Spicy Tomato Sardines

Wow!!! This was a revelation.....we were supposed to have Chilli Con Carne for supper tonight but for reasons I won't bore you with we had to change direction. Didn't know what to pull out of the fridge/freezer but while I was wondering about things I noticed a tin of sardines on the shelf. I remembered that I had been reviewing recipes in my recipe builder and came upon this one so I took the opportunity to do it....and it was fab. I know the photo looks a bit browned out but it really was delicious. A note to consider...the recipe calls for 2 tablespoons of lemon juice but I like lemon so I put the juice of a whole lemon into it.....it was really nice.

Ingredients

Spray Oil

1 medium Shallot finely diced

60g Passata

1 teaspoon Capers, in Brine

Zest of a Lemon

2 tablespoons of lemon juice
Pinch Chilli flakes

1 teaspoon Worcestershire Sauce

1 teaspoon Balsamic vinegar

Pinch of salt

1 (120g) Can of John West Boneless Sardines in Tomato Sauce

Method

Spray a frying pan with the spray oil. Soften the shallot for a few minutes.
Add the passata, chilli flakes, capers, lemon zest and juice, Worcestershire Sauce and balsamic vinegar. Stir to combine. Cook for a few minutes to combine flavours. Season well
Add the sardines and break them up into the sauce. Cook for a few minutes to warm through. Serve on pasta (adding the appropriate sp) or vegetable ribbons.

Another make do dinner.....

We're going away for two weeks over Christmas so I'm digging about in the fridge making sure there is  nothing in there that will be manky by the time we get back and I see some tomatoes that need using up. So I made a roasted tomato sauce with it, spiralised a couple of courgettes that were destined to go in the bin otherwise......then I mixed in a tin of tuna, some capers and a tablespoon of Philadelphia light Salmon and Dill and shaved a bit of Parmesan over .....delicious and used up some stuff that would have been wasted....and all for 3sp........result!!!

So I won't be posting over the next few weeks apologies for that but hope you all have a fabulous Christmas and that 2017 brings you everything you deserve......

Lets stay strong guys
Sue
x

Swartz Mix Lamb Rogan Josh

We wanted curry....!!!!

Rogan Josh is my second favourite.....Korma being my favourite....(I'll be working on a slimmed down version of that before too long)....so while we were shopping yesterday we picked up a couple of lamb steaks and a packet of Swartz Rogan Josh Mix.

Chucked some sliced shallots, a tin of chopped tomatoes (should really have been a half of a tin but I forgot!!), half a red pepper diced and half the packet of mix, topped it with an extra tablespoon of tomato puree....all in the slow cooker and whacked it on high for 6 hours.

Mine was served with cauli and broccoli rice and a little onion, lemon juice and mint side dish.

I have to be honest here and say that, because I halved everything (except the tomatoes!!), the recipe should have made two portion but really, we don't do huge portions and this looked enough for 4 (of our sized portions) so I've halved it and we're having it again in a day or so........so with that said my portion was 5sp so with the mini Naan and the broccoli/cauli  rice and side it was only 9sp.....not bad eh........