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FAMILY MEALS - Pasta & Rice
BEEF & LAMB MINCE & SAUSAGES CHICKEN BACON & PORK FISH & TUNA
PASTA & RICE VEGETARIAN CASSEROLES & THE SLOW COOKER SIDE DISHES
SOUP SALADS DIPS & STARTERS DESSERTS

Fast, easy and tasty meals from the pantry for four people for around $10.
*Please remember every household is different. Apply the recipes that are going to work for you and your family.

Jazzy 2 Minute Noodles…
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PREP & COOK: 10mins
This recipe is PER PERSON and is simple, fast, cheap and filling.

INGREDIENTS
1/3 cup any Meat (optional)
1 packet 2 Minute Noodles
1/3 cup frozen or fresh mixed Vegetables
3 Mushrooms, chopped (optional)
Basil or Parsley, chopped (optional)
2 drops of Soy Sauce
2 drops of Worcestershire sauce

1. Cook the meat.
2. Boil the noodles and the vegetables until cooked. Drain the noodles and vegetables then return them to the saucepan.
3. Add the flavour sachet, mushrooms, basil, parsley and/or meat to the noodles and vegies.
4. Add the sauces and mix over a medium heat for one minute or until everything is hot.

Jazzy 2 Minute Noodles

Manda, Bribie Island QLD, February 2009.


Broccoli Pasta…
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PREP & COOK: 30mins
Surprisingly very yummy!

INGREDIENTS:
½ packet Spaghetti
Salt
1 large Broccoli
2 tablespoons Olive Oil
2 cloves of crushed Garlic

1. In large pot, boil the pasta with a little salt until cooked.
2. Cut up the broccoli into florets then steam or boil until cooked.Cook untill pasta is cooked to your liking.
3. Heat the oil in a saucepan or large frying pan. Add the garlic and cook for one minute. Drain both the pasta and broccoli then stir into the oil.

NOTE: For variety you can also add chopped tomatoes, basil and/or cashews at step 3.

Broccoli Pasta

Anon, November 2008.


Pasta alla Matriciana…
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PREP & COOK: 25 mins

INGREDIENTS:
4 rashes Bacon, chopped
1 Onion, chopped
2 cloves Garlic, crushed
410gram can Tomatoes
3 teaspoons Basil, chopped
1 teaspoon Chilli (optional)
Salt and Pepper (optional)

Boil water and cook pasta.Spaghetti is the best with this sauce.

Heat a little oil in a frying pan and saute onion, garlic and bacon until nearly cooked. Add tomatoes, basil, chilli, salt and pepper then simmer for 10 minutes.

Pasta alla Matriciana

Jodi, Balnarring VIC, May 2008.


Creamy Mushroom Pasta…
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PREP & COOK: 15 mins

INGREDIENTS:
1 cup Pasta
½ teaspoon Oil
6 Button Mushrooms, chopped
½ teaspoon dried Chicken Stock dissolved in ¼ cup Water
¼ teaspoon crushed Garlic
Mixed Herbs
¼ cup Cream

Boil Pasta until soft. Meanwhile, heat oil in saucepan and fry Mushrooms until cooked. Add Chicken Stock dissolved in Water. Add Garlic and Herbs and simmer for 2 minutes.

Stir cooked Pasta into mushroom mix. Add Cream and simmer for 1 minute then serve.

Creamy Mushroom Pasta

Anon, January 2008.


Bacon & Spaghetti Dish…

PREP & COOKING: 30mins

INGREDIENTS
Spaghetti
4 rashes Bacon, chopped
½ cup Peas
½ cup Cream
1 teaspoon Garlic

Boil Spaghetti in a saucepan until sticky and cooked through. Boil peas in the microwave until cooked while cooking the chopped bacon in a frypan. Add to frypan the spaghetti, peas, cream and garlic and stir until combined and hot.

This is also a fantastic side dish for BBQs, served hot or cold.
Bacon Spaghetti Side Dish

Tiana, Saving Mum, September 2007.


Pasta Napoletana…
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PREP & COOK: 25mins

INGREDIENTS
Pasta
2 x 400gram cans of Tomato's (if not crushed, chop them up)
1 Onion chopped
1 teaspoon Garlic
Herbs (Oregano or Basil are best)Salt & Pepper2 rashers Bacon (optional)

Boil Pasta until soft. Meanwhile, heat saucepan and add a little oil. Cook bacon and remove from saucepan (optional). Cook onion until soft then drain any remaining oil. Add cans of Tomato's, Garlic, Herbs and a pinch of Salt and Pepper. Simmer on a low heat for 20 minutes. Serve with pasta and a spinkle of bacon and cheese.

Pasta Napoletana

Tiana, Saving Mum, September 2007.


Meatballs & Spaghetti…
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PREP & COOKING: 30 mins

INGREDIENTS
500grams Mince
1 Onion, chopped
2 cups Breadcrumbs
1 Egg, lightly beaten
2 beef stock cube
2 tablespoons Tomato Sauce (plus 1 extra tablespoon for sauce)
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce (plus 1 extra teaspoon for sauce)
2 tablespoons Oil
2 x 410g cans crushed Tomatoes (if you have a can of whole tomatoes… chop them up)
½ cup Water
1 tablespoon Mixed Herbs
1 teaspoon Sugar
375grams Spaghetti

Boil water in large saucepan then add spaghetti and boil, uncovered, until spaghetti is tender.

Meanwhile, in a large bowl mix mince, onion, breadcrumbs, egg, one crumbled beef stock cube, tomato sauce and worcestershire sauce. Mix with your hands then mould and compact small meatballs.
Heat oil in large pan, add meatballs and cook until brown.

Add to frying pan the undrained tomatoes, water, one crumbled beef stock cube, extra tomato sauce and extra worcestershire sauce, mixed herbs and sugar. Stir and simmer uncovered for 5 minutes or until the meatballs are tender.
Meatballs & Spaghetti

Jo, Albury NSW, August 2007.


Fried Rice…
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PREP & COOKING: 25 mins

INGREDIENTS
1 cup of white rice
1 Onion, chopped
2 Eggs, lightly beaten
4-5 bacon rashes
1 cup of frozen peas and corn
1 cup of Brocolli or cauliflower, chopped
1 carrot
½ cup red or green capsicun, chopped
2 tablespoons Olive Oil
1 tablespoon Soy sauce

Boil water in large saucepan then rice and boil, uncovered, until rice is tender (or use your own microwave method to cook rice).

Meanwhile, in a wok heat the oil and add onion and chopped bacon. Cook until slightly brown. Add veges and cover with cooked rice. Add soy sauce.

Turn down heat and allow to simmer for 7-10 minutes.
Make a hole in the middle of the fried rice and add eggs, stir with a fork until they are cooked and mix completely through rice. Serve.
This is a enough for a meal on its own for a large family.
Fried Rice

Amy, Saving Mum, August 2007.


Butter and Wine Risotto…
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PREP & COOKING: 35mins

INGREDIENTS
40 grams Butter
1 Onion, chopped
2 teaspoons crushed Garlic
1½ cups Risotto Rice
2 teaspoons Tumeric
¼ cup tablespoons White Wine
4 cups Chicken Stock
¼ cup Parmesan Cheese

Melt butter in fry pan then add Onion and Garlic. Stir until onion is soft. Add Rice and Turmeric and stir until rice is coated in the butter mix.

Add White Wine and 1 cup of Chicken Stock. Simmer until liquid reduces. Repeat this until all chicken stock is used (approx 25 minutes). Stir in Parmesan Cheese before serving.

Butter and Wine Risotto

August 2007.

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