A Lazy Saturday Brunch

Ingredients

• One packet of bacon (eight rashers)
• One packet of sausages
• Four Eggs
• Three hungry people who slept in till late

Method

• Pop the sausages in the oven.
• Put the bacon in the frying pan on a low heat.
• Once the bacon is cooked, fry the eggs using the bacon fat left in the pan.
• For added laziness, serve on paper plates to minimise washing up.

Fruit, Nut and Chocolate Mix

I've been aiming to make different fruit, nut and chocolate mixes which give 4mg iron per 100g. I made this one by using three bags of Coop Truly Irresistible fruit and nut mix, adding enough dark chocolate to make it around 30g of chocolate per 100g serving and then enough cashews to make it 4mg iron per 100g. I used to play about with a spreadsheet to work out the proportions but now I'm using Shop n Cook, it's loads quicker and easier to work it out. Anyway, on to the recipe:

Ingredients

• Three bags of Coop Truly Irresistible fruit and nut mix (i.e. 262.5g raisins, 127.5g dried apricots, 75g dried pineapple, 67.5g pecans, 67.5g hazelnuts, 60g dried cranberries, 52.5g almonds, 37.5g dried mango.)
• 550g dark choc
• 600g cashews

Method
Empty fruit and nut mix into very large tub.
Use scissors to cut up larger fruits so that things are fairly similar sizes.
Add cashews.
Break up chocolate into individual blocks and add to tub.
Put lid on and turn over a few times to mix.
Portion into tubs of 100g servings if desired.


Nutritional facts per serving (daily value):
Calories 447kcal
Protein 9g (18%)
Total Fat 29g (44%)
Sat. 8g (41%)
Chol. 0mg (0%)
Carb. 48g (16%)
Fiber 5g (20%)
Sugars 33g
Calcium 46mg (5%)
Iron 4mg (21%)
Magnesium 151mg (38%)
Phosphorus 280mg (28%)
Potassium 563mg (16%)
Sodium 10mg (0%)
Zinc 3mg (18%)
Copper 1mg (56%)
Manganese 1mg
Selenium 8µg
Vit. C 3mg (5%)
Vit. B1 0mg (14%)
Vit. B2 0mg (6%)
Vit. B3 1mg (5%)
Vit. B5 0mg (4%)
Vit. B6 0mg (12%)
Diet. fol. eq. 19µg (5%)
Vit. B12 0µg (0%)
Vit. A 262IU (5%)
Vit. A1 0µg
Vit. E 2mg (10%)
Vit. K 14µg
Vit. D 0IU (0%)
Exported from Shop'NCook Pro 3.4.3 (http://www.shopncook.com)

Quick Chorizo, Olive and Tomato Pasta

This is a quick easy recipe for a lunch or light dinner. The recipe gives three servings.


Ingredients

• 3 cups pasta
• 2 cups tinned tomato (a 400g or 1lb tin)
• 80g chorizo
• 80g olives
• 60g grated cheese - (to serve)

Method
Cook pasta.
Meanwhile chop chorizo into small chunks and open tin of tomato.
Drain pasta into a colander.
Put tomato, chorizo and olives into pan and return to heat.
Once liquid is boiling (after a couple of minutes) return pasta to mixture and stir in.
Leave on a low heat until everything is heated through.
Serve with a sprinkling of grated cheese.

Nutritional facts per serving (daily value):
Calories 507kcal
Protein 22g (43%)
Total Fat 21g (32%)
Sat. 9g (43%)
Chol. 44mg (15%)
Carb. 58g (19%)
Fiber 4g (18%)
Sugars 5g
Calcium 231mg (23%)
Iron 4mg (21%)
Magnesium 64mg (16%)
Phosphorus 274mg (27%)
Potassium 537mg (15%)
Sodium 894mg (37%)
Zinc 3mg (18%)
Copper 0mg (20%)
Manganese 1mg
Selenium 51µg
Vit. C 15mg (24%)
Vit. B1 0mg (20%)
Vit. B2 0mg (16%)
Vit. B3 4mg (19%)
Vit. B5 1mg (9%)
Vit. B6 0mg (20%)
Diet. fol. eq. 29µg (7%)
Vit. B12 1µg (12%)
Vit. A 495IU (10%)
Vit. A1 52µg
Vit. E 2mg (9%)
Vit. K 6µg
Vit. D 2IU (1%)
Exported from Shop'NCook Pro 3.4.3 (http://www.shopncook.com)