Chicken In Cider Casserole - MS Word document for downloading

Chicken in Cider is another of the casseroles I make up to cook with the Sunday roast and then re-heat mid week. I love it when the chicken is just falling off the bone! It smells so good as it cooks, and tastes even better! I leave this dish for my husband if I have a Parents Evening etc, where I won’t be home until very late. The vegetables are all included and all he has to do is thicken the sauce, so it’s a good tasty meal for him. I don’t put the potatoes in if I am intending to reheat it.

Serves 4
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Pork In Stuffing - MS Word document for downloading

This Pork in Stuffing meal takes minutes to prepare and smells just so appetising as it cooks!

Feeds 4

It needs a sauce with it, so I make that in the microwave to cut down the washing up. You can vary the stuffing mix - ones with apricot and apple are good, as well.

Preparation time: 5 mins

Cooking time: 45 -55 minutes, depending on the size and thickness of the steaks. Read more »

Chicken Curry - MS Word document for dowloading 

Serves 4 

You can make this as mild or as hot as you like. You can also use beef, lamb or pork if you prefer and adapt the cooking time accordingly.

I had expected to be home quite early tonight, in time to reheat this and make a Fresh Fruit Salad. As it was a really miserable morning, pouring with rain, I decided to put the curry in the oven, and set the automatic timer. I  had soaked the ingredients for a dried fruit salad overnight, so that it could cook at the same time as the curry and be ready for tomorrow, when I know I will be late home. I had this vision of being really relaxed, with  the cooking well under control!

It didn’t work out like that! An unexpected meeting meant that I was really late. How grateful I was for a little forward planning and a hot meal within minutes of getting home. We ate the dried fruit salad tonight, as well! By the way, read the label on the dried fruit salad packet. I was very surprised to see that the one I had been thinking of buying in one Health Food shop had sulphur in it as a preservative!

5 minutes pre-cooking preparation

1-2 hours to cook, depending on the size of chicken pieces used and the type of casserole dish. I usually use jumbo chicken legs and cook these in a covered Le Creuset casserole dish for two to two and a half hours on the bottom shelf of the oven, as I am cooking the Sunday roast. Store in the fridge, until ready to re heat. Allow one hour for this at 180C or Gas Mark 4. Read more »

Devilled Chicken - word document for downloading

Serves 4

5 minutes to prepare – 1 hour to cook     

So quick to prepare and so tasty! Delicious served  hot with creamed potatoes, or rice and vegetables of your choice. Alternatively, serve cold with salad.

This smelt wonderful as I came home late, as is usual on Monday. Yesterday, I had cooked the casserole version detailed at the end of this post. All I had to do today was cook some veg.  As you can see, I was a bit generous with the peas!  There’s a lot more to this food photography than meets the eye! No wonder they often have ten dishes to photograph and then choose the best one! We had to go with this one, as the other chicken portion fell to pieces as I took it out of the casserole dish! Having watched the programme on the esbl e-coli on Channel 3, I was really glad the chicken had been so well-cooked!

For pudding, we had Bananas and Cream. All very quick and easy. What made me feel really virtuous was preparing the salads for lunch tomorrow as the peas cooked! I just knew I wouldn’t want to make them after we’d eaten! Read more »