NOW that the crisp, autumn climate is upon us, it is time to ditch the summer season salads and take pleasure in heat, consolation meals.
As busy, working mother and father, we all know that it may be tough to seek out the motivation to prepare dinner meals from scratch after a protracted day on the workplace, however by creating easy meal plans for the week forward, we make it somewhat simpler on ourselves.
For residence cooking, we are likely to bulk purchase our dried items, pasta, rice and cous cous and use our native grocery retailers, greengrocer, Asian grocery store and butchers for the week to week produce we want.
There are a few easy dishes that we depend on for fast and straightforward dinners, one being a superb Pad Thai and the opposite being sausages.
This Pad Thai recipe is a superb winter hotter and excellent for utilizing up leftover hen, prawns and veg.
The second dish of sausages will be served with something, however we favour the Mediterranean route of a heat tomatoes and herbs.
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PAD THAI
(Serves 4)
100g cooked, peeled prawns (may also used diced hen)
2 cloves garlic, minced
200g tofu, minimize into 1cm cube
1tsp candy daikon, finely sliced
50g dry shrimps
150g bean sprouts
300g pad Thai sauce
1 egg, crushed
Unsalted, toasted peanuts
2 chillies, sliced
Lime juice
4 lime wedges
Skinny Thai rice stick noodles, soaked
50g coriander, finely sliced
Nampla to style
METHOD
In a pan, warmth the oil over a average warmth. Add within the garlic and fry till aromatic.
In the identical pan, add tofu, candy daikon and dried shrimp and stir fry till the tofu browns.
Add the rice noodles and stir fry till gentle, earlier than including the Pad Thai sauce, somewhat at a time.
Add a crushed egg to the pan and stir fry the noodles and egg collectively. Subsequent add the bean sprouts and coriander and blend effectively.
Lastly, add within the cooked shrimp and stir fry till heated by way of. Switch to a serving dish and prime with chopped peanuts, lime wedges, dried floor chilli, bean sprouts and chives
SAUSAGES WITH TOMATO AND BAY LEAF
6 pork sausages
4 shallots, chopped
2 sticks of celery, chopped
1 jar passata tomatoes
2 bay leaves, chopped
1 sprig thyme, picked
1tsp chilli flakes
METHOD
Pre warmth the oven to 200C and place the sausages on a roasting tray with the shallots, cooking within the oven till barely browned.
Add within the celery and canopy the substances with the tomatoes, a bay leaf, thyme, chilli flakes and a cup of water, season with salt and pepper and prepare dinner for an extra quarter-hour.
As soon as cooked by way of, combine the substances collectively and serve.
You possibly can serve this with new boiled potatoes crushed with somewhat olive oil.