I’ve been a bit more adventurous with my meals this week and have come up with some great new dishes! My favourites and how I made them are below, let me know if you have any questions and if you try some of the recipes out, I’d love to know what you all think and if you’d do anything differently!
Turmeric sausage and veg bake
I’ve been trying to find more meals that can be made in large quantities for me to share with my family. This week, we all had a turmeric sausage and vegetable bake – it was lovely!
We used Tesco finest pork sausages with potatoes, parsnips, butternut, brussels, broccoli, peas, green beans, courgettes and spinach all cooked in one tray with turmeric powder on top. Everyone loved the meal and it was great to be able to eat as a family with no cross contamination concerns! It was really easy to prep and make too – we heated the oven to 180 degrees, added a little olive oil to two baking trays, then added the sausages. Once the sausages were in the oven we spent 10 minutes prepping the veg. We then added everything except the brussels, broccoli and spinach, to the trays for a further 20 minutes, with turmeric powder sprinkled on top. After 20 minutes, we added the remaining veg and more turmeric powder to the trays for a another 10 minutes. Then everything was ready to dish up!
Cod cakes/pie
I’ve been trying to introduce more fish into my diet for a while now, but I don’t really like the taste of fish without a breadcrumb/batter coating – which given my current intolerances, I cannot have! Because of this, my mum and I decided to experiment with the ingredients we use to make spinach, pea and potato cakes to see if we could make a fish cake! We added quinoa flakes as a top layer to give it a bit of a crunch but they didn’t really brown but the whole dish still tasted great. We will definitely be perfecting it in the near future! Please let me know if you have any suggestions 🙂
To make this cod cake we cooked 2 plain cod fillets in the oven first, for 20 minutes at 180 degrees. Whilst they were in the oven we boiled and mashed 3 large potatoes. Once the fish was cooked we pulled it apart into small flakes and added it to the mashed potato, along with garam masala powder, turmeric powder and spinach. We mixed everything in and then transferred it to a baking tray which we based with olive oil. We spread the mix into the tray evenly, then added a layer of VoiLife cheese – which we then topped with quinoa flakes. We then placed everything in the oven for 15 minutes at 180 degrees. Whilst it was cooking we boiled some brussels and broccoli to have as a side.
Gnocchi dish
As previously mentioned, I’m trying to find more meals that I can cook in large quantities to share with my family to make gluten-free eating less exclusive! This weekend I visited my grandparents, where I cooked them both gluten-free gnocchi with chicken, asparagus and kale in a cherry tomato and balsamic sauce – they loved it just as much as I did. It was so quick and easy to make too!
I chopped up 2 large chicken breasts and placed them in a fry pan, with olive oil, to cook. Whilst the chicken was cooking I boiled a saucepan of water and added salt, as soon as this started to bubble I added all of the gnocchi. Once the chicken in the frying pan started to cook, I added chopped asparagus. After another 5 minutes I added the kale. Once the kale started to wilt I added a full jar of Marks & Spencer cherry tomato and balsamic sauce to the chicken, asparagus and kale, then left it to simmer for 5 minutes. Whilst it was simmering I drained the gnocchi and then added it in with the the sauce and stirred until covered.
Gluten-free burgers with VoiLife cheese
One of my top meals this week has to be the Tesco finest gluten free burgers I had, topped with VoiLife cheese with skin on fries and kale on the side. I was amazed at how well the cheese melted and I still cannot get over the fact this cheese tastes EXACTLY like normal cheese. I simply put everything (except the kale) in the oven at 180 degrees and cooked for 25 minutes. I added the cheese to the burgers with 10 minutes to go – this seemed to be the perfect amount of time for it to melt! I added the kale to a frying pan and mixed it in with olive oil for 5 minutes before dishing up.
Hot chocolate
I’ve been craving a lot of chocolate recently, so decided to give the Lucy Bee cacao mix a try. I’m not overly keen on how bitter the taste is, but I have found that adding a little honey helps! I make mine by heating up almond milk in a saucepan first, then whisking in a teaspoon of the cacao powder. I would love to know how everyone else makes theirs and what you all add to make it less bitter! Please let me know 🙂
Thanks for taking the time to read my post. As I’ve said, please do let me know if you make any of the above and what you think. I’d love to know!
K. x
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