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Posh Beans On Toast – Part 2

Digitalquill — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:39:24 +0000

I recently blogged a recipe for Posh Beans on Toast, I first cooked it for the in-laws and did not have time to take a photograph, however, I did it again the other nigh for Cheryl and myself and thought I would take a couple of photographs to show what it turns out like. This time I served it with some crispy Bacon on the top, you could even add a fried Quail egg to give something a little extra.

Posh Beans On Toast

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Posh Beans On Toast

Digitalquill — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:24:13 +0000

Serves: 2

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients

1x400g tin of Chickpeas
1x400g tin of Tinned tomatoes (chopped)
2-3 bacon rashers thinly chopped
Red Onion finely chopped
2 cloves of garlic finely chopped
Chopped Coriander
Balsamic vinegar
Olive oil
1 teaspoon of Sugar
Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions:

Chop the onion and garlic and fry in a small amount of olive oil until soft
Add the chopped tomatoes and chick peas straining off any water with the chick peas
Add a splash of balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper to taste
Add a good helping of chopped coriander
Leave to simmer for 10 minutes, add some water if it starts to get too stiff
Fry the thinly chopped bacon in another pan until crispy
Add the bacon to the beans and simmer for a further 5 minutes
Fry or grill some ciabatta bread in olive oil (or drizzle some olive oil over the bread if grilling)
Serve the beans over the bread

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Turkey Escalops In Lager

Digitalquill — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 22:19:33 +0000

Serves: 4

Cooking Time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

4 turkey escalopes
1½oz butter or margarine
1 tbsp oil
1 onion, peeled and sliced
1 red pepper, de-seeded and thinly sliced
1 tbsp flour
200ml lager
150ml chicken stock
½ tsp dried thyme
1 tsp sugar
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
4 tbsp single cream
chopped parsley to garnish

Instructions:

Cut the escalopes in half through the centre
Season the turkey with salt and pepper.
Heat butter or margarine and oil in a pan until melted, then fry the turkey for 3 – 4 minutes each side until golden brown.
Remove the turkey from the pan.
Fry the onion and pepper in the same fat until soft and lightly coloured.
Stir in the flour and cook for 1 minute, then gradually add the lager and stock and bring up to the boil.
Add thyme, sugar and seasonings.
Replace the turkey and simmer for about 8-10 minutes until tender.
Stir in the cream, adjust the seasonings and reheat gently.
Serve sprinkled with chopped parsley.

Serve with:

Mash potato and Veg

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Cooking And Recipes Blog Or Site

Digitalquill — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:08:11 +0000

I have been adding a number of recipes on this blog, and looking at the stats they have been getting a fairly high proportion of the search engine traffic to this site. I am therefore considering setting up a site specifically for my recipes and cooking posts. Perhaps you dear readers might give your opinions …

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Roasted Parsnip Soup

Digitalquill — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:22:41 +0000

Feeds: 4
Cooking Time: 40 Minutes

Ingredients:

2 tbsp olive oil
1 tsp coriander seeds
1 tsp cumin seeds , plus extra to garnish
1 tsp ground turmeric
Pinch of mustard seeds
1 large onion , cut into 8 chunks
2 garlic cloves
6 parsnips , diced
2 plum tomatoes , quartered
1.2l vegetable stock
1 tbsp lemon juice

Instructions:

Heat the oven to 200c
Mix the olive oil, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, turmeric and mustard seeds in a bowl
Add the onion, parsnip and garlic and mix
Spread the spiced veg onto a foil covered baking tray
Roast the Veg for 30 mins or until soft
Blend the veg along with the stock in a blender
Put the blended soup into a pan and heat to a simmer, add the lemon juice
Serve and garnish with a sprinkling of coriander seeds.

Serve with:

Crusty Bread or French Stick

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Potato And Onion Soup

Digitalquill — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:12:31 +0000

Feeds: 4
Cooking Time:1h 20 Mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

450g potatoes, diced
1 carrot, diced
2 litres water
450g onions
3 tbsp olive oil
120 ml dry white wine
fresh ground black pepper
salt

Instructions:

Place the Potato and Carrot in a pan, poor in water and heat to a simmer
Once Simmering leave on stove for 1 hour, checking and stirring occasionally
Blend the potato, carrot and water and return to the pan
Heat the olive oil and a frying pan and add the onions and around 150 ml of water and cook for 10 minutes
Add the wine and cook until the liquid is almost gone
Add to the soup and blend again
Season with salt and pepper to taste
Re-heat and serve

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Time To Buy Domain Names

Digitalquill — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:25:21 +0000

With the next Google update scheduled for sometime over Christmas, now is a great time to buy pre-used domain names.

If you can find a domain name that has a low page rank, which has a live site with good up-to-date content and good link backs the chances are that during the next page rank review the site may get a higher page rank and thus be worth more after the page rank review than before.

On the converse side if you are selling domains, it is worth keeping hold of domains until after the review to see what impact it will have on your domains page rank.

