Post simple/cheap/quick/tasty recipes if you've got 'em

[qualia]

it's playing happily in the fields and not being tortured and murdered by greedy humans

[gtarman]

Chilli Recipe I made the other night (which could also be made with lentils probably, if that's the way you swing)

big whack of garlic and some onion

500g beef mince

1 can of red kidney beans

a spice mix of equal parts cumin and paprika, to taste (more the better IMO)

dried crushed chilli, salt, and pepper

that's a good base to use, which can be eaten just by itself..but is better with some additions (maybe some capsicum or other chopped veg, garnish of parsley or coriander with a bit of sour cream and/or avocado, a squeeze of lemon juice, an extra spice or two in the mix maybe)

[swampjrass]

Bust up some home made mince ... Build a little base enough to hold an egg ... Give it a mince roof .. Wrap in bacon ... Fry

[J Smith]

My budget tips

1. Bulk out mince meat by adding red lentils (tastes great too!)

2. Ensuring they're edible first, eat the parts of veggies most people throw away eg celery and beetroot leaves, broccoli stalks.

My yellow split pea soup recipe

In large saucepan add 1 diced carrot, 2 diced stalks celery, 1 diced brown onion, 4 cloves garlic to some oil/butter and cook for 5 min. Add some about 1 tsp cumin, 2 tbsp curry powder, chilli flakes and black pepper to taste and cook for another minute. Add 250g (dry weight) yellow split peas that have been soaking overnight and have been rinsed well and 1 litre chicken stock. Add more water if required (up to 500ml). Cook for 30mins or until peas are soft. Gorge.

[Halcyon Daze]

Here's a good one.

Quick Veggie Fix

I keep a plastic container full of mixed frozen veggies in the freezer containing beans peas broad beans, Brussels sprouts, diced carrot and broccoli, corn etc (but not potato)

Pour out half a bowl full of frozen veggies, and top with hot water from the tap. Turn on the jug and once boiled tip off the cold water from the veggies and re-fill with boiling hot water. add a packet of french onion soup mix, a pinch of mixed spices, a dollop of sweet chill sauce, ( a tablespoon of coconut cream if it's handy) a teaspoon of currie paste and a splash of soy sauce and bob's yr uncle.

The veggies will be steaming hot, sweet, and surprisingly fresh and the broth will be quite satisfying too.

Very fast and easy. Add beef if required.

[etherealdrifter]

silverbeet,leek,wild fennel and fetta pie

Basically you make a spanakopita.

i do this:

1 leek cut in half wash the sand out well, chop it thin

1 onion chop chop chop that too

1 bunch silverbeet cut out fibrous,white stalks - no need to chop it 'cause it will wilt nicely

a good handful of fennel

2tb spoons fresh mint chopped

2 eggs

~150 g nice greek fetta

120g butter unsalted melted

pack of filo sheets

nutmeg freshly grated - just a spritz is all you need don't overdo it or you'll od the overall taste

kk

preheat oven to `180 c

In a a pan put 1 tb spoon of olive oil turn to low heat

throw in onion,leek,silverbeet,fennel,mint and nutmeg - saute slowly until everything has softened/wilted.

Then tip the lot into a colander to drain - put a bowl underneath if you want to drink the juice or just let it flow

next,

beat eggs in a bowl big enough , add cheese breaking it up with fingers

lick fingers clean

add some pepper to the mix to taste

right

now grab a rectangular oven dish large enough to hold whatever size you want to go

mines about 40cm x 20cm x 7cm

brush the insides of the dish with the melted butter and begin carefully layering the filo sheets(approx 10 sheets) inside with small over lapping where necessary - press the sheets upside the dish edges.

now,

add the cooled silverbeet mix to the eggy cheese mix and mix up well.

*make sure the silverbeet/leek mix is cool/cold to touch otherwise you'll start cooking the eggs prematurely

pour this into the baking dish, gently even out the mix in the dish

Start layering the top of the dish with approx another 10 sheets of filo.

brush the top with butter, sprinkle with sesame seeds.

bake for about 35 mins -give or take 10 mins. watch it, when it's golden brown.......She's a ready.

mung it cold or warm with a salad and a glass of pinot gris

[gtarman]

Wow, legendary. This will be done!

And, as promised:

EDIT: got your username wrong on the certificate, had to re-do. Don't cha hate it when they get your name wrong on a certificate lol

Edited December 1, 2013 by gtarman

[Amazonian]

silverbeet,leek,wild fennel and fetta pie

Basically you make a spanakopita.

We need a 'love this' button, because in this case, 'like this' isn't enough.

