Back in the kitchen

It's been a long time since I used this medium, however I've been doing some cooking that i'd like to store and share.

These recipes are ones I cook on a Sunday to give me lunches and dinners for the week.

I normally make two - one meat based, the other bean based.

If you'd like to make them - great. Just remember you can change or substitute whatever you want or need to. You also don't have to stick exactly to the quantities either, in my opinion there is no point leaving 50gm of a vegetable in the fridge. Just add it. 

Mostly the vegetables are whatever is on special when I go shopping.

Recipe #1: Smoky Tuna, Broccoli & Sweet Potato Bake

This makes a large baking dish amount.

Ingredients:

Capsicum (pepper) 150gm

Broccoli (use that stem) 400gm

Sweet potato (peeled) 200gm

Zucchini 250gm

Onion 100gm

Olive oil 2 tbsp 

Smoked paprika 2 tsp

Mixed herbs 1 tsp 

Garlic powder 1 tsp

Salt pinch

Black pepper good amount

Diced tomatoes 1 can

Tomato paste 2 tbsp

Oregano 1 tsp

Cottage cheese / yoghurt 200gm

Tuna, drained 425gm can

Cheese grated (as your heart desires), I used 1 cup

Method:

Step 1:

Pre-heat oven 200degC (fan forced)

Step 2:

Chop vegetables.

Capsicum

Step 3:

Add to large bowl along with olive oil 

And salt, pepper, smoked paprika, mixed herbs and garlic powder.

Mix well

Step 4:

Spread on baking paper lined trays suitable for roasting.

Place in oven for 25 mins. Stirring half way through.

As it gets close to the 25 mins, watch them. You don't want them burnt.

Step 5 - while these are in the oven:

Add to the Thermomix bowl, or a saucepan on the stove, the diced tomatoes, tomato paste, 

Oregano and some black pepper

Cook for 5 minutes at 100deg C on speed 1. (Stove top - bring to boil while stirring).

Cool for 10 minutes.

Step 6:

Add cottage cheese / yoghurt and stir 10 seconds speed 3 (just mix it through if you're doing it by hand).

Step 7:

Add drained tuna to sauce and mix through (10 sec speed 3, or whatever you need to do to mix it manually).

Step 8:

Once the veggies are out of the oven

Add half to the baking dish with the tuna sauce.

Mix well to combine and then add the rest of the veggies. Mix and smooth out.

Step 9:

Cover with cheese

Step 10:

Bake at 200deg C (fan forced) for 20 minutes or until cheese is nicely melted and the sauce is bubbling.

Then you can fridge or freezer as needed. I find it's fine in the fridge for 4 days (if it lasts that long).