Stir-Fried Beef with Peppers, Onion and Mushrooms

Beef, chilli, ginger, sesame oil, yellow pepper, roasted red pepper, mushroom, cabbage,onion, courgette,

Thin strips of cubed beef, stir-fried in a teaspoonful of sesame oil, for about ten minutes or so until browned (high heat at first, then turn the heat down).

All the vegetables were cut into thin strips, and drizzled with sunflower oil, and stirred together. Allow to stand for fifteen minutes, stirring occasionally.

Once the beef is properly cooked and browned, turn up the heat and add the vegetables. Stir together and cook for between seven and eight minutes at a medium heat stirring often. In the final minute add a dessert spoonful of sweet chilli sauce and stir in well.

Serve on a spiral of dark soy sauce.

Pork and Apple Soup

The diced pork was sourced from a pork joint I roasted two days earlier. The ingredients were: roast pork, roasted red pepper (bought commercially, preserved in vinegar, with garlic), Three dessert spoonfuls of already prepared stewed apple, a large Spanish onion, two teaspoonfuls of tomato puree, ham stock, diced garlic, black pepper, and half a teaspoonful of paprika.

Relatively simple to prepare - the pork, the red pepper and the chopped onion were all added to boiling water at the same time. Cooked until the chopped onions were tender (about 45 minutes at a medium heat under glass). Then I added the stewed apple, tomato puree, the ham stock, the black pepper, and the paprika.

Cook under glass at a low heat for a further fifty minutes or so, before serving. I used no herbs in this case, but oregano, basil and rosemary would be good options if you wish to improvise.

Pasta with Roasted Pepper and Stuffed Olives

Wheat Free pasta spirals with roasted peppers, stuffed olives (pimiento), coriander. garlic and black pepper.

Pasta with Roasted Pepper and Stuffed Olives