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Easy peasy recipes - please share yours.

ecomama
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Hello BBers

Please share an easy recipe you love. If you have a story of where your recipe(s) came from, chat away. Feel free to write your recipe in any format you like! I can't wait to try Mara's specialty Rocky Road..... like yesterday.

Here's mine. A perfect 'day off' meal and absolutely wonderful for Winter. You can prep in the morning and put it together at lunchtime for dinner. I made up the recipe after a few dismal failures lol. I have ideas for any leftover cooked stock mixture later...

Beef brisket - the BB easy peasy way.
You'll need:
1 beef brisket that fits into your baking tray with some room.
1L beef stock. 2L if the brisket is BIG.
Worcestershire sauce.
2 onions sliced anyway you like.
Mushrooms sliced thickly - as many as you like.
Oil - any type.
Salt.
Pepper.
A baking tray... the best tasting one I've made was cooked in a cast iron, enameled baking tray but any will do.
Aluminium foil to cover the baking tray.
A frying pan / skillet.
Utensils for pan and tray.
Oven gloves.
Oven & stove top.

To cook:
Pour cold stock & 2 tblsp W sauce into baking tray.
Saute onions in oil in pan & add to baking tray.
Brown mushies as above & add to baking tray.
Sprinkle salt / pepper over brisket.
Brown both sides of brisket in pan then add to baking tray.
Cover whole tray with foil & scrunch under edges.
Spoon stock mixture over brisket to coat.
NB: The stock mixture needs to come up to around half way on side of brisket. Add more stock if needed.
Slow cook in warm oven c110C for about 2h.
Check.
Turn brisket.
Repeat.
Taste to see if more W sauce is needed.
Rest meat for 15 mins.
Slice and serve.

Note: IF you want a pulled beef effect then you can cook longer until beef is falling apart. Add to sliders, Turkish bread.

If this isn't easy for you, sorry! I have a great Boscaiola coming up later that is super easy, promise.

EM

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hellohi
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Hi Ecomama,

This was thread is wonderful!!!!!

It was an amazing idea to create this thread!

Thank you. 🙂

Matchy69
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Hi Neerja it's good to see you on this thread.I love your mango and banana smoothie.I love anything with mango in it.

ecomama
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Hi Neerja!

Welcome to the cooking thread lol, so nice to have you here 🙂

Your recipe looks SO YUM! And you wrote it out ever so well, thankyou.

I agree Matchy's banana bread looks pretty easy to make. Our new oven gets installed tomorrow so maybe then other people's recipes will actually work lol. Our present one has been "off temp" for almost 20y lol, it's been tricky!

Mara's Rocky Road is very nice.

Love EM

hellohi
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Hi Ecomama,

A new oven sounds really good!

We hardly use the oven in our house, it is pretty much used for frozen food, lol.

I will definitely try Mara's Rocky Road and Matchy's Banana Bread!

All the recipes here sound amazing!

Warm wishes,

Your friend,

Neerja

hellohi
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Hi Matchy69,

I love mango too!

Thank you for your kind words.

Warm wishes,

Your friend,

Neerja

Matchy69
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Talking about a new oven my large hot plate is not working on my stove.Looks like I will have to get an electrician out when kids go back to school.I only have to pay for parts and not labour.I want to make some marmalade and need it to work.

ecomama
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It's a real drag when our cooking things don't work.

I'm feelin' ya over there.

What type of marmalade Matchy?

Matchy69
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I have a heap of Tangelos on my tree.I will make some marmalade out of them.It usually turns out nice.

ecomama
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Hi Matchy

Tangelos are kind of sweet aren't they?

I tried to make jam out of cumquats ages ago and it turned out runny lol. So I strained it really well and we used it as cumquat syrup! lol. It was bitter but really nice on scones and pancakes. Yum.

EM

ecomama
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A lovely Winter soup I made last night in the slow cooker, it's been cooking all day and I'm about to have some for dinner.

BB Winter soup
Ingredients:

1 ham hock
Onions chopped or onion flakes
Tinned tomatoes
Stock - liquid or powdered with water to cover meat.
Zucchinis -sliced
Barley
Any herbs you like - I like oregano, thyme and basil
(I added sliced leftover cooked sausages & that's all that's in mine tonight).

Method:
Put all ingredients in slow cooker and cook until barley is soft.

So easy.

EM