Spaghetti and meat sauce with mushrooms

Hey guys
So for those of you who love pasta like I do, here's a simple italian recipe I learned from a frriend a few yrs ago.

Ingredients
Spaghetti 1 pack   

Minced meat
Olive oil
3 cloves garlic
1 onion
2 packets tomato paste
1 beef cube
2 courgettes
1 aubergine [also known as birighanya-hope Ive spelled it right :-) ]
1 red pepper [hoho]
2 tomatoes grated
1 packet mushrooms
cooking cream
Oregano
Basil
Thyme
black pepper
2 tablespoon Royco to thicken sauce
Edam cheese

Wash and chop up mushrooms and put in warm water with a dash of lime/lemon. Put aside. Cook onion and garlic with olive oil.
                                                                          

 

 

                                           

Chop up courgettes, aubergine and red pepper and add to sufuria.

Cook for a few minutes then add tomato paste and beef cube. Once its mixed up well, add meat and grated tomatoes and various spices.

 

Allow meat to cook and for vegetables to release all their juices then add the mushrooms, 1 cup water with royco, and cover to cook for a good 15 minutes. It could take less since the meat is minced so keep checking until brown.

When the meat is cooked and sauce is thickening add some cooking cream [half a cup] or you could constitute with natural plain yoghurt.

Boil water with oil and salt and add spaghetti to cook for 8 min.

 If you've ever wondered how to know when spaghetti is cooked, the italians usually throw one strand to the wall, if it sticks, its cooked. Try it, it works everytime.

Serve the meal and top it with grated cheese.

 Enjoy!!

Stir-fried rice and teriyaki chicken

Hey guys!
So this week I was craving chinese food  and since I didn't want to spend a fortune at China Plate, I opted to make it myself. 3 words, simple, fast and tasty!

Ingredients for the fried rice

1 and a half cup rice

Half cup Sweet corn

1 red pepper

2 handfuls french beans

Garlic

Onion

Soy sauce

Salt and black pepper to taste

Ingredients for the chicken

Boneless chicken breasts or thighs

Olive oil

Garlic

Onion

Ginger

1 Green pepper

Teriyaki sauce

Soy sauce

Salt and black pepper to taste

2 tablespoons royco

Start of with cutting and boiling french beans then put aside. Boil the rice *for those who dont know how to cook rice that well, always put the double the cups of water per cup of rice, in this case 3 cups water for 1 and half cup rice*  [be careful not to overcook it because it will not fry aswell] . In a separate pan fry chopped garlic and onions with some olive oil. Then add previously boiled french beans and chopped red pepper. Pour in some soy sauce and then add the cooked rice. Make sure you lower the heat at this point so as to mix ingredients well without them burning, put aside cooker if necessary. Lastly add sweet corn, salt and black pepper and mix well.

For the chicken:
Cut the chicken in cubes. Chop green peppers and put aside. In a pot, cook garlic, onions and ginger with some olive oil. Once done, add green peppers and then the chicken. Once chicken starts browning add teriyaki sauce, salt and black pepper. Add some soy sauce to enhance taste and color. After 8 minutes thicken the sauce with 2 tablespoons of royco mixed in 1 cup water. Leave to cook for 5-8 minutes.

Vuala! Id you are an avocado lover, you can serve your meal with some. Enjoy!!!

Boerewors and butternut squash.

Hey so me and my housemates have been keen on eating healthy foods offlate-lets call it a #lifestylechange! Sheila has been blending kales, carrots, beetroots, and just about anything that is green! So I figured I'd also start cooking some more veggies aswell!! Here's a simple and healthy recipe I put together!

Ingredients
Baby boerewors
300 ml can of tusker
1 pack mixed vegetables-preferrably french beans and carrots
2 potatoes
1 butternut
1 onion
3 cloves garlic
1 chicken cube
2 teaspoons curry powder
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 tablespoon royco
1 packet tomato paste

Chop and cook garlic and onions. Peel and chop up the butternut and potatoes in cubes, then wash and add to the cooking pot. Add mixed vegetables and various spices(except royco). Stir fry for a few minutes, add tomato paste and 3 cups water and cover to cook. When vegetables are cooked, and water is reducing add royco and cover till broth is nice and thick.
In a separate pan, brown the boerewors and then pour in the can of tusker and leave to cook. It will take approx ten minutes for the sausages to absorb the beer and about 2 more to fry. *note once alcohol is burned it cannot make you drunk-info to those who have never cooked with alcohol before and yes Ive been asked that question in the past* The boerewors are much tastier this way.

                                                                                 

Enjoy meal with rice or mashed potatoes [if this is the case,you can do away with the potatoes in the stew]

Chicken sub-sandwich!

Forget Ham and brawn! On days when you don't feel like spending too much time in the kitchen, try this easy chicken-sub out!

Chicken breast      

Garlic
Olive oil
Oregano
Black pepper
1/2 chicken chilli cube

Burger buns [brown or white]
Mayonnaise
Cheese slices
Lettuce

So its pretty simple, cut the garlic and cook with the olive oil in a pan.
Cut and add strips of chicken to pan and finish off with the spices.

Cook for about 7 minutes until brown.

Simple-slice buns, and spread mayonnaise*and ketchup if you love it like I do!"

                                           And VUALA!!! enjoy!!

Beef lazagne

Hey guys! So I started this blog a while ago but haven't been posting any recipes <my bad> So I thought I'd change that by sharing a recipe I've come to love. Everyone loves lazagne! Its like pizza -you can throw in anything you want and it always turns out very well. So here it goes. This is a recipe I put together a couple of yrs ago and its never failed me.

Ingredients <serves 6>

Minced beef
4 cloves Garlic

1 white onion
1 large Red capsicum-pepper
1 large Yellow capsicum-pepper
2 Aubergines
3 Tomatoes <grated>
2 packets Tomato paste
1 beef chilli cube
Oregano/mixed herbs
black pepper
2 Tablespoon Royco
2 cups water
1 packet lazagne sticks
cooking cream
Cheddar or edam cheese
Mozarella cheese

 Chop up and cook the garlic and onions together. Chop and add peppers and aubergine.

Grate 3 tomatoes and add to cook. Add tomato paste and cook for a few minutes. Add meat and cook till brown. Then add various spices, and water and leave to cook.

Boil water and put in large bowl. Add lazagne sticks for 10 minutes until cooked. *note do not boil lazgne sticks the way you boil pasta.* 

Grate cheese. 

Once everything is cooked, you can now put it all together. Always start with a stew base, then place lazagne sticks and add stew, cheese, cooking cream in that order. You can have as many layers as you want. 

Add oregano or mixed spices on the last and top layer as a garnish.

Pop in oven till cheese is melted*aprox 15 minutes* Heat oven to 180 degrees 10 minutes before.  Once it is ready, remove and leave to cool down for about 10 minutes. *Note if you serve it immediately it will be hard to get a good square cut without everything spilling out* 

Enjoy your meal with a salad and a fresh baguette. Garnish with paprika. 

Food for thought:-
1 Corinthians 10:31
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.