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    • Hearty Minestrone with Herby Croutons

      Posted at 1:54 pm by doodiefoodie
      Oct 22nd

      It is taking a while but the cold weather is coming and I love it when you can finally ditch the salad and start making warming soups. This soup is comforting and extremely filling, it is jam packed with lots of wonderful veggies to load up on your 5 a day.

      Serves 4-5

      Ingredients

      1 tsp oil
      100g pancetta, chopped
      1 large onion, finely chopped
      2 garlic cloves, peeled and crushed
      2 celery sticks, finely chopped
      2 carrots, peeled and chopped
      1 medium potato, peeled and chopped
      1 x 400g tin tomatoes
      1.2 litres vegetable stock
      1 x 400g tin Borlotti beans, drained
      70g spaghetti, broken into small pieces
      4 outer leaves of savoy cabbage, shredded
      Small bunch of basil, chopped
      Salt and pepper

      For the croutons
      3 slices of crusty white bread
      2 tbsp. olive oil
      1 tsp sea salt
      1 tsp dried basil
      ½ tsp dried oregano
      Freshly ground black pepper

      Method

      To make the croutons, slice the bread (including the crusts) into bite sized cubes and place them in a large bowl, drizzle the oil over the bread and stir to coat. Add the salt, basil and oregano and tumble the cubes around to coat them in the herbs. Give the bread a coating of freshly ground pepper. Place them on a baking tray and pop them in the oven at 180⁰C/ Gas 4 for 10-15 minutes until golden and crisp. Remove them and allow the croutons to cool.

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      Posted in Recipes | Tagged borlotti beans, cabbage, carrots, celery, garlic, onion, soup, tomatoes, warming
    • Ratatouille

      Posted at 1:14 pm by doodiefoodie
      Jul 17th

      This is another recipe for my favourite new gadget at present the Electric Pressure Cooker. It’s not only great to tenderize meat but can also be used to cook fantastic vegetable dishes, this dish takes less than 10 minutes from start to finish!

      Serves 4 as a side dish

      Ingredients

      2 tbsp. olive oil
      400g Courgettes, thickly sliced
      1 large red pepper, roughly chopped
      1 green pepper, roughly chopped
      300g Aubergine, cubed
      2 onions, chopped
      4 tomatoes, seeds removed and chopped
      1 tsp. sea salt
      1 heaped teaspoon of Herbs de Provence
      small handful of fresh basil or parsely, shredded

      Method

      1. Add the olive oil to the cooking pot and saute using the Long Cooking function with the lid off. You want them to have a nice colour to them. Add the peppers and saute for a few minutes until they colour slightly.

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      Posted in Aldi Pressure Cooker, Pressure Cooker, Recipes | Tagged aubergine, basil, courgette, green pepper, parsley, Quick, red pepper, tomatoes, vegetarian
    • King Prawn Puttanesca

      Posted at 8:18 am by doodiefoodie
      Apr 3rd

      This is my fail safe recipe when I get home from a busy day at work it’s rush rush rush and the last thing you want to do is stand cooking for ages. This dinner takes less than 2o minutes from start to finish.  I make this with frozen raw king prawns when I forget to take them out of the freezer in the morning but I think the prawns have a better texture if you do defrost them first. Also if you score the top of the prawns with a knife they take up more of the sauce.  Make sure you find Kalamanta Greek olives, don’t use those horrid little black ones they taste awful, the rest of the jar will keep in the fridge for ages.

      Serves 2

      100g raw king prawns, peeled, deveined and scored along the top

      4 x anchovy fillets (reserve some oil)

      3 garlic cloves, crushed

      pinch of chilli flakes ( add more if you like it spicy)

      1 x 400g tin tomatoes

      2 tbsp. capers

      2 tbsp. pitted kalamanta olives, roughly chopped

      small handful of chopped parsley

      200g dried spaghetti

       

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      Posted in Recipes | Tagged anchovy, capers, king prawns, parsley, pasta, tomatoes
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    • About Doodie Foodie

      Hi I’m Gill and this is my blog, I love food, cocktails and kararoke! I work as a Home Economist; I am married and have two young boys.


      I currently live in Hertfordshire but I am northerner and originally from Merseyside and am what is known as a Plastic Scouser!

      I write about any food that I make or random stuff that I see when I’m out and about, I take pictures of my creations but I also get my mate to as well as he’s got a better camera than me! Hope you enjoy my randomness!

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