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<![CDATA[LEXIE COOKS - Recipes]]>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 13:01:14 +0100Weebly<![CDATA[Village Hall Sausage Rolls]]>Sat, 16 Sep 2023 07:51:42 GMThttps://www.lexiecooks.com/recipes/village-hall-sausage-rolls

Lexie was invited to help provide food at an event at her local village hall. The "pig racing" event involved small battery operated fluffy pigs racing across a table! And Lexie thought a pork recipe would go down well. It did and we made 100 meat and veggie "piggy" rolls! This recipe is for 6 extra large sausage rolls, use whichever type of sausage you like, meat or veggie.

To make 6 extra large sausage rolls

What you need:
12 sausages
2 packs of ready rolled puff pastry
1 egg

What you do:
1. Take the pastry out of the fridge and leave to come to room temperature for about 15 minutes.
2. Carefully layout the pastry sheets portrait style.
3. Use a knife to cut each pastry sheet into 3 equal rectangles (take a look at the photo above to see how). You should have 6 rectangle shapes.
4. Put 2 sausages on each rectangle shape (look at the middle photo above).
5. Crack the egg into a bowl and whisk it well.
6. Use a pastry brush to spread a little of the egg along the long edge of the pastry rectangle.
7. Roll the opposite long edge of the pastry rectangle over the sausages and tuck it in along the eggy edge.
8. Make sure the edge is stuck together, give it a pinch if it isn't.
9. Using a knife carefully cut 3 lines across the top of the sausage roll.
10. Brush the top of the sausage roll with egg.
11. Repeat this until you have made all 6 sausage rolls.
12. Put the oven on hot. 200 Fan.
13. Place the sausage rolls on lined baking sheets and cook in the over for 15 minutes.
14. Carefully remove from oven and brush with more egg.
15. Put them back in the oven for another 10 minutes.
16. They should be golden brown and shiny.
17. Allow to cool on racks.
18. Serve with homemade apple sauce, slaw and pickles.

]]><![CDATA[Charlie's tomato & vegetable sauce]]>Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:41:28 GMThttps://www.lexiecooks.com/recipes/charlies-tomato-vegetable-sauce

Charlie's tomato & vegetable sauce

What you need:
1 onion finely chopped
1 red pepper finely chopped
2 crushed garlic cloves
A handful of fresh spinach leaves (or a block of frozen spinach)
1 tin of tomatoes
250ml vegetable stock
1 tbsp tomato puree
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
2 tbsp oil
50g finely grated cheese (parmesan is good but choose whatever you like)

What you do:
1. Add oil to a large pan and turn on to a medium high heat
2. Add the onions, peppers and garlic
3. Cook for 5 mins or until golden and soft
4. Add tomato puree and red wine vinegar stir well
5. Cook for 2 more minutes
6. Add can of tomatoes and stock
7. Add a pan lid, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes
8. Add the spinach
9. Turn the heat down to low and cook for another 8 minutes until the sauce begins to thicken
10. Take the pan off the heat, add the grated cheese

To serve, stir through pasta, or pour over meatballs and rice, or enjoy with a jacket potato or on top of polenta chips or sweet potato fries!

Thank you Charlie for this delicious recipe.

]]><![CDATA[Lexie's cheesy breakfast flapjacks]]>Sat, 25 Sep 2021 07:23:49 GMThttps://www.lexiecooks.com/recipes/lexies-cheesy-breakfast-flapjacks

What you need:
100g unsalted butter
300g cheddar cheese grated
350g porridge oats
3 carrots grated
2 eggs
1tsp mixed dried herbs (I used mixed Italian herbs)
2tbsp mixed ground seed (I used a linseed mix)
A pinch of salt

What you do:
1. Turn on oven to 180 fan
2. Get a small pan and add the butter
3. Put the pan on a low heat on the hob
4. The butter will melt gently
5. Take it off the heat and leave for now
6. Grate the carrots
7. Grate the cheese
8. Get a big bowl
9. Add the porridge oats, grated carrots, grated cheese, dried herbs and seeds.
10. Crack the eggs into the bowl
11. And add a pinch of salt
12. Pour the melted butter into the bowl as well
13. Mix everything in the bowl together with a big spoon
14. Keep mixing until everything is mixed really well
15. Now get a baking tray (about 28cm long and 16 cm wide)
16. Grease the inside of the baking tray with oil
17. Spoon the mixture from the bowl into the baking tray
18. Press the mixture down so it is flat in the tray
19. Put the tray in the oven
20. Leave in the oven for 30 mins
21. Take it out of the oven - the top will look brown and crispy
22. Leave to cool in the tray
23. When it is cool you can slice it up into squares
24. Keep the squares in a plastic box in the fridge - they will stay fresh for about 3 days.

These breakfast flapjacks are delicious. My sister takes them to school for snack and my dad likes them when he goes for a big walk.

I am so excited - this recipe is in BBC Good Food Magazine!

