Chicken Balti

Ingredients
2 Chicken Breast
1 Pepper
1 Onion
1 Courgette (or other veg of your choice, I like Butter Beans)
Can of Chopped Tomatoes
1 tbsp Pataks Balti Curry Paste
1/2 pint Stock
Brown Rice, to serve


Method
Chop up Chicken and Veg.
Put into Wok / Saute pan until browned.
Add the can of tomatoes, Balti paste and stock, until all the chicken and veg is covered.
Leave to simmer and reduce for approx 1/2 hour.
Serve with Rice


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Express Chicken Fajita Salad

Ingredients
4 Chicken Breasts, cut into strips
2 tsp Paprika
2 tsp Ground Cumin
3 Peppers, different colours and sliced
142g Fat Free Yogurt
Juice of one lime
Rice
Veg Stock
1/2 tsp Turmeric
Salad Leaves, Lettuce/Spinach
Tomatoes, chopped
Cucumber, chopped


Method
Coat the Chicken with the Paprika and Cumin and set to one side.
Stir-Fry the peppers for 6-7 minutes and then remove to one side.
Stir-Fry the Chicken Strips for 5 minutes or until cooked through.
Cook the rice in veg stock with the Turmeric for the stated amount of time on the packet.
To make the dip, mix together the yogurt and the lime juice and season with salt and pepper.
Serve with the salad leaves.  Spoon over the flavoured rice, add the tomatoes, cucumber, peppers and chicken.  And drizzle with yogurt dip and a wedge of lime for squeezing over.

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Homemade Coleslaw

Ingredients
2 Carrots, Coarsely Grated
1 Small Red Onion, Finely Sliced
255g Green Cabbage, Cored and Shredded
85g Fat-Free Natural Fromage Frais
2 level tbsp Extra Light Mayonnaise


Method
Place all the ingredients in a bowl and mix together


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Cheese Scones

Makes 12 potions

Ingredients

500 ml Flour (2 cups)

15 ml Baking Powder (3 tsp)

Pinch of Salt

Sprinkle of Cayenne Pepper/Chilli Powder (optional)

250 ml low-fat Strong Cheddar cheese (grated)

15 ml Vegetable Oil (3 tsp)

15 ml Semi-Skimmed Milk

1 Egg

Method

Sift flour, baking powder, salt and cayenne pepper into a large bowl.  Add the cheese and mix through the flour mixture.

Beat the egg and milk together in a separate bowl and add the oil.  The Oil replaces the butter/margarine that usually gets used to rub into the flour.  By using oil you cut down on the dreaded calories and it saves a lot of time.

Pour the milk/egg/oil mixture into the flour and using a metal spoon/fork, mix the dough until it clumps together, but is not too dry.  If too dry, splash a bit more milk in to use up the flout.

Press the dough out on a flat clean floured surface until it is about 5mm thick, then fold it over on top of itself (this gives the finished scones the natural "break" to cut open), flatten it again, using the palm of your hand. Do not use a rolling pin as it is too heavy and will prevent the scones from rising.

Cut out your scones using a round cutter (you decide the size) or if you don't have a cutter handy use a drinking glass.  Place them on a baking tray, pop them in the oven at 180c for 15-20 minutes.

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Fat-Free Sponge

Ingredients 
4 Eggs
4oz Self-Raising Flour 
4oz Sugar 

Method
Pre-heat your oven to 160c and line a cake tin. Whip the eggs and sugar together until they look like meringue. Gently fold in the flour and put the cake batter in the cake tin. Bake for 45 minutes or until cooked through. Recommended by Lucie

Chicken & Chorizo Jambalaya

A super healthy, low-fat, one-pot family dish

Ingredients

1 tbsp Olive Oil
2 Chicken Breasts, chopped
1 Onion, diced
1 Red Pepper, thinly sliced
2 Garlic Cloves, crushed
75g Chorizo, sliced
1 tbsp Cajun Seasoning
250g Long Grain Rice
400g can Plum Tomatoes
500ml Chicken Stock

Method

Heat the oil in a large frying pan with a lid and brown the chicken for 5-8 mins until golden. Remove and set aside. Tip in the onion and cook for 3-4 mins until soft. Then add the pepper, garlic, chorizo and Cajun seasoning, and cook for 5 mins more.
Stir the chicken back in with the rice, add the tomatoes and stock. Cover and simmer for 20-25 mins until the rice is tender.

*I sometimes use up leftover chicken from a Sunday Roast

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Original recipe: BBC Good Food