I have cleaned my kitchen today and examined my rather vast recipe book collection. I love recipe books but I do not tend to be very adventurous with my day-to-day cooking

So, my personal challenge is to make at least one new recipe a week, more if possible.

Tonight I am making salmon and butternut squash fishcakes. Relatively simple, I have made fishcakes before but I am trying a recipe that mixes bns with potato. I'll report back once I have tried them...

Will you join me? Minimum chat, just post your new-to-you recipe and your verdict below.

I like this, I've been lazy with cooking lately. I'll get out my books and report back later in the week! The fishcakes sound nice!

I'm not very adventerous when it comes to new recipies from the Pep but after chatting to miss broxi I made the pork Satay tonight and it is delish and instead of the rice I had egg noodles (never tried before!!!) And would recommend and will definatley be making again

Satay po rk sound lovely! What is the recipe?

Salmon Fischcakes
1 x 400g can salmon, drained, skin and nasties removed 16 checks
1 x 8 oz potato, microwaved, cooled, skin discarded 6 checks
1 x medium butternut squash, micro'd, skin and seeds discarded - free
1 egg beaten 3 checks
2 slices burgen seeded bread, whizzed to crumbs 5 checks

Mash bns with potato. Stir in salmon. Season with salt and black pepper. Cool in fridge for 1 hour. Shape into 8 balls and flatten into fishcake shape. Dip in beaten egg then coat with breadcrumbs. 'Fry' in spray oil over medium heat until golden. Serve with peas/sweetcorn/salad adding checks as appropriate.

Total 40 checks Per fishcake 5 checks

Verdict: Yummy! A bit sweeter than normal fishcakes, but really nice. I had them with peas and sweetcorn for dinner.

Great post

I love recipe books have all ss cook books and rarely use them

So tonight I made sweet and sour chicken out of fast book.

It was . I used dark soya sauce as I had no light.

I was disapointed.

I love trying new recipes and perfecting my own (as you'll all soon come to know when I get round to posting most of the healthy ones I have!) but my adventurous side tends to come out more at the weekends, weekdays, its tried and tested - i dont have the time to fix it if it goes wrong!

But I am definatley going to give this a go!

i've been trying new recipes as well, made prawn and aubergine curry from the seasons book, really nice but glad i didn't put in as much thai curry paste as the recipe said , as its was spicy enough,
also tried Cajun vegetable risotto that rosie79 posted, lovely will definitly be having that again.
planning trying prawn and chilli tagliatelle tonight from a WW book, 11chks, need to adapt it as nobody else in my house will eat it and the recipe is for 4people

I should have added yesterday's lunch which was:

Quick Cauliflower Cheese 10 checks

1/2 head cauli, steamed
1 small onion, finely chopped, sauteed
1/2 tub Philly extra light 4 checks
2 lean rashers bacon, grilled til crispy, chopped. 6 checks

Stir philly into pan with sauteed onions, season with black pepper. Pour over cauli in oven proof dish, top with crispy bacon and bake 20 mins in mdium oven.

Verdict: This was OK, I think I prefer 'proper' cheese sauce. Maybe even a bit of cheddar grated on top would have made it less sloppy?

i made the prawns and chilli tagiatelle, just a pasta sauce with prawns through it!, might make it again when i'm short of time to cook a meal, i added dried chilli to it as i didn't have hot chilli sauce just sweet chilli (i like spicy food), ok for a quick meal

Hello

I made some scottish slimmers lentil soup - it was quite nice

Gin sometimes when I make pasta with philly I add a wee bit of chicken stock to give it some more flavour, makes it a bit salty for some people but I quite like it xxx

Had smashin sweet potato lentil and coconut milk soup in a cafe on Sunday. Made a BNS squash version last night and it was braw

half a v large BNS 0 (or one smallish one)
3 onions 0
dspn curry powder 0
3 small garllic cloves 0
tin reduced fat coconut milk 16
small handful lentils (2 tbsps 2 checks)(just for texture really)
2 pints chicken stock 0 (if using cubes)
spray lite oil 0
18

Fry onions and BNS and garlic with curry powder. Add lentils. Add stock. Add milk. Simmer for 1 hour. Liquidise.
Makes 4 big bowls. 4.5 checks each

Low cal croutons:
cut 1 slice bread into cubes. Spray with spray oil. Roast in hot oven for about 10 to 15 mins.
4

8.5 checks with croutons. Yum!

That sounds lovely El! Dried lentils? red ones? 15ml=1 check? I am hungry now, but I kind of fancy it with real sweet potato....

Ooooohhhhhh, gotta try this at the weekend - sounds delish!! x

Yes, red lentils. The sweet potato version would be even nicer I think.

I have bought the sweet potatoes ready.....

I made a couple of things this week. I have also tasted the soup Lisino talks about and it is amazing so I made my own simple version that is quite nice. Lisino yours sounds sooo good!

Carrot, Butternut Squash, Lentil and Coconut Milk Soup

In a pot, I put:
2 large carrots - peeled and chopped
half a small bns, peeled and chopped
100g dried red lentils
200ml coconut milk (called Island Sun, it is only 2 checks per 50 mls)
1 ltr water
stock cubes to taste

I blitzed it all together once everything was cooked and made 4 portions at 5 checks each.
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I also made Vegetable Shepherds Pie
I dry fried onion and brown mushrooms until soft. I then added bite size pieces of raw broccoli, cauliflower and baby sweetcorn and simmered in some prepared Bisto Gravy until tender. I put in a single serving casserole dish and covered in 200g mashed up boiled potato.

I made two at 10 checks each and stuck them in the fridge. Heated one up in the oven last night and it was nice and bubbly and the potato on top went all nice and brown
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And finally, tonight I made the Mushroom Yorkshire Pudding from the More No-Check Low-Check (page 89) and it so delish - it is the second time I've made it and will make it again. 8 checks for that.

Is that your own recipe shoe, or the one in NCLC book??
Think i need more meals that are the lower check recipes, always hungry lately - not good x

Hi shirls. Yes, the veg shepherds pie was my own recipe but I have made the NCLC one and it is nice. I just fancied some potato and lots of gravy

Thanks shoe!

Got my NCLC book right here beside me, fancy making a new recipe

If a recipe is free (as is the veg shepherds pie) and serves 2 - could you eat it all????
Like i said, awfy hungry lately, maybe this'd help (or would that be a bit much/greedy??????) x