Slow-cooked beef madras

 

Today I had a uni exam at 4 which meant I wouldn't get home until around 6:30 so I planned ahead as always...

I decided to get the slow cooker out as we had some low-fat diced beef that needed using up and it would mean that by the time I came through the door, dinner would be ready. It's so easy to use as well, you just bung in all the ingredients, wait a few hours et voila!

This curry was rather spicy so I ate it with some 0% fat natural yoghurt on the side.

Recipe:
Ingredients:

• 1 onion
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 tsp ginger
• 1 tsp chilli flakes
• 450 lean diced beef
• 1 tbsp. madras curry paste
• 300ml beef stock
• 1 tin chopped tomatoes
• large handful of spinach
• 200g mushrooms
• bulgur wheat and natural yogurt to serve

Method:
1. Set your slow cooker on a medium setting
2. Heat some flora cuisine in a pan, slice the onion and fry for a couple of minutes. Next add the garlic and beef to brown for a few minutes.
3. Once the beef has browned transfer the contents of the pan to your slow cooker and then add the ginger, chilli flakes, madras curry paste, beef stock, chopped tomatoes and mushrooms.
4. Stir and then place the lid on the slow cooker for about 8 hours, stirring every now and then.
5. 30 minutes before you serve add the spinach to the slow cooker pot and then once cooked, enjoy!

I served mine with bulgur wheat as it has fewer calories than rice, however feel free to serve with naan or rice :)

Time for an early night so I can wake up early for a 4 mile run tomorrow...
Have a good evening.

Love Charli x

Dinner: Sweet Potato, Kale and Chickpea Curry

Today's mission was to find a dish that used kale and sweet potato as these needed using up. The easiest and tastiest thing I could think of was in a curry as I needed a comforting dish to warm me up in this cold weather :( I've made lots of curries before and decided to experiment with these ingredients to come up with a delicious and super healthy vegetarian curry. It was so easy to make and completely went in one sitting!

serves 6

time: 10 mins prep, 30 mins cooking

Recipe:

Ingredients:

1 chopped onion

4 cloves of garlic

3 small sweet potatoes

1 packet of kale

1 tbsp medium chilli powder

1tsp cumin

1tsp turmeric

1 tsp chilli powder

1 tsp chilli flakes

300ml vegetable stock

1 can coconut milk

1 can chopped tomatoes

1 can chickpeas

Method:

1. Heat some oil in a pan (I used flora cuisine) and soften the onions. Next add the chopped sweet potato chunks and crushed garlic an fry for a few minutes.

2. Next add the turmeric, curry powder, chilli powder, cumin and chilli flakes. cook for a minute and then add the kale.

3. When the kale has wilted, add the vegetable stock, tomatoes and coconut milk. Turn down to a medium heat and stir occasionally for about 20-30 minutes. Meanwhile boil some rice or whatever you wish to serve with it and enjoy :)

Love Charli x