]]><![CDATA[Rebecca's gluten and sugar free brownies]]>Sat, 27 Feb 2021 11:45:01 GMThttps://www.lexiecooks.com/recipes/rebeccas-gluten-and-sugar-free-brownies

What you need:
100g butter
6tbsp cocoa
2 eggs
200g coconut sugar
vanilla essence
75g gluten free flour

What you do:
1. Put 100g of butter in a pan
2. Heat the pan until the butter melts
3. Take the butter off the heat
4. Stir in 6 tbsp of cocoa powder
5. Mix in 2 eggs
6. Add 200g of coconut sugar
7. Add a few drops of vanilla essence
8. Stir in 75g of gluten free flour
9. Pour the mixture into a greased and lined baking tin
10. Bake at 160'C in a fan oven for 20 mins
11. Let it cool and slice into squares
12. We ate ours whilst they were still warm!

If you do not want the brownies to be sugar free, you can use caster sugar instead. And you can use ordinary flour if you prefer.

Thank you so much to Rebecca, my college friend, for sharing this delicious and healthy recipe with me.

]]><![CDATA[Leftovers veggie lasagne]]>Sat, 23 Jan 2021 17:12:45 GMThttps://www.lexiecooks.com/recipes/leftovers-veggie-lasagne

What you need:
3 onions
2 garlic cloves
3 carrots
1/4 red cabbage
1/4 green cabbage
2 tins of chopped tomatoes
4 tbsp red lentils
salt pepper and oregano
oil
4 gluten free pasta lasagne sheets
50g butter
50g plain flour
400ml milk
100g cheese

What you do:
1. Chop the vegetables up small
2. Put 2 tbsp oil in a large pan and add the onion and garlic
3. Cook onion and garlic until soft, for about 5 minutes
4. Add the carrots, cabbages and lentils, cook for another 5 minutes
5. Add the tinned tomatoes, add a little water to one of the tins to wash the tomatoes out into the pan
6. Leave to cook for 15 minutes
7. Make the white sauce. Put the butter in a pan and melt it gently.
8. Add the flour and stir. Keep stirring.
9. Add the milk a bit at a time and keep stirring.
10. Keep stirring until the sauce starts to go thick and bubble.
11. Take the sauce off the heat and leave to one side
12. The veggie mixture should be soft now, add salt, pepper and oregano - check it tastes nice
13. Use a large baking pan to put the lasagne in
14. Put a layer of veggie mix on the bottom of the pan
15. Add a layer of pasta lasagne sheets
16. Add some white sauce
17. Add another layer of veggie mix
18. Add another layer of pasta lasagne sheets
19. Put the white sauce over the top
20. Grate cheese over the top and put into a hot oven until bubbling and brown on top

It doesn't matter what vegetables you use, use whatever you like. And it doesn't matter what cheese you use - or you can leave it out altogether if you don't like it. I used gluten free flour and pasta, but you don't have to.

See how to cook this recipe on my YouTube channel LexieCooks

This recipe is good for young children - it is great cold and reheated the next day for a tasty leftovers lunch!

This recipe was created for our friends at Turning Heads CIC.

Turning Heads CIC provide benefit to people in Devon with learning disabilities, who are homeless, who are furthest from employment and education and the long-term unemployed to develop skills, find employment, attain qualifications, gain work experience and increase social opportunity and wellbeing.
Turning Heads run a number of cooking programmes each year, both in person and virtually, the recipes and interactive video tutorials can be found at www.turningheads.org.uk

]]><![CDATA[Aunty Jenny's Vegetable Fritters]]>Sun, 03 Jan 2021 12:18:36 GMThttps://www.lexiecooks.com/recipes/aunty-jennys-vegetable-fritters

What you need:
1 potato grated
1/2 courgette grated
2 tbsp grated cheese
1 egg
Oil for frying
ground black pepper
1/2 tsp dried oregano

What you do:
1. Grate the potato, courgette and cheese
2. Whisk the egg in a bowl
3. Add the potato, courgette and cheese to the egg mixture
4. Season with pepper and oregano
5. Heat oil in a frying pan
6. Use a tablespoon to put four fritters in the pan
7. Cook on a medium to high heat until brown and crispy
8. Flip each fritter over to brown on both sides

You can use any vegetables you like, try swapping the potato for carrot, or adding onion. You can use any seasoning you like - any green herbs or even a pinch of curry powder.

See how to cook this recipe on my YouTube channel LexieCooks

This recipe is good for young children - you can use any vegetables that you like and it's fun to try different ones and different seasonings.

This recipe was created for our friends at Turning Heads CIC.

