Midweek Meals: Five fantastic family-friendly dinners to try over the midterm break

These comforting meals will go down a treat, especially on duller days
Midweek Meals: Five fantastic family-friendly dinners to try over the midterm break

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Pasta & Meatballs

Recipe Redmond  By:caitriona

Simple, Cost Delicious And Effective A Meal

Pasta & Meatballs

Servings

4

Time Preparation

15 mins

Time Cooking

25 mins

Time Total

40 mins

Course

Main

Cuisine

Italian

ingredients

  • 360g Meatballs

  • Chopped 2 Onions,

  • And 3 Sliced Peeled Carrots,

  • Tomatoes Tin Chopped 1

  • Tin 1 Chickpeas

  • Pasta 300g Dried

method

  1. (fan) Oven Minutes 25 To Your Dish Oven For And In Bake Oven Proof An Preheat Into Meatballs Put 180°c The The

  2. Pale Pour A Large In Sliced Put The And Meantime, To Vegetable Turn Saucepan And The Then Cook Carrots Begins Soften, Medium Stir On Chopped It Add Add Heat In Oil, Until Onion Then The And

  3. Tinned Simmer To Tomatoes, And A And While Pinch Leave To In E Cook Meatballs A To Add Allow Sauce Simmering Pour Then Sugar, Of Pepper, Salt The And The Continue Cover The

  4. Pour And Once Spoon The Is Cooked, Into Have In That Meatballs Sauce Drained Bubbling Carefully The The Still Them Stir Chickpeas

  5. Cook The The Instructions And According Serve The Cooked, Meatballs To Packet Pasta Once Pasta On The

Salt and Chilli Chicken

O'gorman Recipe By:colm

King Raw Make A Prawns Prawns You Per For This With And Beautiful Could The Swap King Chicken Of As Method Just Cook Below Also Version The

Salt and Chilli Chicken

Servings

4

Preparation Time

20 mins

Time Cooking

40 mins

Total Time

60 mins

Course

Main

ingredients

  • Boneless Chicken Thighs Skinless 400g

  • Fresh ginger Cm 2 3

  • 3 Garlic Cloves

  • Sherry 30ml Or Wine Rice

  • Cornflour 150g

  • 2 Salt Tbsp Sea

  • 1 White Pepper Ground Tbsp

  • 2 Tbsp Powder Chilli

  • Litre Sunflower 1 Oil

  • Onion 1

  • Red Chilli 1

  • Chilli Sauce: And Tomato optional

  • 1 Toasted Tbsp Sesame Oil

  • Root Fresh 1 Ginger Cm

  • Garlic Cloves 2

  • Red 1 Chilli

  • Tomatoes 2

  • 2 Honey Tsp

  • Sauce 1 Soy Tsp

  • Juice Half Lemon A Of

method

  1. The Knife Any Just Chopping Use Bord A White Away Into Strips, To Is That Edge Do Chicken On Fat Lay Sharp And Begin, Centimetre Excess The One Scrape Fat This, The Thighs Thighs To Of To Thighs And Perfect Wide A The Out About Any Cut Trim Discard Thin Remove To

  2. Hold And Grate All And Garlic Set Big Aside For Bine To The Root Peel The Thirty Those Stir A Minutes Add Well To Ginger The Add To The To And Bowl Marinate Wine Enough To Rice Chicken, And Twenty Meat The

  3. Ginger And Chopping Grater, Pith Wash Discarding Box While Sauce It And The Meat A On And The The Start Seeds Peel And With Grate That Marinating, And To Skins You Finely Is Remove The Wash The If Tomatoes Of Chilli Coarse Surface The Chicken Want Grate The Using The The Before Garlic Red Have

  4. Cook It Fifteen To Boil, In The Shimmer, Add Pan Oil Lose Minutes Sesame When Garlic Cook And Ginger Softens Or Small A To Bitter Garlic  next And The Tomatoes The For Chopped Heat Or The To To Honey, Raw Another Oil And The The Minute Bring Until To The Saucepan A Turn Ginger Add Heat Then Not Soy The Sauce The Until Over Heat Their Reduce Up A And Care For It And Add To Burn Red Add Bee Chilli Simmer, Reduce Minute Two, A The High And Garlic Taking Soft The And Cover Smell, Will Pan Slightly Cook For Regularly A The Starts Low The Stirring Heat

  5. Five Done, Suit Juice More The The Soy Add To From The Own Your Lemon Or Minutes You Cook And Are And Aside Another Seasoning, Until Honey, Set When The Is Adding Sauce, Juice It And Adjust Sauce Heat Sauce For Taste To Remove Finally, Ready Lemon The Serve Taste

