Steak Parcels

Ingredients (Makes 3 Parcels) 3 Minute Steaks 1 Red Pepper 4 or 5 mushrooms 3 tblsp soft cream cheese 3 rashers bacon (either smoked or unsmoked) salt and pepper

Method

Place the a steak onto a piece of grease-proof paper. Slice the pepper and mushrooms into bite sized chunks. Put a tablespoon of cream cheese onto the steak ans sprinkle over a third of the peppers and a third of the mushrooms. Cut a bacon rasher into strips and place them onto the steak. Season with salt and pepper.

Fold the greaseproof paper around to make a parcel and place on a baking tray. Repeat with the other two parcels. Place in a very hot oven, 200oC for around 20 minutes. If you want to brown the meat slightly then open the parcels a bit for the last 5 minutes.

To serve you can either remove the steaks from the paper, as shown in the picture, or for a bit of interest why not serve the steak in the paper.

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This happened as a result of me planning one meal and then finding out I didn't have the ingredients I needed! That's the first step for cooking, be prepared...

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Crunchy Oat Biscuits

Ingredients 115g butter 2 tbsp golden syrup 115g self-raising flour 115g light brown, soft sugar 115g rolled oats 115g sultanas 2tsp water 1tsp mixed spice

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 150oC.
2. Gently melt the butter and syrup in a saucepan.
3. Mix the flour, sugar, spice, sultanas and oats together in a bowl.
   
4. Stir in the melted butter together with the water and combine well.
5. Leave mixture to cool for 5 minutes then mould into balls and place well apart on a baking tray.
6. Bake for around 25 minutes then remove from oven, allow to cool slightly before turning onto a cooling rack.

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These are wonderfully easy and taste great, the best way to fill up the biscuit barrel!! This recipe should make around 30 biscuits but of course you can make them as big or as small as you want!!! This is a great recipe for beginners in the kitchen with quick tasty results!!

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Beginners Guide - Basic Recipes

Everyone new to the kitchen needs some easy challenges. As with any skill there is no point diving into the tricky stuff without learning the basics! You wouldn't sit down at a piano, having never played, and expect to knock out Mozart! It takes practice!! Unlike learning the piano though, cooking can be fun and rewarding even though it is simple! No boring scales and chords you can get straight into producing something great, and tasty!!!

Below I have compiled a list of some basic tasty recipes for beginners to try, I will always be topping this list up and they will appear on the main blog as I do!!

Basic Recipes

~ Cruncy Oat Biscuits
These biscuits are very simple to make and taste great.

~ Flour Tortillas
Use these for you lunch with some cheese and ham inside. Or leave open and cover in fried chicken, salsa and lettuce!