Spicey Chicken Stuffed Pepper

STUFFED SPICY CHICKEN PEPPERS
This is so wonderful it can be served as an amazing starter that will impress your guests or have as a main course on its own.

Serves 1

1 large long red pepper
chicken
chili
garlic
feta cheese
mushrooms
cheese slice

cut the pepper in half and open out. Place in oven and spray with oil and place skin side up. Add a few cloves of unpeeled garlic and some uncut mushrooms, add a couple of  small chicken fillets and season to taste. Bake everything for approx 15 Min's. After that time turn your pepper over and add some feta cheese, place the mushrooms inside and the now half cooked garlic and baked chicken. Sprinkle some dried chili and put back in over for approx 12 Min's, finally add the cheese slice so that it melts over all the ingredients......

Serve as starter or main

Chicken & Walunut Salad

Tasty, healthy and simple. Walnuts help lower cholesterol and chicken is an excellent source of protein.

Serves 1 -
hand full of diced chicken
lettuce
cabbage
walnuts
tomato
cucumber
hard boiled egg
low fat mayo or salad cream

Spray chicken with a little oil then grill or oven bake. Chop ingredients for salad and add to large bowl. When the chicken is cooked simply mix in and serve with crackerbread or crusty bread for a light and very healthy lunch or light dinner.

How to cook a Gammon

This really is the easiest way to cook a full round gammon or ham. You do not need to add any seasoning, it really is a great way to cook this joint and ideal for any buffet.

Place the gammon in a large pan and cover with water. Let the water boil then simmer for aprox 2 to 3 hours depending on the size of the joint. Empty water out and leave on a plate to rest for at least 1half hours before serving.

How to cook a turkey breast

If you are going to cook a turkey breast as opposed to a full christmas turkey then here is a simple no nonsense way to do it.

pre heat your oven to approx 200
cover your turkey breast in plenty of butter
add some streaky bacon on the top
now place in a roasting bag and make a few pricks in the bag and cook for approx 35mins per kilo.
use the juices to make gravy....Now how simple is that!

Omelet Pizza

Salad Omelet Pizza

This is great if you want to lose weight but really good for you.

First chop up your salad very fine,you can use lettuce,toms,onions,cucumber,peppers, grated carrots, shredded beetroot, almost any salad you have in your fridge. Put a frying pan on a low heat with just a wipe of oil on the bottom, use a piece of kitchen paper for this.whisk up for one person two eggs, if you want to lose some weight use only one egg yolk, but both whites no salt but some pepper, add to pan, as its heating add all salad, start with the lighter bits and so on, you can then put tuna, chicken, ham or what you like on top, sprinkle with herbs and garlic powder, Cayenne or any other herbs or spices you like, then you can add some grated cheese but not too much if you want to lose weight. By the time you have put all the bits on top, the base will be almost cooked, pop under the grill to brown it will look like a pizza.put back on the hob till it moves easily when shaken. THEN EAT."

Submitted by Pamela Ann Williams - Spain

30 minutes with Jamie Oliver

  7 minute Cheesecake -  Jamie Oliver is without a doubt one of the most popular chefs on our TV at the moment and his 30 minute meals are not only great tasting but easy and simple to make. I have tried out a few of his recipes. My favorite one is homemade cheesecake. The reason is that its so easy and very cheap to make that I doubt I will every buy a ready made one again. I may have changed it slightly from how he showed it on TV, but that's the idea, you can make it with the flavours you like best. I purchased only the most basic of products from the local supermarket, so use their own brand to save money.

Ingredients 
digestive biscuits or ginger nut biscuits to add extra flavour to the base
creme fresh either low fat or normal depending on if you are watching your weight
lemon curd (marmalade or jam if you prefer)
small tin of mandarins (use whatever fruit your prefer)
half pack of butter

Directions
Crush the biscuits but not too fine if you want to keep a nice rustic crunch to the base
add quarter pack of butter to a pan and melt then add the biscuits and stir in until all mixed together
remove from heat and place in 4 glasses or whatever you want to serve your cheesecake in then add a spoonful of lemon curd on top then add spoonful of the mandarins then add the creme fresh.  Put in fridge for half hour and serve with some grated chocolate on top.

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