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Minced Beef & Sweet Potato Stew

(recipe from Good Food)         Serves: 4 Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 1 hour  –  can be frozen Ingredients: 1 tbsp sunflower oil 1 large onion , chopped 1 large carrot , chopped 1 celery stick, sliced 500g lean minced beef 1 tbsp tomato purée 1 tbsp mushroom ketchup...

Sweet Potato Shepherd’s Pie

A classic family supper gets a lighter makeover that’s freezable too!  (recipe from Olive Magazine) Serves  4 – ready in 1 hour – can be frozen Ingredients: 250g extra-lean mince 2 onions , chopped 3 carrots , diced 2 celery sticks , diced 2 garlic cloves ,...

Quick & Easy Spicy Bean Soup

Serves 6 (can be frozen) or you can half or third the recipe. Carton of passatta (400-500g) 2 vegetable stock cubes 2 garlic cloves crushed 1 large onion chopped 1 chilli pepper finely chopped (optional to leave seeds in) 1 large red pepper chopped Can of mixed beans...

BEEF or QUORN LASAGNE

SERVES 4   4oz lean steak mince 8oz quorn mince 5 cloves garlic finely chopped 1 large onion finely chopped 1 tsp. mixed herbs 1tbsp. Tomato puree 2 x 200g tins chopped tomatoes (pureed with blender if possible) 1 beef stock cube 8 sheets of pre-cooked lasagne sheets...

Pasta & Beans (Pasta e Fagioli)

I make this in a big batch (double the recipe below) and freeze it in portions of 2. Then I defrost it when I need to and serve with chicken breast, salmon fillet, or soya sausages sliced & fried with garlic & chilli. If you are going to freeze this, I would...