[DiscoStu]

ok i've made this a few times it's pretty damn tasty

smoky chickpea, roast vegetable red lentil soup

In the roasting tray:

cauliflower

garlic

capsicum

(sprinkle with salt, olive oil thyme black pepper, roast til delicious)

in the saucepan:

fry an onion medium heat until translucent, put in garlic roast capsicum a whole diced carrot 2 bay leaves fry until carrots become soft. add ~1 teaspoon cumin + 1 teaspoon smoked paprika (i like a little bit more paprika) a few shakes of dry thyme (to taste) fry until spices become fragrant. cover with 1 litre of liquid (half and half water/commercial vegetable stock ) + 1 tin diced tomatoes bring to boil. add about ⅓ cup red lentils (add some green lentils too if you want extra thickness) bring to boil + simmer until lentils cooked (about 20 mins or so). remove bay leaves blend up with stick blender until desired thick/smoothness, add roast cauliflower + greens (peas/beens/broccoli and etc.) bring back to boil until heated through, season with salt/pepper/chilli to taste.

edit: it's not exactly quick but it's easy and cheap (you can make a big pot for under $10 + it freezes)

Edited November 5, 2014 by DiscoStu

[etherealdrifter]

grow some borp and make a tomato sause with garlics andd onions sauted. the make a pizza base. once whence it rises, make a gilly come lately and never , ever thinkthrice aboot your musings because,............that's wotthepowersthat be want you to do. any wau, i'm off the jety cream power trails in the sky and love yourself and fuck dildo'd that batteries run out. I hope that eventually we can all be 'vibibn Ti" as you put it.

I betted on myself and thennthey tried to kikll my stalliobn and then i just walked upright and felt empowered. Empowered in the sense that humanity wil prevail

[swampjrass]

this is my latest recipe .. have your partner bust you up a authentic murgh makhni ... completely forget about it and fall asleep ... come home the next day hollow a capsicum n stuff ze pepper with your makhni don't forget the cream ... mushroom top and wrap n foil ... bake ...

[DiscoStu]

just made this, super cheap and easy, not really quick though

"tex-mex" style baked beans

spice mix:

1 tsp cumin powder

1 tsp coriander powder

1-2 tsp smoked paprika

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

½ teaspoon onion powder

1 tsp oregano (or thyme)

chilli powder to preference

pinch salt

pinch sugar

beans: red beans i would've preferred but i had black eyed peas so I used them (a mix of red and black beans would work), 2 cups dried beans soaked over night cooked for 15-20 minutes or until they squish between your fingers

in a saucepan:

fry 1 large golden onion and 3 cloves of garlic until garlic is translucent, add 1 medium green capsicum 1 medium red capsicum 1 large carrot fry until soft. add your spice mix (about 1-2 tablespoons worth according to taste) and fry until spices become fragrant. add 1 tin diced tomatoes and beans and enough water to make the mix slightly sloppy. transfer to a baking dish and place in oven (about 200º) and cook for 20 minutes or so or until top gets slightly crusty ( )

[Gollum]

Gollums delicious

Mango/banana/orange smoothie!

Simple but refreshing

Ingredients

1 x ripe Kensington pride mango

1 x ripe Banana

1 cup Orange juice (go with the 100% stuff with the pulp not the sugary watery stuff)

Lots of ice

Dice mango and banana into chunks and put in blender with the cup of orange juice. Put about 10 ice cubes in as well.

Blend the whole lot until it is all thick and slushy. ( add small amount of water if you want it thinner)

Drink. Honestly, Ive been living off this stuff for about a week now. Its mango season and its also bloody hot. This smoothie is great after mowing the lawn or while gardening.

*Bonus tip. Bung it in the freezer in a tupperware container then use a spoon to shave off for a tasty refresher. ☺

[bogfrog]

I'm sure there's a number of avo-heads around here, and given its avocado season I think it's time to suggest that ya'll try an avocado chocolate mousse!

I'm sure many adaptations and substitutions could be made to this recipie,

But as a general outline you'll need:

2 ripe avacados

1/4 cup of cocoa

1/4 cup of coconut milk/ oat milk/ soy milk or cow milk

1 tbsp sugar

A splosh of maple syrup/ agave syrup

Peel avocado, take out seed, mash (I used a sieve and a spoon, and just smushed the avo thru the gause, that worked well, or a food processor would be an easy way to make this if you got one)

Sift cacao into the mashed avocado, combine well before adding sugar and syrup, mix, add milk, mix more.

Chill.

Serve with fresh berries and yogurt. Nom nom nom...

[mystical oyster]

Dice an onion, dice some garlic, chop a good few handfuls of mushrooms, fry till shrooms are browned, add some thickened cream, simmer and mix till cream gets good colour, mix with pasta..

I eat this often.. added chicken and bacon to the last batch and it was delicious!

Experimenting with different types of mushrooms is fun

[Yawning Man]

Spicy Kim Chi right out of tha jar. #drool #thatsexyburn

Thanks for the recipes friends. So many of them sound amazing.

