Hi all,
Just a quick post this time as I wanted to share 2 recipes with you I have been making a lot of recently…chicken soup and ‘Oaties’!
Chicken soup for the soul…
With this hideously wet and cold weather we are having in the UK (SA followers – stop smirking!!) I have been making a lot of soups and chicken soup in particular, to cheer me up! The girls love it and it is great for using up left over roast chicken and vegetables.
Ingredients:
Left over roast chicken or 2-3 chicken breasts (cut into cubes)
Left over roast vegetables – peppers, courgettes, red onions, parsnips, etc
Garlic – 1-2 cloves, crushed
2 Leeks, chopped
2 tsp Marigold Swiss Vegetable Bouillon
Approx 1 litre water
A little flour for thickening
Method:
- Add the leeks and garlic to a pan and sauté with a little oil.
- Add the chicken and roasted vegetables and give a good stir
- Next add the stock powder and the water. Simmer for approx. 20 minutes
- Mix a little flour with either water or milk for a creamier soup
- Add to the soup and stir until thickens slightly
- Serve with warm, crusty bread
‘Oaties’
These oats biscuits are similar to a previous recipe I posted of ‘Oaty snack bars’ but these are bit more like biscuits as they have some flour added and I think these are better! They are great as after school snacks to keep the kids going until dinner time. As they contain oats, they will give your children a slow and sustained energy release instead of a sudden sugar high and then (just as sudden) drop!
Ingredients:
75g oats
75g whole meal self-raising flour
75g dried coconut
1 Tbsp oil
1 Tbsp milk (can use a non-dairy alternative too, such as coconut milk)
2 mashed ripe bananas
1 Tbsp honey (optional)
Handful seeds eg. Sunflower and pumpkin seed mix (you could also add some chopped nuts eg. almonds)
Handful dried fruit eg. Raisins/dried cranberries
Method:
Add all the ingredients into a bowl and mix….it’s as easy as that!
Shape into biscuits – you should get about 8 large biscuits from this mixture or 12 small ones.
Take this with you to the school gates and the children will love them (and you!)
Lastly…a clever snack/dessert idea:
Chopped banana with a dollop of peanut butter, sprinkling of coconut and a blueberry/raspberry on top. They are sooooo good…give them a try!
Paula x
NOTE:
Tbsp = tablespoon (15ml)
