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Collection of 4 quick family meals (serves 4–5) from a UK creator. Practical shortcuts like removing sausage casings before cooking and marinating proteins while prepping other items could be adapted for commercial mise-en-place workflows. Straightforward flavor profiles with high reproducibility across a varied menu.
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Family Dinner ideas for you! We ate a family of 5 and all of my kids eat these meals. As I said in the video, you can adapt them as much as you want x enjoy x ————- Make sure you are following my podcast 🎤 socials because season 3 has a huge announcement coming......can you guess? 👩🏼❤️👨🏻 Listen to my Podcast Don’t Touch It on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/0eVw... on Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... on YouTube -- / @donttouchitpodcast ----------------------- Subscribe to The Pea Family 🫛 newsletter here - This is place where we go back in time to our fun blogs - usually a food for thought at the beginning, a family food recipe - some fashion - sneak peak at new stuff in the house. This is such a fun little community and I love the email replies and chats we have - https://mailchi.mp/f13a3643d6af/the-p... ---------------------------------- RECIPES FROM THIS VIDEO All of these recipes serve about 4–5 people. Measurements don’t need to be exact, measure with your heart! 🍗 1. BREADED CHICKEN WITH TOMATO SPAGHETTI INGREDIENTS For the breaded chicken (or you could skip this and buy breaded chicken!): • 4–5 chicken breasts • Approx. 100g plain flour • 2–3 eggs, beaten • Approx. 150–200g breadcrumbs • Salt and black pepper • Chicken seasoning • Garlic powder • Onion granules • Oil, for frying For the tomato spaghetti: • 400–500g spaghetti • 1 jar tomato pasta sauce • A little pasta water, if needed • Parmesan, to serve To serve: • Green salad / mixed leaves • Extra Parmesan METHOD Use a mallet to flatten the chicken breasts into thinner pieces. Season your breadcrumbs, then coat each piece of chicken in flour, beaten egg and breadcrumbs. Fry in a little oil until golden, crispy and cooked through. Cook the spaghetti according to the packet instructions. Add the pasta sauce to the spaghetti and toss through until warmed. Slice the crispy chicken and serve with the tomato spaghetti, Parmesan and a green salad. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🥦 2. BEEF & BROCCOLI WITH RICE INGREDIENTS • 1½ cups jasmine rice • 1 large head of broccoli • 1 tbsp Shaoxing rice wine For the beef: • 2 steaks • 1 tbsp cornflour • 2 tbsp soy sauce • ½ tsp bicarbonate of soda • 1 tsp garlic paste • 1 tsp ginger paste • 2 tbsp oyster sauce For the sauce: • 1 tbsp brown sugar • 1 tbsp honey • 350ml chicken stock • 1 tbsp garlic paste • 1 tsp ginger paste • Splash of soy sauce METHOD Thinly slice the steak and toss with the cornflour, soy sauce, bicarbonate of soda, garlic, ginger and oyster sauce. Mix all the sauce ingredients together in a jug. Fry the beef in a hot pan until browned, then remove and set aside. Pour in the Shaoxing rice wine to loosen the pan, then add the broccoli and cook until just tender. Pour in the sauce and use a cornflour and water mixture to thicken. Return the beef and simmer until the sauce has thickened and coated everything. Serve with freshly cooked jasmine rice. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍝 3. SAUSAGE PASTA BAKE WITH BROCCOLI INGREDIENTS • 6 pork sausages • 400g pasta • 1 head of broccoli • 1 jar tomato & mascarpone pasta sauce • 150g grated cheddar cheese • Olive oil • Salt and pepper METHOD Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions and steam the broccoli until just tender. Remove the sausage meat from the skins, break into pieces and fry in a little oil until browned and cooked through. Drain the pasta and mix with the tomato & mascarpone sauce. Stir through the cooked sausage and broccoli, then divide between baking dishes. Sprinkle generously with grated cheese. Bake at 200°C (180°C fan) for around 15 minutes, until bubbling and golden on top. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🍝 4. EASY MEATBALL PASTA INGREDIENTS • 500g beef mince • Approx. 50g breadcrumbs • Splash of milk • 1 onion • 1 egg • Salt and black pepper • 400g pasta • 2 garlic cloves • 1 tbsp tomato purée • 1 tbsp oregano • 150ml bone broth • 1 jar tomato pasta sauce • 100ml double cream • Parmesan, grated • Fresh parsley, finely chopped • Peas • Olive oil METHOD Mix the breadcrumbs with a splash of milk and leave to sit. Grate the onion into a bowl with the mince. Add the breadcrumbs, parsley and egg, mix together, then roll into small meatballs. Cook the pasta according to the packet instructions. Fry the meatballs in a little oil until browned all over, then set aside. In the same pan, grate or crush the garlic, then add the tomato purée, oregano, broth, tomato sauce, pasta water and double cream to form your sauce. Add some Parmesan, then combine the pasta, sauce and meatballs and heat until everything is bubbling. Heat up some peas for the side and serve! Hope you enjoy! Let me know if you make any of them ❤️ -------------------- Follow me on my other socials I instagram – www.instagram.com/mummysflippinhouse TikTok – www.tiktok.com/mummysflippinhouse ShopMy - https://shopmy.us/mummysflippinhouse LTK - https://www.shopltk.com/explore/mummy... Love you always and forever X
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