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Fruity Chicken Curry

Digitalquill — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 20:05:26 +0000

Feeds: 4
Cooking Time: 15 Mins

Ingredients:

1 Large Onion (Chunkily Chopped)
1 tin of Chopped Tomatoes
1 Green Chilli (chopped in rings with seeds removed)
3 Tbs Mango Chutney
4 Chicken Breasts
2 Medium Size Eating Apples
1 Tsp Garam Masala
1/2 Tsp Hot Chilli Powder (increase to make hotter)
1/2 cup or water
1 Tsp Cooking/Vegetable Oil
Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions:

Heat Oil in a Balti dish or low sided pan
Fry Onions for 2 minutes
Poor in tin of tomatoes (Be careful as oil may spit), water and Mango Chutney and heat until simmering
Put diced chicken breasts into the pan, you can keep them whole for something different
Stir in the Green Chilli, Garam Masala and the Chilli Powder and simmer for 10 minutes
Add the apple and simmer for a further 2 minutes
Season with salt and pepper to taste

Serve With:
Rice

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Tomarto And Pepper Soup

Digitalquill — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:05:48 +0000

Feeds: 4
Cooking Time: 40 Minutes

Ingredients:

2tbsp of olive oil
1 onion (chopped)
2-3 red peppers (chopped)
2 cloves garlic (peeled and crushed)
8 tomatoes (chopped)
1 tin of tomatoes
1 Litre of chicken or vegetable stock

Instructions:

Heat the oil in a sauce pan
Fry the onions, peppers and garlic until soft
Add fresh tomatoes and fry for a further 4 minutes
add tinned tomatoes, stock and bring to the boil
turn down the heat to simmer for 30 minutes
Blend the soup with a food processor or hand blender
re-heat and season with salt and pepper to taste

Serve with:

Crusty Bread or French Stick

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Smoked Sausage Stir-fry

Digitalquill — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:44:36 +0000

Feeds: 4
Cooking time: 15 Minutes

Ingredients:

1 Mattersons Smoked Sausage
1 Green Pepper Sliced
1 Red Pepper Sliced
1 Yellow Pepper Sliced
2 Carrots Sliced
1 Red Onion Sliced
2 Sticks of Celery Sliced
Handful or Mange Tout
4-5 Baby sweetcorn cut in half length wise
Soya Sauce
2 Eggs
Pepper
Cup full or Rice
Instructions:

Boil rice according to the instructions on the pack
Poor 1 table spoon of cooking oil into a frying pan or Wok and heat
Fry the carrots, onions, celery, mange tout, and bay sweetcorn fry for 5 minutes
Dice Smoked Sausage and cook for a further 5 minutes
Drain rice and place rice in with the veg
Poor 2 table spoons of soya sauce into the rice and stir
Crack the two eggs into the pan and keep mixing until the egg is cooked.
Add pepper to taste

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Chicken Stir-fry

Digitalquill — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:52:25 +0000

Feeds: 4
Cooking time: 15 Minutes

Ingredients:

4 Chicken Breasts Sliced
1 Green Pepper Sliced
1 Red Pepper Sliced
1 Yellow Pepper Sliced
2 Carrots Sliced
1 Red Onion Sliced
2 Sticks of Celery Sliced
Handful or Mange Tout
4-5 Baby sweetcorn cut in half length wise
Soya Sauce
2 Eggs
Pepper
Cup full or Rice
Instructions:

Boil rice according to the instructions on the pack
Poor 1 table spoon of cooking oil into a frying pan or Wok and heat
Fry the carrots, onions, celery, mange tout, and bay sweetcorn
Add the chicken breasts (sliced) to the veg and fry for 8-10 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.
Drain rice and place rice in with the veg
Poor 2 table spoons of soya sauce into the rice and stir
Crack the two eggs into the pan and keep mixing until the egg is cooked.
Add pepper to taste

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Sweet And Sour Balti Chicken

Digitalquill — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:33:05 +0000

Feeds: 2
Cooking Time: 45 Minutes (including marinating time)

Ingredients:

2x Chicken Breasts
3x tbs Mango Chutney
3x tbs Greek Yogurt
3x tbs Tomato Puree
2 Cloves of Garlic (Crushed)
1tsp Hot Chilli Powder (Diced)
1.5 tsp Garam Masala
1 Green Chilli (or 2 if you like it hot hot hot!)
Half a cup of water
Single Cream
Hand full of Fresh Coriander

Instructions:

Mix the Mango Chutney, Greek Yogurt, Tomato Puree, Garlic, Chilli powder and Garam Masala together in a bowl.
Dice the Chicken and put into the bowl and mix.
Leave for at least 30 minutes (the longer the better although place in fridge if leaving for a longer period)
Put 1 table spoon of oil into a pan or Balti Dish and heat
Poor the mixture and the chicken into the pan and allow to heat until it is bubbling, Take care to stir as it will easily catch.
Poor the water into the pan and stir until mixed.
Put the diced Green Chilli into the mix along with half the Coriander
Simmer for 10 – 15 minutes
Stir in a dash of single cream to taste, this cools the balti so use what ever quantity you want to make it as hot or mild as you like it.
Stir in the rest of the Coriander

Serve with:

Rice, Nan Breads and Poppadoms

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