pepper Cheese Ball Mix and Nacho Fiesta Cheese Ball Mix have both jumped to the rescue in these recipes along with Jumping Jack Chilli Jam....and voila....
Mediterranean Steak Pie (recipe from our consultant Pauline Inglis) on Monday becomes Steak Nacho Tacos on Tuesday....
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| Mediterranean Steak Pie |
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| Steak Nacho Tacos with corn and black beans |
Roasted Red Pepper Chicken on Wednesday becomes Red Pepper, Chicken & Walnut Fettuccine on Thursday....
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| Roasted Red Pepper Chicken |
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| Red Pepper, Chicken & Walnut Fettuccine |
Simple sausages on Saturday becomes Jumping Jack & Sausage Bake (recipe from our consultant Becky Boast) on Sunday....
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| Jumping Jack Sausage Bake |
And if you're wondering what happens on Friday.....cooks day off :-)
Happy cooking,
Clare
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