"The Stitchers Cook Book"

[gingerbreadgirl]

Quick and Easy Fishy Pasta
(Serves 4 but easy to modify to serve more or less)

Pasta shapes (how much you usually cook)
boil in the bag fish in butter sauce (1-2 per person)
leeks a couple of handfuls ( i buy frozen)
brocolli (frozen half a large bag)
grated cheese (i use mature cheddar)

In a large saucepan boil salted water
add pasta, leeks and brocolli
cook till tender
Whilst that's boiling away, boil the
fish in a seperate saucepan.
When everythings cooked get a large bowl and
combine all the ingredients.
Serve and top with the grated cheese.
Filling, healthy and tasty

[gingerbreadgirl]

Cheats pizza (Serves 2)
(can easily modify to serve more or less)

5 slices of bread
tin of chopped tomatoes
large onion
grated cheese (do not know weight but what you would normally use for cheese on toast)

Peel and dice onion boil in a saucepan until tender
(drain the onion and put into a mixing bowl)
add the chopped tomatoes and cheese
make breadcrumbs from 1 slice of bread
combine all the ingredients together
note * it looks disgusting but do not let it put you off

toast the bread and top with the mixture
place under a grill until bubbling and golden
(Delicious)

[sillypants124]

Here is one that I found in a magazine called "Taste of Home" and I have made every year since I was 16.

Pork Loin with Raspberry Sauce

Ingredients

1 boneless whole pork loin roast (3 pounds)
1 teaspoon salt, divided
1 teaspoon rubbed sage
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 package (12 ounces) frozen unsweetened raspberries, thawed, divided
3/4 Cup sugar
1 tablespoon cornstartch
1/4 teaspoon each ground ginger, nutmeg, and cloves
1/4 Cup white vinegar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon butter

Directions

1.Place roast on a greased rack in a shallow roasting pan. Rub with 3/4 teaspoon salt, sage, and pepper. Bake, uncovered, at 350 for 1-1/2 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 160.
2. Meanwhile drain raspberries, reserving juice. Set aside 1/3 cup berries. In a sieve, mash remaining berries with the back of a spoon; reserve pulp and discard seeds.
3. In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, cornstartch, ginger, nutmeg, cloves and remaing salt. Stir in the vinegar, reserved raspberry juice and reserved pulp until bolended. Add remaing raspberries. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; add lemon juice and butter. Stir until butter is melted. Let stand for 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with the raspberry sauce. Yield: 8 servings.

Nutritional Analysis: One serving (3 ounces cooked pork with 2 tablespoons sauce) equals 237 calories, 7 g fat (# g saturated fat), 69 mg cholesterol, 244 mg sodium, 16 g carbohydraet, trace fiber, 26 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1 startch.

[lisa2469]

Chocolate Éclair Cake

-Graham crackers
-Chocolate frosting
-Cool whip (regular size tub)
-2 instant vanilla pudding packets
-3 cups of milk

Mix milk and pudding together, then fold Cool whip into pudding mixture.

In a 9 ½ x 11 pan, place layer of graham crackers down. Then do additional layers as follows:
-pudding mixture
-graham crackers
-pudding mixture
-graham crackers

Top with chocolate frosting.

[devon ann]

Mmmm have to try some of these recipes.

[reinke.amy]

I'm going to try that eclair cake. Yummy.

[coffee_freak]

Not really a recipe but a review of a cooking appliance..counts right?
So many that follow me on facebook have seen my husband bought me a Babycakes mini cupcake maker.
This thing is amazing.
Ive made mini cupcakes,brownies,muffins and even drop biscuits in it.
It comes with a tool for you to cut the top and bottom of a mini pie crust and a tool for "smushing" the bottom of the pie crust in. YOu can fill it with sweet or savory items to make mini pies..
Ive also made "corn dog muffins" using a box of corn muffin mix and putting a slice of hot dog in the batter. I made 'pancake muffins" using pancake batter and a slice of sausage. THis thing is really amazing..so many things you can do with it!
I know this is a US site but I'm sure you could find something similar in the UK?
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product ... U=17594877" target="_blank
there is a demo of the video too..and my blog i've posted photos of what i've made so far..or some of what i've made lol

[nachosmiley]

Well I had some tiffin today for the first time and OMG how goooood it is ....I begged my work colleague to give me the recipe and she did!

Apparently Kate and Wills had this at their wedding reception so if it's good enough for royalty then it's good enough for us common-folk too

So here it is

TIFFIN
You will need –
8ozs Rich Tea biscuits, crushed
4ozs butter
2ozs brown sugar
2 tbsp golden syrup
1 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tbsp desiccated coconut
2ozs raisins
2ozs chopped glace cherries
8ozs good quality milk, white or plain chocolate

What to do –
Melt the butter with the sugar, syrup and cocoa in either a saucepan or in a bowl in the microwave.
Stir in the biscuits, coconut, cherries and raisins, making sure they are all coated with chocolately goodness.
Press the mixture into a greased cake tin, preferable square or oblong .
Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water or gently in the microwave and then pour on top of the tiffin.
Leave to set in the fridge then cut into 12 bars.


This is soooo easy to make, hopefully everyone can get rich tea biscuits because everyone needs to try this one!

[Jax4alfie]

Here's the recipe for Gluten Free Banana bread that I've been raiving about !