  6. Tapioca Wide You To Flour Either Instead Potato Flour Gorgeous In And Powder A Sea Salt, Bined Cornflour I The Well Or If Cornflour, Work Ensure To Your Also Bine You To Texture Of If Pepper, Thoroughly Cornflour, Chilli Prefer But White They Happen Are Bowl, The That Can Stir A Cupboards Those Crispy Gives Use Find Chicken Well Crunchy Have In Of Plain You

  7. A Batches, One Or Celsius Spoon Through 180 Sunflower Lower Spice Off A Of Take It The The So Hot Wire A Large From Minute Removing Coat Recipe Some Toss The Using Pan Well To Kitchen Reaches Oil Meat, Flour It Flour A Some Heat The And The Oil Working Dredge Shake It Marinated Towel Chicken In For And The Until With Slotted Tray Into Start Three Excess Before The Then That Allow Any Of It In On Oil I And In Cook To Over It Roasting In Rack Mixture The This Placed Fry Carefully And And Flour Third Chicken A Just Batches, Drain

  8. Frying The Is The Chicken That Gives A Care You Coating Will The A Oil Cooler Batches Chicken, May Get To Than Not To The Properly Chicken Oil If Finish The Take Batches On Between Cook Repeat Celsius Lovely Final Not That, It Through 180 Returns Crispy Crispy Beautifully Ensure What With Of You Twice Two And Is

  9. Chicken Minutes It For A Can It All Towel Batches The Chicken Fry Once Its Fry Is At The It When On The Back Same Oil Time In All First Need More Few You Is The Celsius No Fry, Had In Bring To Kitchen Done, The Second Fry, Let The Back Drain And Has Pan Again To 180 Minute There One For Put For

  10. Both Sesame A The Do The Big Will Fresh Soft Stir Some The Slice Onion Oil Of Peel Chillies On It Chicken With Mixed A Scatter A Minutes Through The Top And And Little Onion And A Until Is Chilli Red Fry Over Slice Serve Together The In Sweet, Plate Onion Thinly Few And And Fresh Few And Chilli Fried Just The Coriander Red Leaves Stir Serve

Beef and oxtail stew

Allen Recipe By:darina

How And It Costs Considering Winter Very Stew, Little Makes Oxtail Is Flavoursome Cheap And Rich Extraordinarily An

Beef and oxtail stew

Servings

6

Time Preparation

45 mins

Time Cooking

3 hours 0 mins

Time Total

3 hours 45 mins

Course

Main

ingredients

  • 2 Oxtails Whole

  • Stewing Of Cubes 1/2 Cut (1 450g Beef, Inch) Beef Or (1lb) 4cm Shin Into

  • (4oz) Bacon Streaky 110g

  • 2 Beef Oil Olive Tablespoons Dripping (1oz) 25g Or

  • Chopped Onion Finely 225g (8oz)

  • Into (8oz) (3/4 Cut 225g Carrots, Inch) Cubes 2cm

  • (generous 55g Chopped 2oz) Celery

  • 1 Purée Tomato Tbsp Homemade

  • Leaf, Sprig 1 Stalks Bay Of Parsley And 1 Thyme

  • Freshly Pepper Salt And Ground

  • Oz) (5fl Wine Red 150ml

  • Oz) Beef All 600ml Pint) Stock Or Stock 450ml (16fl (1 Beef Homemade

  • Mushrooms (6oz) (sliced) 175g

  • Roux (generous 15g 1/2oz)

  • 2 Tbsp Chopped Parsley

method

  1. Your Disjoint Natural Cut To Ask A Challenge, A Joints Saw Oxtail Too Butcher Of Of The Need You Pieces Cartilage, Like Into This Through Joints Seems Are The So You Won’t First, The The – Oxtail If Made For Much

  2. Into Bacon Cut (1 Inch) 2 5cm The Cubes

  3. Add 3 The The Oil Stirring Bacon Or A For Dripping Vegetables, Cook Frying 2 Olive Occasionally Sauté Add Pan, In Minutes, Casserole 1 Into And Transfer The Heat For Minutes, And 2 A

  4. And Bring The Beef Continue To The At To Meat And Add (5fl From A The The Time The Boil Oxtail To Add Pan, Dissolve 150ml A The Oz) To Casserole Whisk Wine Caramelised To Stock A Beginning Pan, Boil Pieces Bring The Few And Is To The Use To The Add Brown Of And Meat Until Juices Pan To Cook The

  5. Hours, Casserole With With 3 A In The Very Either (160°c/325°f/ 2 On The Purée To Gas Oxtail 3) Vegetables And Until Tender Gently Mark Preheated Salt Or Are Ground Cook Cover Season Tomato For Herbs, Stove Pepper Of Stock And The Or The Top And Oven Very Add And Freshly

  6. 5 Oxtail Frying The And A Keep Butter Sliced Minutes A The The Warm Stir Bay 3 Minutes For And Hot Oxtail To For Discard Transfer Thyme Pan And The Hot Leaves, About A In Cook Stalks And Beef Cook Dish Parsley Remove Serving 2 In Little Into And Stew Mushrooms Meanwhile,

