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Monday

Tuna Pineapple Rounds
Serves4  
Preparation Time10 mins
Cooking Time10 mins
Submitted ByJim
 

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp Butter
  • 1 Onion (Chopped)
  • 2 tbsp Plain Flour
  • ½ cup Milk
  • 425 g Tinned Tuna (Drained & Flaked)
  • 1 cup Basmati Rice
  • 1 Egg
  • 125 g Tasty Cheese (Grated)
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Lemon Juice
  • 1 cup Corn Flakes (Crushed)
  • 1 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 400 g Pineapple Slices
  • 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 1 tbsp Fresh Parsley (Chopped)
 

Instructions

  1. Cook rice according to packet instructions.
  2. Heat the butter over medium heat in a pan.
  3. Saute the onion, blend in the flour and heat for one minute.
  4. Lift away from the flame, gradually add the milk; return to heat and stir until mixture thickens.
  5. Add the tuna, rice, beaten egg, cheese, salt, pepper and lemon juice.
  6. With wet hands, shape mixture into patties.
  7. Toss in crumbs.
  8. In a large frying pan, heat oil over medium and cook patties on each side for 4-5 minutes.
  9. Drain on absorbent paper and set aside.
  10. Heat the pineapple slices in the same pan, lift out, sprinkle with soy sauce and place a tuna round on top of each.
Serve and garnish with chopped parsley.

 

Tuesday

Fried Rice in a Hurry
Serves4  
Preparation Time10 mins
Cooking Time10 mins
Rating 4/5 (from 3 votes)
This recipe is: Meat and Poultry   High Fibre   Salad   Summer   Easy 1-2-3   Meat   Low Fat  
 

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 2 Eggs (Beaten)
  • 100 g Bacon
  • 3 Spring Onions (Chopped)
  • 1½ cup Long Grain Rice (Cooked)
  • 3 cup Frozen Greens
  • 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
 

Instructions

  1. In a wok, heat oil, add egg, cooking until golden, flip and brown other side. Remove.
  2. Cook rice according to packet instructions.
  3. Add bacon, spring onion and stir fry for 2 minutes.
  4. Add rice, frozen vegetables, cooking for a further 3 minutes.
  5. Slice egg into strips, add to rice with soy sauce.

Serve.

 

Wednesday

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Minted Seafood Salad
Serves4  
Preparation Time5 mins
Cooking Time20 mins
Rating 5/5 (from 1 votes)
 

Ingredients

  • 500 g Fresh King Prawn (Washed)
  • 1 Carrot (Sliced)
  • 1 Cucumber (Sliced)
  • 1 Iceberg Lettuce (Shredded)
  • 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 2 tbsp Vinegar
  • 2 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 2 tsp White Sugar
  • 1 Celery Stalks (Sliced)
  • 80 g Spinach (Chopped)
  • 1 tbsp Fresh Mint (Chopped)
 

Instructions

  1. Wash, peel and de-vein prawns.
  2. Dressing; combine oil, vinegar, soy and sugar in bowl, combine.
  3. Mix prawns and salad ingredients together. 
Serve by pouring over dressing.

 

 

 

Thursday

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Hovell's Creek Pie
Serves4  
Preparation Time15 mins
Cooking Time40 mins
Suggested Wine Cabernet Sauvignon / Shiraz
Submitted ByAllie5569
 

Ingredients

  • 500 g Beef Mince
  • 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 Onion (Diced)
  • 1 Carrot (Grated)
  • 1 Zucchini (Grated)
  • 1 cup Frozen Peas
  • 1 cup Corn Kernels
  • 2 cup Vegetable Stock
  • 1 tbsp Tomato Sauce
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
  • 2 tbsp Gravox Flour
  • ¼ cup Water
  • 4 Filo Pastry Sheets
 

Instructions

To Make Filling:

  1. Heat oil and brown mince in a non stick frypan. Remove from pan once cooked.
  2. In the same pan, saute onion for 2 minutes.
  3. Add carrots, zucchini, peas and corn to pan cook for a further 2 minutes.
  4. Add stock pan and simmer, covered for 5 minutes.
  5. Stir in tomato and worcestershire sauces.
  6. Mix gravy powder with water, add to pan and stir quickly to avoid lumps.
  7. Add mince, stirring well and add pepper to taste. Leave to cool.

To assemble pie:

  1. Preheat oven to 180C.
  2. Coat a 20cm pie dish with cooking spray.
  3. Open up filo pastry and cut in half, (half for base and half for top)
  4. Layer pie dish with each sheet spraying with cooking spray in between each one.
  5. Spoon in mince filling and top with remander of the filo sheets once again spraying between each sheet.
  6. Crinkle edges together, spray with cooking spray, cut a small slit in top of pie.
  7. Cook 30 -35 minutes or until golden brown.
Serve with mashed potato or a simple side salad.

 

Friday

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Chicken & Cashew Pasta Alfredo
Serves4  
Preparation Time10 mins
Cooking Time20 mins
Rating 4/5 (from 2 votes)
Suggested Wine Riesling / Sauvignon Blanc
 

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 3 Chicken Breasts (Diced)
  • 2 cup Milk
  • 620 mL Water
  • 2 Alfredo Pasta Sauce Packets
  • 2 Zucchinis (Sliced)
  • 200 g Cherry Tomatos (Halved)
  • 100 g Cashews (Chopped)
 

Instructions

  1. Heal oil, cooking chicken until brown, add milk, water and bring to the boil.
  2. Add contents of pasta packet to chicken mixture and continue boiling.
  3. Lower heat, simmer gently for 10 minutes.
  4. Add zucchini and tomatoes, simmer for 2 minutes

Serve with chopped cashews.

 

Saturday

Spicy Szechuan Beef
Serves4  
Preparation Time5 mins
Cooking Time20 mins
Rating 4/5 (from 1 votes)
This recipe is: Meat and Poultry   Low GI   Stew   Summer   Winter   Easy 1-2-3   Freezable   Meat   Low Fat   Budget   High Protein  
 

Ingredients

  • 600 g Beef Strips
  • 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 1 tsp White Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Fresh Ginger
  • 2 Spring Onions (Chopped)
  • 1 Onion
  • 2 cup Frozen Asian Greens
  • 2 tbsp Black Bean Sauce
  • 1 Fresh Red Chilli (Deseeded & Chopped)
  • 2 tbsp Sesame Oil
  • 1 tbsp Sherry
  • 1½ cup Basmati Rice
 

Instructions

  1. Combine soy sauce and sugar, coating beef.
  2. Cook rice according to packet instructions.
  3. Steam or microwave vegetables for approximately 8 minutes.
  4. Slice ginger finely, as well as onions.
  5. Combine black bean sauce and chilli.
  6. Add oil to wok and brown onions for approximately 3 minutes.
  7. Add beef for 10 minutes or until browned. 
  8. Add sherry and ginger.
  9. Add black bean and chilli sauce to wok, as well as vegetables. 
  10. Heat for 5 minutes. Season.
Serve.