Sunday, 19 February 2017

Sweet Potato Mash Fish Pie


Sweet Potato Mash Fish Pie - so easy to make & doesn't even take that long!

2 large Sweet Potatoes
25g Butter
A Leek - cut into chunks
Onions
25g Plain Flour
400ml Milk
Chunky meaty boneless fish - Cod, Pollack, Haddock, Salmon or fish pie mix

Preheat your oven to 200°C

Peel & boil your mash potatoes in pan. Once soft mash it. You can add some butter or cheese if you like but I just seasoned with some salt & pepper.

In another pan melt you butter than put add you onion & leek. Cook it until your onion is translucent. 

Add you flour so your veg is coated.

Add the milk, mixing it continuously so you don't get any lumps until you get a nice thick white sauce. Season with salt & pepper.

 Take your pan off the heat & add your fish.

In a casserole dish place your mixture into it & top with the sweet potato mash.

Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until bubbling at the edges.

You can use white potato. I changed the recipe for sweet potato as I prefer it & wanted to try something different. It's up to you what fish you choose to use. Any chunky meaty fish will do & most supermarkets/fish mongers do fish pie mixes where they have different chunky bits of fish you can put into a pie. You can also put the left overs into a box & freeze it to eat whenever you don't want to cook.



Tuesday, 31 January 2017

Pancakes


Thick American style pancakes. Super easy to make only 4 ingredients.


Ingredients:

110g Self Raising Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 Egg
Milk

Using a non stick pan preferably, heat it up.

In a bowl whisk the flour, baking powder, egg together. Then add milk little by little until you get the right consistency. You want it to be quite a thick batter that you can whisk. 

Pour your batter into the pan. If you're using a non stick pan you can pour it straight in otherwise use a little oil or butter to stop it from sticking. 

Leave it for a couple of minutes then lift it up to check to see if it's brown. Once it's brown it's ready to flip over. You will start to see it raising & getting thicker. Once both sides are brown they're done!

Pancakes are so easy to make & you can add anything to the mixture. You can try adding cinnamon, ground ginger, peanut butter, vanilla, berries, chocolate or even protein powder. The possibilities are endless.

Once they're stacked you can drizzle with maple syrup, chocolate it's up to you! I like having it with jam or peanut butter.