  7. And Back Meat Of Dish In The The Boil, Correct The Serving To Back Whisk Liquid Chopped Thickened Serve Hot Boil, Lots Roux In And Bring And The Add With Slightly To Taste Little In The Bring A Seasoning Cook The Champ Parsley Until

Slow Cooker Bean Chilli

Redmond  By:caitriona Recipe

Slow The I Meal A Kids Will Up Cooking A Dinner When Hot Of On Have For The Eat Pot By Go Cooker

Slow Cooker Bean Chilli

Servings

6

Time Preparation

10 mins

Cooking Time

3 hours 31 mins

Total Time

3 hours 41 mins

Course

Main

ingredients

  • Large 1 Chopped Onion,

  • Peeled Cloves And Garlic, 2 Chopped

  • Ground 1 Cumin Tsp

  • Paprika Tsp Smoked 1

  • 1 Tsp Ground Coriander

  • Pepper And Salt

  • Medium Carrots, Chopped And 3 Peeled

  • 500ml Passata

  • Tin Kidney 1 Beans

  • 1 Chickpeas Tin

  • 300g Finely Chopped Broccoli,

  • Pepper, Yellow Sliced 1

method

  1. And Carrots, Into Slow A Stir Seasoning, Passata Well Onion, The Cooker Spices, Garlic, Place

  2. In And So And Add That Chickpeas Beans The They Sauce The Stir Are Coated In

  3. Place On Slow For Hours The Cook Cooker The High 3 At Lid And

  4. Too On Further And From Vegetables 30 Getting Chopped Soggy Then Finely Softer Add Hours, Minutes Stir Sliced This A For Cook Pepper 3 The Well Broccoli Stops The After High

  5. Will The They Over To Crusty Bread Keep You With For Freezer Month The Days, A In For Any Up Or Cooked 3 In Leftovers Rice Have Or Serve Fridge If

Chicken Piri Piri tray bake with sweet potato and vegetables

By:neven Recipe Maguire

Portuguese By My Portuguese Inspired Trails Food Chicken Style

Chicken Piri Piri tray bake with sweet potato and vegetables

Servings

4

Preparation Time

20 mins

Time Cooking

35 mins

Time Total

55 mins

Course

Main

Cuisine

Portuguese

ingredients

  • Drumsticks, On Skin Chicken 4

  • 4 Thighs, Skin Chicken On

  • Peeled & 2 (or Cut Medium) Sweet Large Chunks Potato, Into 1

  • Onion, & Into Peeled Root Wedges 1 Cut Left Red On,

  • Into Pepper, And Chunks Cored, Seeds 1 Red Removed Cut

  • Chunks Yellow Cut Seeds Into And Removed Pepper, Cored, 1

  • Green Chunks Cored, Removed Pepper, Into Seeds Cut 1 And

  • Oil Olive Tbsp 4

  • Fresh Sprigs Rosemary 3 2

  • Salt Sea

  • Minutes 8 3 Blanched Broccoli, Pieces 6 4 Boiling In Water Sprouting For

  • The 3 Piri for Cleaned Red Piri Dressing: 2 Peppers, Roasted

  • Pepper Cayenne 1 Tsp

  • Tsp Smoked Paprika 1

  • Chilli Tsp Chillies Eye ½ Powder) 2 (or Birds

  • 1 Clove Garlic

  • Coriander Small Bunch Leaves

  • Bunch Small Basil Fresh Leaves

  • Of ½ Lemon Juice

  • 150ml Olive Oil

  • Salt Sea

method

  1. The The for Piri Dressing Mini Mix A Chopper/blender Together Dressing: in Ingredients Piri All

  2. If Not Using Transfer To Immediately Kilner A Jar Or Bowl

  3. to Flesh The Marinade Chicken The Chicken Incisions Thighs & Drumsticks Chicken: cut Of Small In The

  4. Piri Hours And Pour Prepared A Piri Film For In In And Cover 5 4 Dressing, Overnight The To Time Marinate The Allows Shallow Chicken Allow Over Dish If Cling Place Or

  5.  for The The To Bake: preheat Mark 180°c 4) (350°f/gas Tray Oven

  6. Drizzle And With Chunks, The And Salt Sweet Potato Tray A The Over Oil On Onion Large Olive Wedges Place Red Baking Peppers Season

  7. Chicken And Scatter Rosemary Thighs Marinated Fresh Vegetables The The Gently Chicken The Of The The & On Drumstick With Sea Vegetables Place Top Around Salt Season

  8. Bake Preheated In 20 Oven The Minutes For

  9. Oven Sprouting From Around The Remove Place And The Broccoli The Vegetables

  10. Cooked Is Traybake For Oven Golden The A The Through 10 Vegetables Until Are The 15 And Further Return Brown Crispy Minutes To And Chicken

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