Turning Heads CIC provide benefit to people in Devon with learning disabilities, who are homeless, who are furthest from employment and education and the long-term unemployed to develop skills, find employment, attain qualifications, gain work experience and increase social opportunity and wellbeing.
Turning Heads run a number of cooking programmes each year, both in person and virtually, the recipes and interactive video tutorials can be found at www.turningheads.org.uk

]]><![CDATA[Hidden Vegetable Pasta Sauce]]>Fri, 01 Jan 2021 15:00:38 GMThttps://www.lexiecooks.com/recipes/hidden-vegetable-pasta-sauce

What you need
1 tbsp oil
1/2 onion chopped
1 tomato chopped
2 carrots peeled and grated
1/2 red pepper chopped
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 tbsp tomato puree
150ml stock
1 tsp sugar
1tsp vinegar
1tsp chopped green herbs, dried or fresh

What you do
1. Chop all the vegetables
2. Cook onion in oil gently for 5 minutes
3. Add tomato, pepper and carrots cook for 5 minutes
4. Add tinned tomatoes, stock and tomato puree, cook for 20 minutes
5. Add sugar, vinegar and green herbs cook for 5 minutes.

You can leave the sauce chunky, or make it smooth with a hand blender.
Use as a stir through pasta sauce, or with rice. Add chicken or fish or minced beef for a delicious bolognaise.

See how to cook this recipe on my YouTube channel LexieCooks

This recipe is good for young children - they like pasta and the sauce has hidden vegetables in it. You can use any vegetables that you like.

This recipe was created for our friends at Turning Heads CIC.

Turning Heads CIC provide benefit to people in Devon with learning disabilities, who are homeless, who are furthest from employment and education and the long-term unemployed to develop skills, find employment, attain qualifications, gain work experience and increase social opportunity and wellbeing.
Turning Heads run a number of cooking programmes each year, both in person and virtually, the recipes and interactive video tutorials can be found at www.turningheads.org.uk

]]><![CDATA[Festive Pasta Bake]]>Sun, 06 Dec 2020 12:23:18 GMThttps://www.lexiecooks.com/recipes/festive-pasta-bake

What you need:
serves 4
300g dried pasta shapes
1 red pepper
250g mushrooms
1 tin of chopped tomatoes
100g Cheddar cheese
1 tbsp cooking oil

What to do:
1. Chop mushrooms and red pepper
2. Heat cooking oil in a pan
3. Add mushrooms and peppers and cook gently
4. Put a large pan of water on the hob and bring it to the boil
5. Add pasta to the boiling water
6. Add the tinned tomatoes to the mushrooms and peppers
7. When the pasta is cooked drain it and put it back in the pan
8. Add the tomato, mushroom and pepper mixture to the pasta and stir
9. Spoon the pasta mixture into an ovenproof dish
10. Grate the cheese
11. Sprinkle the pasta with grated cheese
12. Put the oven on to 180 degrees
13. Put the pasta in the oven and cook until the cheese is melted and starting to brown.

I made this for my lunch at college, I love leftovers so had it for my tea too!

]]><![CDATA[Christmas Mocktails]]>Sun, 06 Dec 2020 12:08:09 GMThttps://www.lexiecooks.com/recipes/christmas-mocktails

What you need:
Serves 2 people
100 ml orange juice
100 ml apple juice
125 ml soda water
125ml fizzy orange drink
Fruit for decoration
1 jug
2 glasses
Ice
2 wooden skewers
2 cocktail umbrellas

What you do:
1. Measure the ingredients into a jug
2. Mix
3. Pour into 2 glasses
4. Thread fruit onto skewers
5. Decorate your glasses with fruit and umbrellas
5. Enjoy!

I made this recipe at college for my friends!

]]><![CDATA[Half term Pad Thai]]>Fri, 30 Oct 2020 18:06:29 GMThttps://www.lexiecooks.com/recipes/half-term-pad-thai

What you need

2 shallots
450g Fat noodles (ready to add to a wok)
2 limes
2 Chicken breasts
Mini broccoli or Pak choi
2 Carrots
A handful of roasted peanuts crushed
2 eggs
3 tbsp fish sauce
3 tbsp rice wine vinegar
1 tsp soy sauce
3 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp sesame oil
1tsp salt
1tbsp ginger paste or grated fresh ginger

What you do

1.Slice chicken breasts into small pieces
2. Put 1 tsp of salt into a small pan
3. Add chicken to the pan and cover with boiling water
4. Gently poach chicken until cooked through, this will take about 5 mins
5. Leave the chicken to cool
6. Prepare the vegetables
7. Chop the shallots into small pieces
8. Chop the carrots into small pieces
9. Chop the pak choi into small slices
10. Prepare the sauce
11. Add the fish sauce, rice wine vinegar, sugar and soy sauce to a small bowl and mix well
12. Whisk the eggs together in small bowl
13. Heat up the wok and add 2 tbsp of sesame oil
14. Add the chicken and stir fry until brown
15. Put chicken onto a side plate
16. Add prawns to the wok and stir fry
17. Put prawns onto side plate
18. Add the shallots and cook for 2 mins
19. Add the ginger stir well
20. Add carrots and pakchoi and stir well
21. Move everything to one side of the wok
22. Add eggs and scramble
23. Add noodles and stir well with everything
24. Add the sauce and stir well
25. Pour over juice of 1 lime
26.Serve and sprinkle with crushed peanuts and wedges of lime
Enjoy! I have been making this every Thursday at college with my friend Katie. We add red chilli and garlic to our recipe.

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