Super Speedy Pasta

This dish literally takes me 5-7 minutes, from pan, to plate. it is simple and the kids n hubby love it. I make this usually mid week when I am shattered from work and really am not fussed with spending any more than 5-10 minutes in the kitchen. 

Ingredients:
-1 pack of meat filled tortellini (I use chicken and bacon)
-1 pack of veg filled tortellini (I use spinach and ricotta)
-1 large knob of butter
-1 handful of quick cook veg (I have used spinach, but chopped mushrooms or sweet pepper will do)
-1 spring onion
-1 piece of cheese

• Put some water on the pan to boil, whilst this is going start chopping your spring onion (and chopping your veg if need be).
• Put your tortellini in the hot water and leave to simmer for 3-4 minutes.
• After the 3-4 minutes of cooking, draining the pasta and put straight into a large bowl. 

For spinach or sweet pepper:- 

• put the butter and spring onions straight on the pasta and stir till it is all melted. The tear in the spinach and stir in again. 

For mushrooms:-

• Melt the butter in the same pan used for the pasta, add the spring onion and mushrooms and sweat off for 2 mins. 
• Once done, pour over the pasta and stir in.

Now just plate up and grate some cheese and serve. 

By mixing the two flavour pastas I have made sure my little ones get meat, veg, cheese and carbs in one dish, and I don't feel exhausted by having spent loads of time in the kitchen. 

'Everything but the kitchen sink Chilli'

This is a super high in fibre dish, packed full of items I have left over in my fridge. For a family of 4, this should make enough to have a meal now and a meal for another day (or use the rest to make lunches for work for the next 3-4 days, depending on how greedy you are hehehe).


Ingredients:
-1 500g pack of beef mince (for veggies use 1 tin rosecoco beans and 1 tin kala chana beans)
-1 large clove of garlic
-1 spring onion
-1 packet of taco seasoning (medium)
-1 packet of passata
-1 packet of stew mix
-1 tin of kidney beans
-1 chilli
-2 of what ever veg you like (I have used baby corn and chestnut mushrooms)

• First things first, your stew mix needs to be simmered in boiling water for 30 mins,so get that on the heat.
• Prep everything next as this will be so much easier on you. Chop your veg,onion and garlic to how you and family will like it. Once done, put a pan on a low heat, and add a little olive oil, garlic and spring onion. 
• Once they have sweated and are nice and soft, add a tbsp of taco seasoning, add your mince and then add another tbsp of the taco seasoning on top. Stir a few times as it is cooking through for about 5 mins.
• Add the vegetables to the mince and stir to cook through for another 5 mins, then drain off your kidney beans. once drained and rinsed, add them to your mince and veg. 
• Add a third of the pack of passata and then add roughly about the same of cold water. Stir and then leave to simmer for 5- 10 mins whilst you clear up some of the mess. 
• By now the stew mix should be done, drain it off and then add to the chilli. I don't add the chilli to mine until after I have served my little ones, so if you are not partial to loads of heat, add an extra tbsp of taco seasoning. 
• Leave to simmer for another 5-10 mins whilst you get your rice ready. Once the rice is done you are ready to plate up, and enjoy.

I sometimes like to add cheese to the top of mine, but this is just down to preference.