Garlic Chicken casserole!

If you like garlic~ you are gonna like this! 

RECIPE:  

•6 Chicken breasts ~ cut large

•1 large white potato ~ chunks 

•1 white onion ~ small chunks 

•Brocolli

•Carrots

•Mange Tout

•Sprouts (lots of!)

•Leeks

•Peas

•8 Garlic cloves ~ crushed/diced/sliced

•Salt & Pepper

•Thyme ~ 1 tablespoon

•Sage ~ 1 tablespoon

•Chicken/Vegetable stock

•Gravy ~ small amount

•Pop all ingredients after cutting into a slow cook (or oven dish)

•Add water to about 2/3s of the level of your food

•Season well and mix

•Cook for as many hours as possible! (Mine cooked for 8!)

•Sir frequently

•Mix with gravy for the last 15 mins

•Serve and enjoy!! :) 

So easy, quick and healthy!! 

Obviously you could use any vegetables you want to.

I served mine with Asparagus & Honey Mustard roasted Parsnips! Delicious!!

Sofit xxx

Cheesy Bacon Egg Muffins!

I have these for breakfast every single day at the minute! Literally!

They are so good!

I eat mine cold, but sometimes have them heated up after the gym for a quick fix dinner too.

I make a big batch of them and keep them in the fridge, I eat them all within 4 days. 

INGREDIENTS:

•Smoked Bacon grilled (x2 packs)

•1/2 large Onion diced small

•8 Mushrooms diced small

•8 Cherry Tomatoes diced small

•1 yellow Pepper

•3 Garlic cloves

•8 medium/large Eggs

•grated Cheese 

•Salt & Pepper

Recipe:

•Preheat oven

•Grill bacon

•Fry Onion, Mushroom, Tomato and Garlic in Coconut/Olive oil ((don't just soften them- really cook them; almost to mush))

•Add yellow Pepper for last 1 minute

•Whisk Eggs with Salt & Pepper

•Add frying pan contents to Egg

•Add Cheese and Bacon (tip: cut bacon in half then into small pieces using scissors) and mix together 

•Add to muffin cases (make sure you oil the cases)

•Cook on 175c for 35 minutes

•Stand & Serve

•ENJOY!!

I use silicone muffin cases from tesco and spray oil them before.

Sofit xxxxx

Chicken, Sweet Potato & Spinach Curry

INGREDIENTS:

5 Chicken Breasts ~ chunks

2 Sweet Potatoes ~ cubed

4 Garlic cloves

2 teaspoons freshly grated Ginger

2 red Chillies ~ thinly sliced

2 teaspoons of Chilli Flakes

2 tablespoons Curry Powder

1 tablespoon Garam Masala

1 tablespoon Paprika

1 tablespoon Tikka Curry Powder

1 tin of tomatoes (or fresh tomato)

1 tin/carton Coconut Milk

Cherry Tomatoes

1 pack of Mushrooms ~ cubed

1 large white Onion ~ diced

Salt & Pepper

Coriander - fresh/dried/puréed to taste

1(-2) extra large bag(s) of fresh Spinach 

Add a tin of chickpeas too if you want

RECIPE:

•Simply pop all ingredients, except the spinach, into a slow cooker. Mix it all together and cook on high for 3 hours, stirring every 45 minutes or so.

•I then taste and add more of whatever is needed, every batch is different. Often I add extra chilli or curry powder.

•10 minutes before serving stir through the fresh Spinach, a handful at a time.

This is perfect to pop into freezable containers, or for lunch. So make it in bulk! :)

Enjoy!

Sofit xxxxxx

Sausage & squash bake.

Well this feels a bit new! 

I haven't blogged in so long, I have been a busy & lazy lady!

This recipe has been tried and tested by quite a few friends and family over the last few months, and everyone has raved about it. 

Best part of it- it's so easy to make! 

RECIPE

•1 pack of sausages (Tesco Finest's sweet chilli work amazinglyyyy!)

•1 large Butternut Squash

•As many Garlic cloves as you can stand (lots and lots for me!)

•Mixed Italian dried herbs (or fresh herbs for you fancy pants people)

•Tin of tomatoes / chopped fresh Toms

•A white Onion, Mushrooms & Peppers

•Grated Cheese (!!) optional but is soooo needed ;)

•Fresh Chilli / Chilli flakes optional

•Precook your sausage in a baking tray

•Cook your chopped squash at the same time with a light spray of olive oil and salt & pepper (in the oven also, even the same tray if you wish)

•heat Olive oil in a frying pan & lightly fry the onions with half of the minced/chopped/crushed garlic

•Then fry your chopped vegetables with salt and pepper & herbs in the same pan

•Add your squash, remaining garlic, tomatoes and really mix it through

•I then half cut and, kind of crush, some of the squash pieces with the spatula (not neatly & with no method) to get "mashed squash" in the mix too 

•Simmer for few minutes

•Chop the Sausage and add it to the pan with half of your grated cheese

•Transfer the pan contents into a casserole dish

•Top with cheese

•Oven or Grill until the cheese is too much to resist

•DIG IN & ENJOY! :)

Sofit xxxxx

Spicy Sweet Sausage Muffins!