Cheers

[etherealdrifter]

Persheni piperki(fried peppers in maco)

ola fiends.

Tis the season.

Ok, since you guys should have a braid of garlic heads hanging from your last crop and many summer vegies and herbs just busting to be eaten, here's a quick one i've enjoyed ever since i was a wee lil tacker.

a splodge of nice olive oil

100 gms of bulgarian fetta

5 or 6 large bull peppers from your garden

1 hot chilli pepper from your garden

i head of garlic from your garden

two large oxheart or adelaide tomatoes from the garden

a handsworth of oregano and basil from your garden.

1. Get large frypan and heat up a good whollop of olive oil in it.

2. cut up roughly the tomatoes, peppers, and herbs and place next to pan for quick frying.

3. first throw in mashed up garlic into oil. heat gently for a min or so.

4. Throw in peppers(seeds optional but if ya got a really hot hot chilli maybe avoid the seeds). stir up peppers for a min or two.

5. Add tomotoes. stir it up gently so you keep the shape of the vegies.

6.Cook for about 5/7 minutae - keep shaking the pan around so it doesnt all just stick.

7. when everything looks soft, add some oregano. very little.

8. pour the whole lot onto a plate.

9. Crumble up the bulgarian fetta on top , wash hands then add ripped basil leaves on top of that.

Grab some crusty bread and a bevvie(vino ofcourse for mwa but a ginger beer might be nice) and dip bread into mix while smiling like a loon.

So basically, fry up everything, add fetta, then rip basil on top and eat - you won't need salt because the fetta is salty enough!

10. pat yourself on the back for eating a veggie meal from your garden.

[Anodyne]

I love beans, but cannot be arsed standing around stirring them while they stick to the pan - I decided to roast them instead for delicious toasty bean flavour with minimal effort... so... much... win!

Easy Refried Beans

2 tblsp coconut oil

1 large onion, chopped

2 tins beans (I like borlotti - kidney & black are also good)

3-4 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1 tblsp ground cumin

1/2 tsp ground black pepper

1 tsp dried herbs (thyme/marjoram/oregano)

big pinch cinnamon

2 tblsp pickled green jalapenos (include some pickling vinegar)

- get a small baking dish and roast onion in oil until golden. You can use other oils, but coconut is awesome (it's the vegan version of lard) & works great with the cinnamon.

- add garlic, herbs & spices, cook for another few minutes

- add beans (juice & all) & jalapenos and cook for ~30min. Stir occasionally to bring more of the beans to the surface to become brown & delicious.

- the bean juice will cook down to become a gravy - when the liquid is about half gone, they're done (it will thicken a bit as it cools because the coconut fat solidifies). You could continue baking until dry for a more traditional refried-beans texture, but then you'd miss out on all that gravy goodness.

- Serve over rice, polenta, tortillas, etc - or blend roughly & eat as a dip

Edited February 6, 2015 by Anodyne

[☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ]

dang me mouths watering like niagra with all your cullinary viagra!

heres a fast snack recipe I've been using for about 15 years... for whenever i need to eat n fk off in a hurry..

will add more when i get time...

i so love to cook delicious food so im gna have to go do that cuz you'ze got me starvin'

(usually)3 day old ciabatta bread sliced in half flatways ,

amply covered in freshly diced tomatoes with cumin and about 7 grains of salt,

a handfull of ya fave seasoning herbs from the cupboard, and fresh basil genovese leaves if poss,

drizzled with the darkest olive oil you can get ya hands on ...

and a sprinkle of ya fave cheese grated...

microwave for 45 seconds, careful of the hot bits

called (lol) "Acapulco melt"

[☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ]

2 large leeks chopped however ya like

1 butternut squash " "

4 potatoes " "

1 yellow bell pepper " "

half punnet of agaricus bisporus " "

7 shiitake

handfull of grifola frondrosa

3 slices of rei shii, 3 small trametes versicolor 1 stick of cinnamon and a clump of irish moss {blended in a coffee grinder till fluff}

whole bunch of flammulina velutipes snipped with scissors stipes an all if cultivated, but caps only if wild

7 oyster mushrooms

bunch of shimeji (hypsizigus ones)

2 large/ 4 medium or 8 small: whole carrots

as many whole garlic cloves as you feel like

fat "shek" of turmeric

even fatter "shek" (shake of the container so loads comes out) of smoken paprika

one large or 2 medium courgettes/zucchinis sliced 2cm thick

one aubergine/egg plant sliced 2cm thick

quarter of a bag of frozen sweetcorn...

