What to make with your box contents w/c 28 April
Be creative and adapt recipes to suit what you have in your fridge and store cupboard. Don’t forget to check out our last few blogs here on box contents use. Recipes are based on the contents of a medium seasonal box.
Tasty potato wedges
Total time: 1 hour
Serves 3
Use 1 potato per person so reduce/increase quantities to suit
Ingredients
- 3 large potatoes
- 80ml olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon dried oregano
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 55g parmesan cheese
Method
Preheat oven to 200°C.
Thoroughly wash potatoes, cut in half, and slice into wedges.
Toss wedges in olive oil and seasonings.
Place on a baking sheet, skin side down.
Bake 40-50 minutes.
Enjoy!
Pan seared cod with white wine tomato basil sauce
Total time: 40 mins
Serves 4
Broccoli salad
Total time: 15 mins
Serves 12
Radish and apple salad
Time: 15 mins
Serves 4
Simple radish salad with apples and spring onions – crunchy, refreshing, quick, easy, and especially tasty. Use your extra large radish and slice thinly into strips.
Recipe source Lisa’s healthy kitchen, find the recipe here
Watercress, feta and red onion quiche
Time: 55 mins (with 2 hours chilling pastry too)
Serves 6
This watercress, feta and red onion quiche is glorious and perfect for picnics or serve with a side of salad and baby potatoes.
Recipe source Dom in the kitchen, find the recipe here
Raw courgette salad with chilli & lemon
Prep time: 10 mins
Serves 4 as a side dish
Don’t be put off by the fact the courgette is raw. It keeps a nice crunch and makes this salad super fresh. Made in only 10 minutes, it can’t be beaten when the sun is shining!
Recipe source: Georgia eats, find the recipe here
Chicken, pepper and cherry tomato bake
Total time: 55 mins
Serves 2
A colourful and tasty tray bake that will take you to the Mediterranean. A firm family favourite. You can also add a teaspoon of sweet or smoked paprika if you like this sort of flavour. If you aren’t keen on chicken thighs you can also use chicken breast.
Ingredients
- 1 pepper
- 320g British skin on chicken thighs
- 250g cherry plum vine tomatoes
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 10g fresh basil leaves
- 11g chicken stock mix
- 3 potatoes
- 2 garlic cloves
- 2 red onions
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C/ 160°C (fan)/ gas 4
Heat a large, wide-based pan with 1 tbsp olive oil over a medium to high heat
Season the chicken thighs generously with salt and pepper
Add the chicken to the pan, skin-side down, and cook for 4-5 min or until the skin is golden brown
Peel and cut the onions into wedges
Peel and roughly chop the garlic
Cut the cherry tomatoes in half
Slice the pepper into long strips
Chop the potatoes into bite-sized pieces (you don’t have to peel them unless you wish to)
When the chicken has browned, transfer it to a plate for later
Add the onion wedges, sliced pepper and chopped garlic to the pan and cook for 4-5 min or until starting to soften
Add the halved cherry tomatoes, chopped potatoes and dried oregano to the pan
Add in the chicken stock mix and season with a good grind of pepper
Cook for a further 2 min, stirring regularly
Add the vegetables and any remaining juices from the pan into an oven-proof dish
Add the browned chicken, skin-side up, to the vegetables and push them down slightly
Pour over any juices from the plate
Add the dish to the oven for 45 min or until the potatoes are fork-tender and the chicken skin is crispy and the meat cooked through
Tear the basil leaves roughly
Serve the chicken, pepper & cherry tomato bake and garnish with the torn basil leaves
Banana bars
Total time: 18 mins
Makes 9
These easy banana bars need just four ingredients to make and are a healthy and wholesome dessert or even breakfast- no dairy, no eggs, and completely flourless.
