Avocado blitz!

Avocado Breakfast Shake

• 1 avocado pear
• Milk (semi skimmed cows or goats)
• Agave syrup
• Lime juice

Peel and stone the avocado juice the lime pour 1 1/2 pints milk in to a blender add all the ingredients blitz and add syrup to taste...Blitz n serve put left overs in fridge for later.

I did n't have agave syrup so I used maple syrup instead!!!

Chilli Con Carne

Chilli from a packet and some Chorizio!!

1lb Mince aka ground beef

2 onions

2 tins chopped tomatoes in tomato juice

Packet mild chilli powder

Can kidney beans or black beans if you can get them

Hot Chilli powder to taste

Cumin to taste

Chop onions & chorizio and sweat these of in a pan.

Add mince and brown off

Open the tins and add to the mix, and stir it all in

add the packet mild chilli powder

if the chilli looks dry just add some water

Let it simmer away for as long as you want after 20 minutes or so give a taste....if that's hot enough for you leave it.

If you want extra zing add a cheeky 1/2 teaspoon each of cumin and hot chilli powder till you get it to the level then let simmer for as long as you want.........server with rice or pasta or baked potatoes...or even a tortilla!!!

I sometimes add chopped peppers, mushrooms or sweetcorn too

Hope you like!!

Italian

Joe Dogs’ Marinara Sauce

Standard Size
2 cloves garlic
¼ cup Olive Oil (Virgin-Extra Virgin)
2 Cans chopped tomatoes in tomato juice
½ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon dry mustard
¼ teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons basil
1 cup chicken stock

Melt garlic into olive oil add rest of ingredients cook 30 minutes approx and start cooking a pasta of your choice!!!


This has become an absolute standard for me and I got it from a great Cook Book called Cooking for the Mob by a gansta called Joe Dogs. It forms the base of quite a lot of dishes from the book.


I sometimes cover a steak in Italian herbs and use that as a dry rub, let it sit in the fridge for the herbs to get in to the meat, then grill, rest once the meat is cooked and then cut in to pieces add to pasta and pour over the sauce....also a good dish for carb loading if you are going to the gym the following day and need an energy boast!!


One of my favs...for something different add some chilli powder to taste and a little Cumin...to give a Mexican sting to the cheeks!!