Ingredients
Serves: 12
75g (3 oz) butter or margarine
175g (6 oz) sugar
2 eggs, beaten
450g (1 lb) bananas, mashed
200g (7 oz) gluten free flour
1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
110g (4 oz) chopped mixed nuts

Preparation method
Prep:20 mins | Cook:1 hour 15 mins
1.Grease and line a 2 lb loaf tin.
2.Cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy.
3.Add eggs a one at a time, beating between each addition.
4.Add bananas and beat again.
5.Stir in the flour, bicarbonate of soda and nuts.
6.Put in the prepared tin and bake for about 1 and 1/4 hours at 180 C / Gas 4 until well risen and firm. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.


I didn't have quitew enough nuts so threw in some chopped glace cherries to make up the weight.I think sultanas would work well too !

Jacqui

[tiffstitch]

I modified this recipe a bit from one I found online.

Dairy Free and Gluten Free Muffins

Preheat oven to 350F

Dry Ingredients
1 c. sorghum flour
1 c. tapioca starch
1 c. gluten-free oats
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
3 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. xanthan gum
1 1/2 c. light cane sugar

Combine all dry ingredients in large bowl

Wet Ingredients
1 1/2 c. almond milk (or milk of choice)
1/2 c. light olive oil
1 tsp. lemon juice (can be omitted)
2 tsp. vanilla (can be omitted)

Add to dry ingredients and mix/beat until smooth. It's fairly sticky, like thick cake batter.

Stir in 1/2 - 1 c. vegan chocolate chips if desired

This will fill 12 muffin cups to the top. Bake in preheated oven until domed and firm (25 minutes). They'll feel springy when lightly touched, if they dent in, they're not fully cooked. Can also check with a clean toothpick.

These muffins end up very moist and last well for about 3 days uncovered.

If you want to skip the oats just add more of the other flours.

[Genghiscon]

Parmasean and Spinach Risotto with Turkey Meatballs

Risotto
6 cups of chicken or veggie stock
1 cup of white wine
3 cups of arborio rice (or another short grain rice)
1/2 cup of grated parmesan (fresh is best)
1 cup of chopped spinach
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp olive oil
2 crushed cloves of garlic
2 tsp oregeno
2 tsp onion pwdr (or one small white onion diced)
salt and pepper to taste

Have the stock simmering in a pot on the stove. In a large deep skillet, sautte (medium heat) the garlic (and onion if you chose to use it) in the olive oil with 1 tbsp of butter until they are translucent. Add the rice and stir for 1 and a half minutes. Add the wine, oregeno (and onion powder if you didn't use the raw onion) and allow to cook off, stirring frequently to prevent sticking/burning. Add one ladle full of the stock to the rice mixture and allow to cook off/absorb, stirring frequently. When the rice begins to get sticky, add another ladle full of stock. Continue this until the rice is the desired consistency (I start taste testing the rice for the right consistency after the 6th ladle full ... I like the rice somewhat firm but there's no real hard set rule on how to do it ... stop when you like it). When you add the last ladle full, stir in the spinach and the cheese, turn the burner to low and cover. The risotto is ready when it's creamy but not dry. Salt and pepper to taste, serve with the meatballs. You may have extra stock lett over ... sometimes it depends on the rice, the moisture content in your cheese, the altitude you live at, you can toss what's left over or put it in a ziplock bag and freeze for the next time you make couscous!.

Meatballs
1 lb of ground turkey
1 egg
1 cup of bread crumbs (I like Panko)
2 tbsp of chopped fresh basil
1 tsp paprika
salt and pepper
2 tsp olive oil

I start making the meatballs right after I add the wine to the risotto. I find the timing works great and it keeps you in the kitchen to stay on top of the stirring duties. Don't try to do laundry while making this recipe, you'll burn the risotto ... learn from my mistake! Enough about my ADD and back to the reciepe. Mix everything but the olive oil in a bowl and form your meat ball. I make small bite size meatballs so they'll cook quickly. Place them in a heated skillet with the olive oil. Brown evenly. Turn the skillet down to low, cover, and turn the meatballs frequently so they don't burn. They will be done perfectly by the time the risotto is ready.

This is a fairly healthy sized recipe and will serve four adults with enough left over for a second meal. Reheats well as a take-to-work meal.

Hope you like this one!
Connie

[zoe marie]

Sorry if I have repeated a recipe but alas I don't have the time at minute to trawl through all the great recipes on here.

This is a recipe which is simple and takes minutes to prepare and even lees to cook in the microwave!!!

Ginger cake:
55grams/2ounces each of sugar, butter and flour
1 inch peeled and grated of ginger
1 tablespoon each of honey and milk
1 medium egg

plus extra butter to grease a microwaveable bowl

Place all ingredients into a bowl (except the egg) and mix well in a bowl.
Once blended add the egg and blend quickly.

Pour mixture into the microwaveable bowl and place in the microwave for 6-8 (dependant on settings) or until set. (It should look similar to a sponge cake at this point)

Serve with either thick cream, yogurt, custard or ice-cream

[babyjazz]

My husband calls it the Hobo Meal

1 pkg ground beef
2 to 3 green bell peppers
5 to 6 potatoes
2 green onions (or other onion of choice)
don't be afrad to throw in anything else that sounds good

Preheat oven to 425 degrees

Line the bottom of a glass caserole dish or a baking pan.
patty out hamburger meat and place in foiled pan
wash, peel, and cut up potatoes then throw in on top of the burgers
wash & cut up bell pepper over potatoes and burgers
one more time....wash the onions and cut up over everything in pan

cover with aluminum foil and bake in oven for approximately one hour