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Salmon and Broccoli Potato Bake

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Salmon and Broccoli Potato Bake- salmon, broccoli and peas in a cheesy sauce and topped off with sliced potatoes. A real winter warmer for family meals. Jump to Recipe I'm always looking for good recipes to add to my winter comfort food list. If they can include some healthy elements, then so much the better. I love this Salmon and Broccoli Potato Bake because it tastes really indulgent with its creamy, cheesy sauce but it's also full of peas and broccoli, and of course salmon! It's a bit of a spin on one of my other favourite winter recipes- Beef Mince Hot Pot , which also features sliced potatoes on the top. If you're a fan of this type of dish then have a look at Garlic Chicken and Leek Potato Bake too.

Slow Cooker Tomato Sauce made with Roma Tomatoes

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Slow Cooker Tomato Sauce made with Roma Tomatoes- a simple, no fuss, slow cooker recipe to make a delicious tomato and basil sauce with your crop of home-grown Roma tomatoes. We had a bit of a family competition this year to grow Roma tomatoes; one plant each, first to get a red one. It went a bit awry thanks to the UK heatwave though... Plenty of tomatoes all stubbornly staying green! They were hibernating, essentially, due to the very high temperatures. Once it cooled off into normal British temps for August, they finally all started to turn red. I didn't win unfortunately but I'm laying the blame for that firmly at the door of my suntrap, back garden! What to do with a big crop of Roma Tomatoes? Well, Roma are the perfect tomato for making sauces and chutneys because they are 'paste tomatoes' which are quite robust and have fewer seeds than other varieties, helping to make a nice, thick texture. This slow cooker tomato sauce is incredibly easy to make and is a perfec

Aubergine and Potato Curry

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Aubergine and Potato Curry- a spicy, tomato-based, vegan curry with aubergine, peppers and potato, very low in calories and syn free on Slimming World. It's my mission to find as many different ways to use aubergine as possible. Pretty much anything tastes better with aubergine in it, in my opinion! My other Aubergine recipes Warm Mediterranean Couscous salad with Roasted Aubergine and Feta Mediterranean Pasta Bake We are still going strong with our attempt to do a full year of Meat Free Mondays and aubergine has been a key ingredient for getting us as far as September successfully. This recipe for Aubergine and Potato Curry, is up there with my favourite spicy meals. It's absolutely packed with flavour and deliciously spicy. Of course, if you're more of a mild spice fan, just adjust the heat of the chilli powder and/or reduce the amount of fresh chilli that you use.