I saw a recipe for a chicken and sweet potato casserole type dish which looked delicious so I decided to try it out myself. However, on opening my fridge I found I didn't have all the right ingredients to decided to improvise a little!!
1/2 onion
1 clove garlic
1/2 red pepper
1 tbsp curry paste (add/decrease depending on fond-ness of spice!)
1 chicken breast
1 sweet potato (chopped and cooked in boiling water until tender)
1/2 tin sweetcorn
Fry the onion and garlic in a hot pan of oil.
Add curry paste.
Chop the red pepper and add to pan.
Cut chicken breast into chunks and add.
Once you have cooked the sweet potato, drain and add it to pan.
Add sweetcorn.
Season with salt and pepper and just fry everything together for about 10-15 minutes.
Simple and yummy - I served mine with plain white basmati rice.
Two of my all time favourite foods are tuna and sweet potato, so when I stumbled across the idea of mixing the two together in the form of a fish cake I just had to try it!
Simple ingredients, simple method, simply delicious!
1 sweet potato
1 can tuna
2 eggs
25g breadcrumbs (I don't have any measuring scales at uni so I just guessed and used 2 slices of bread)
Boil a large pan of water and once boiling, add chopped sweet potato and cook for 8-9 minutes until soft and tender enough to mash.
Drain, rinse under cold water, transfer to a large bowl and- mash with potato masher or fork.
Add the tuna, egg and breadcrumbs and mix.
Heat about 2 tbsps of olive oil in a large frying pan.
Using your hands, grab a small handful of the mixture, roll into a rough ball in your hands, place in pan and squash down with fingers to make a burger shape.
Repeat this until you have used up all the mixture.
Fry the patties until firm and each side is a nice, golden brown.
Serve immediately and with whatever you like! I went for some chopped up green pepper - another favourite ingredient!
I am a lover of all things easy and healthy and this recipe ticks both of these boxes! As a student I often find myself looking through my fridge wondering what I can make with what I've already got. This vegetable chilli is not only delicious, but insanely easy and you can literally add whatever you like! This is what I used when making mine:
1 clove garlic
1 onion
1 red pepper
1 teaspoon chilli powder
1 tin chopped tomatoes
Half tin sweetcorn
1 tin kidney beans
Sprinkling of basil & dried herbs (just what I found in my cupboard!)
Heat oil in a large saucepan over a medium heat.
Chop onion and garlic & add to pan - fry until soft.
Add chopped red pepper.
Chuck rest of ingredients in, season with salt & pepper and leave to simmer for about 25-30 mins!
And that's it! So simple and so scrumptious! I served mine with plain white basmati rice.
1 onion
1 clove garlic
1 red pepper
1 tbsp curry paste
2 chicken breasts
Tin tomatoes
Tin lentils (or chickpeas)
Chicken stock
Fry onion & garlic
Add curry paste
Add chicken
Once cooked, add red pepper
Add tin of tomatoes, stock & lentils.
Simmer for as long as necessary (about 20-30 mins)