Another great Egg Muffins recipe has been created! I think this one is good enough to compete with the Spicy Mince Muffins I made a few months back~ and they proved extremely popular with you all! 

So these ones aren't as perfectly healthy as some of the others, but not by much. The reason they're not that "healthy" is because I used Sweet Chilli Sausages from the Tesco finest range. Oh..... And then added in a little Sweet Chilli & Jalapeno cheese! ;) 

Where I do think that organic and well sourced meat is best & I do think avoiding processed food is really important..... I also love sausages, salami & cheese!! What's a girls supposed to do. 

Plus you can be 100% strict with your diet, and get really nitty gritty over certain details..... But then go and drink alcohol or eat cookies when you're relaxing a bit. 

ALL IN MODERATION I say, the trick is balance. (I'm still working on mine and tackling this "winter weight" that I've had on me for about 16 months now!!! Oooops!) 

Anyway, recipe time!

RECIPE:

•Eggs (free range)

•Salt, Pepper & Chilli flakes

•Sweet chilli Sausages ~ (sliced (use scissors))

•Salami (small squares)

•Red Onion (diced)

•Mushroom (Diced)

•Red Chilli (sliced)

•Garlic (crushed/diced)

•Olive Oil

•Chilli/Spicy Cheese (small diced)

•Heat oil in a pan

•Add Sausage, Onion, Mushroom, Garlic & Chilli (Cook for 3-5 mins)

•Add Salami & seasoning 

•Cook for 1 minute

•Cut sausage into smaller chunks

•Add pan contents to whisked Eggs & mix

•Add Cheese (& more seasoning)

•Spray oil in muffin cases and pour in mix

•Oven cook on 170c for 35 mins, turn the tray half way

•ENJOY!!!!! 

Xxxxxx

Parsnip Chips!

I made Parsnip & Butternut Squash chips for dinner tonight.

I also made a tuna frittata, but that was a fail in presentation, (as you will see) but still a taste sensation! 

The parsnip worked out really well as French Fries, they crisped loads! And tasted goooooood with ketchup! Haha. 

RECIPE:

•Parsnip

•Butternut Squash 

•Oil baking tray

•Place chopped veg into tray (thin French fry stle cut)

•Season well with plenty of salt

•And some chilli flakes

•Cook on 180c for 40-50 mins

•Shake/Unstick fries every 10-15 mins

Serve & Enjoy!!! Xxxxx

Ps sorry about the frittata fail haha

Chilli & Nachos!

This is going to be a popular one! It literally tastes amaaaaazing!! 

INGREDIENTS:

•Mince Meat (I used Veal)

•White Onion (1/2 large diced)

•Cherry Tomato (4 sliced)

•Tinned Tomatoes (2/3 tin)

•Kidney Beans (1 tin)

•Peppers (1 in total, sliced)

•Chilli pot (Knorr- these are amazing!!)

•Garlic (1 clove crushed)

•Beef stock cube

•Cumin (2 teaspoons- or to taste)

•Pepper & Salt (to taste)

RECIPE:

•Cook on a medium heat

•Half cook Mince in frying pan with a little oil, then add Onion

•Drain half the liquid (or remove with a spoon if your clumsy)

•Add Chilli pot & stock cube and stir through for a minute 

•Add in the Peppers and sliced Toms for 2 minutes 

•Add Kidney Beans for another 2 mins 

•Finally add the tinned Toms, Cumin & Pepper and simmer (turn to low & keep stirring!)

•Make your Nachos and Guacamole now...... Recipe below

NACHOS:

•Slice the Sweet Potato thinly width ways- thin is the trick. Not wafer thin.... I think ideal would be the depth of a pound coin (if you want to get precise over it!!).

•Oil your baking tray - ONLY use the smallest amount of oil as possible. I used 3 sprays of Olive oil Spray light for the base

•Add a little Salt & Pepper (just a little)

•Then place the Sweet Potato disks flat onto the tray, not to be overlapping 

•Add another 3 sprays of and a tiny but of salt & pepper 

•Cooking begins- use a medium heat and keep an eye on them! You need to turn them over 3-4 times to ensure even cooking and no burning.

•A trick is to precook them, and then recook them from cold, on a pizza tray (one with holes in)... This gets then reeeeal crispy!! 👍

GUACAMOLE:

•Smash Avocado (1-2 whole Avocados) with a fork

•Add some chopped white Onion & Tomato

•Stir it up and serve 

•Also tastes great with a squeeze of Lime, and chopped Coriander! 

Enjoy!!!!

 xxxxxx

Meaty Egg Muffins

Easy peasy.... 

•Fry diced white onion and garlic in a little coconut oil

•Whisk eggs and season with Salt & Pepper

•Add chopped cooked sausage and cooked mince meat to egg mix

•Add fried onion and garlic too

•Grease muffin cases/tray

•Cook on 180c until done (approx 20 mins)

The reason I don't specify how many eggs is because it depends on how much mince & sausage you use... Or how many egg muffins you want to make.

Enjoy!

Sophie xxxxx