1 head of broccoli/calabrese

25 peppercorns

sage

rosemary

thyme

coriander bunch (foliage not seed)

half - 1 cup of spirulina

1 half kettle of freshly boiled water, and maybe again later ..

if you have a big ole wok, use that fkr!

otherwise a cauldron type thing rules every time , since the beginning of time...

chuck in ingredients , turn fire on full blast, wait a bit till ya just gotta add water before it chars , add boiled water TSSSS! , bob head out of steam, maybe a cup full or 2 of kettle water...

cook for a bit, stick a lid on it if ya got one...

wait....

after a bit check its not dried out and if it has add another round of water and turn the fire down half way...

wait...

after another bit check its not dried out or anything daft like that...

add some of the darkest blackest olive oil you can get your hands on...

if you're me, add maybe a quarter of the bottle...

and if you added chicken or rabbit or meat free equivalent after seeing no meat ... add a lemon cut in two too and double the coriander leaf. ;)

if you added pork or a meat free equivalent, throw in 2 cored apples or pears and a quarter of a jar of honey..

wait....

stir

wait

stir and make sure to rotate and ensure even cooking of entire surface areas of the food...

wait

turn heat down to lowest setting...

wait...

when ya carrots taters and squash fall off the fork , and if you didn't add meat.. it's at it's first stage of being ready but if you can;

wait...stir

wait.... stir..

prep a roasting tray with that dark olive oil and fire up the oven to gas mark 4 or 5...

dump contents of pan in roaster , whack in the oven for 30 mins and serve ... with pineapple juice or a cuppa tea ;)

if there's any food left, allow it to cool and put it into food containers in the fridge ...

and then the freezer later when it's gone completely cold.

erm... i hereby name this recipe ... "ya know it makes sense volume 1"

Edited April 15, 2015 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ

[☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ]

"fire and ice"

whole punnet of agaricus bisporus button mushrooms

garlic sliced or diced

olive oil and a dash of sesame oil

fresh chopped spinach but frozen or canned will do ...

knob of real butter

ice cold sour cream or greek yoghurt

throw oil in pan, heat on full... at the first sign of smoke add mushrooms ...

throw in garlic after a few minutes...

**flick water at them and tilt pan after moving face away from where the flames shoot out, fire them hard...

add spinach , then butter

open door or ventilate like a muthafukka

stir fry till cooked, add a dash of sweet chilli sauce

serve and enjoy alone, on rice or on pasta

with a blob of ice cold sour cream or greek yoghurt

-clean the cooker from all the splashbacks from the flames

** only works with flames , not electric hobs tho

Edited April 15, 2015 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ

[☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ]

"fast eddie"

large pot of humous, add sweet chilli sauce and smoked paprika , stir in and snaffle or pack for the journey

Edited April 15, 2015 by ☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ

[☽Ţ ҉ĥϋηϠ₡яღ☯ॐ€ðяئॐ♡Pϟiℓℴϟℴ]

"if you threw this in the air it would turn into sun shine"

dessert:

4 - 6 carrots shredded fine in a blender or purified to pulp

juice of 4 -6 oranges juiced very well

a dusting of cinnamon

add a lime if ya that way inclined or to spice it up a bit any citrus

mix, serve ice cold on a hot day

[DELETED ACCOUNT]

Snoop's chips + 7 layer 8 layer dip:

 

[DeadStar]

Its not a recipe but i can write it out if anyone wants it. After gardening, cooking is a passion of mine.

To thank my wife for taking care of me recently i made her her favorite meal.

Sake simmered chicken with mushrooms.

Sake simmer chicken with mushrooms

Feeds 4

2 cups sushi rice

8 dried shiitake mushrooms

1 tsp sesame oil

4 small chicken breasts

1 carrot

400g baby spinach leaves

100g enoki mushrooms (ive started to add king oyster and oysters mushrooms also)

BROTH

200mls sake

200mls mirin

200mls chicken stock

100mls shiitake soaking water

1tbsp dark soy

1/4 cup light soy

1tbsp caster sugar

-soak dried shiitake in a bowl of hot water for 20min.

Rub sesame oil and a little salt into the chicken and set aside.

Cut the carrot into fine matchsticks.

Drain shiitake and slice, discarding stalks.

Cook sushi rice in rice cooker or to instructions on the packet

FOR BROTH-

Place a pot over high heat.

Add sake and mirin and cook until bubbling.

Remove from heat and ignite liquid.

When flames die, return pot fo med heat.

Stir in stock soy sauce and sugar. Simmer for 5min.

Place the chicken and shiitake in the broth and simmer over med - low heat for 15min.

Add the carrot for the final minutes of cooking.

Meanwhile, rinse the spinach, then wilt in a large hot dry pan. Tossing well. Set aside

Remove broth from heat. Remove chicken and slice.

Devide rice, spinach then chicken amoung bowls.

Spoon over shiitake, carrot and broth.

Dip fresh mushrooms in remaining broth for 1min, then place on chicken

Edit:added recipe

Edited August 3, 2015 by DeadStar