Everyday recipes

Now the days are drawing in, why don't you invest in a slow cooker if you don't already have one. You can just seal some beef in seasoned flour, add potatoes, any root veg you like, a handful of pearl barley, a couple of bayleafs, a splosh of red plonk (the cheap stuff is great for this), some beef stock, and leave it to cook slowly all day. If you have a big slow cooker, this will last for two days. The smell in the house is lovely at the end of the day, and if you bring some suet over from England you can have dumplings too!!

Bon appetit!!

Deborah

Chicken breast/pork chops(bone removed) in Pepper Sauce.

Slow fry in butter, remove from the pan when cooked, add 1 small carton of cream to the pan, half a chicken stock cube, half teaspoon dry garlic, half teaspoon black pepper, and few twists of mixed ground pepper. Whole black peppers can also be added. Return the meat to the pan and simmer. The sauce will thicken depending on how long you allow to simmer, if it gets too thick just add a drop of milk. Also you can add or reduce the ammount of pepper depending on taste.

Like you I am bored with the same old meals and look forward to other replies for some inspiration.

Julie