Posts filed under ‘Quick Fix’
going back to the classic: spaghetti and meatballs
Last night, my parents decided to drop in for a visit to see how i was coping with the pressures of living alone.
Though usually i find myself frazzled at the very idea of unexpected guests, this time i found myself unusually calm.
My secret: i had a golden recipe in hand. The spaghetti and meatballs i made using a pack of Keells meatballs was cooked in 15 minutes flat and left my parents pleasantly surprised.
Here’s how you can be an italian chef yourself:
Ingredients:
- 250 grams Keells meatballs
- one packet of spaghetti
- two table spoons of pasta sauce
- salt and pepper to taste.
Do it Sasha style…
Bake or shallow fry the meat balls till golden brown. While you are browning them bring your pasta sauce to a simmer. Add sauce to cover the meatballs a little more than half way. While they’re cooking, bring pasta water to a boil and cook your spaghetti. Drain the pasta, season it with the sauce, garnish with grated or flaked cheese
Serves four.
The recessionist foodie: Keells chicken cheese and onion.
In the current economy, every person wants is looking for value for their money.
From bags that double up as pants to even luxury designers taking out low end ranges the list is endless.
The Food Industry is not wary of the trend. Keells has introduced an ingenious product keeping in mind the recessionist foodie.
They have introduced the “chicken cheese and onion” which includes cheese and onion embedded in a chicken sausage. This product offers good taste, the ease of cooking and economical prices all rolled into one.
Value for money: always good.
The amazing flavor of cheese chicken and onion combined: priceless.
Ingredients
- 250 grams pack of Keells chicken cheese and onion
- 1 tbsp Oil to fry
- Mayonnaise and mustard as condiments
Do it Sasha style…
Defrost and shallow fry the contents of the 250 grams pack of Keells chicken cheese and onion.
Serve with a dollop of mayonnaise and mustard and a heaping of mashed potatoes
Serves two.
The simple pleasures of life: a sausage sanwich.
Sometimes simple is good. And surprisingly, so is gluttony.
In a world where fancy French foods with even fancier names rule the roost, last night I found myself craving the old school charm of a sausage sandwich.
Nothing overly urbane or fanciful, just simple whole wheat French bread, fresh vegetables and some (okay a lot of) Keells breakfast sausage.
And well, to say the least, the recipe definitely took me back to older, simpler and much tastier times.
Here is the recipe I used. Try it. Tell me how it works. And don’t forget to make your additions. Remember, there’s nothing like too much meat when it comes to a sandwich.
- 1 pack of Keells chicken/pork breakfast sausage
- 1 chopped onion
- 1/2 cup ketchup
- 1/2 teaspoon oregano
- 4 Slices of whole-wheat/multigrain/brown bread
- 4 slices Mozzarella cheese
- 1 tomato sliced
- 200 gms lettuce
Do it Sasha style….
Sausage Sandwich Directions
Crumble the Keells chicken/pork breakfast sausage into a skillet. Add chopped onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, over medium heat until sausage is thoroughly cooked; pour off excess fat. Stir in ketchup and oregano. Simmer for 4 to 5 minutes, until hot and bubbly. Place bread slices on paper towel-lined plates.
Place sausage mix on it. Add a slice of cheese, sliced tomatoes and fresh lettuce.
The sandwich is decadent and ready to be devoured.
Serves one very hungry person.
Breakfast to beat Monday morning blues
Pizza Omelet
Pizza is an Italian food while omlette is a French one… but when they both come together it’s a sheer magic…. So Wear your chef caps and lets get going.
What do you need?
A few pieces of chicken, nicely chopped, 3 eggs, ½ oz of butter, 2 slices tomatoes
1 Oz. thinly sliced mozzarella cheese, 
olives and capers for garnish,
Salt and pepper to taste.
Do it Sasha Style…
Season and whisk eggs. Put butter in a pan, when warmed pour eggs and cook till just set (like a pan cake). In the mean time, shallow fry chicken till golden brown.
Arrange sliced tomatoes, olives, capers and the cheese and chicken pieces on top. Grill for few minutes, till cheese melts. Cut into wedges. Serve Immediately.
They say…He who eats alone, chokes alone ! ! so call up your pals and share this finger licking yummy dish with them…
Saturday Love
Japanese Chicken Salad
Hey folks, lets get you a Japanese High with this chicken salad. The taste will linger on all day and this one has an added benefit, its light and just right to keep you on your toes. So let’s get going fellas…
What do you need?
2 tbsp. sesame seed, slightly toasted, 11/2 cup slivered almond, toasted
2 cups cooked chicken, cubed, 3 oz. instant noodles
3 tbsp. spring onions, chopped, 1 small head of cabbage shredded
Dressing
1 instant noodle soup packet seasoning
11/2 cup salad oil, 3 tbsp. white vinegar, Little sugar
Do it Sasha style…
Mix the sesame seeds and almonds with the cubed chicken and shredded cabbage. Next, pour the dressing over the salad and leave it in the refrigerator overnight. Then sprinkle 3oz. of the instant noodle (crumbled) on top with 3 tbsp. chopped spring onion, just before serving.
Its better, when served cold.
Go dig in~
Friday Welcome
All you darlings there, whip up a Fancy Italian feast and give your senses a snazzy quick fix.
What do you need?
4 potatoes, 2 onions, thinly sliced, 100 ml white wine or synthetic vinegar
1 tbsp sugar, 3 chicken breasts, 300g each , Salt and pepper to taste, 2 tbsp. olive oil,
8 fresh sage leaves (chopped), 2 tbsp. fresh rosemary (chopped), 6 lettuce leaves
Do it sasha style …
First of all, place the potatoes with skins on in cold salted water and boil till tender. Drain, but do not refresh. Let the potatoes cool, then peel and slice. Once that’s done , set it a side.
Take a bowl and macerate the onions with the vinegar and sugar.Next cut each chicken breast into two, add salt , pepper and cover with a little oil.
Now press the chicken pieces into the herbs and cook with one tbsp. of oil over medium heat in a pan. Set aside and keep warm.
Arrange the lettuce leaves and potatoes on plates, add chicken and top it up with onions.
There you go… Treat yourself !!!
Total time: 25 mins
Serves : 2
Breakfast to keep you going
Risotto with shrimp
Flirt with your Thursday a bit and try this one out. I’m sure this will give your soaring mood an uplift.
What do you need?
4 cups chicken soup
11/2 cups water, ½ cup dry white wine(optional), 1 broccoli cut into florets
1tbsp olive oil, 1 onion and 1 carrot, finely chopped
2 cups Arborio or Carnaroli rice or any short grain rice
½ kg shrimp, shelled and deveined
1 cup frozen peas, 2 tbsp parsley or ½ tbsp basil (tulsi)chopped, salt and pepper to taste
Do it sasha style…
Heat chicken soup, water and white wine in a saucepan and bring it to boiling high.
In the mean time, combine olive oil, onion, broccoli and carrot in a microwave safe bowl. Cook uncovered for some 3 minutes on High until all vegetables begin to soften.
Add rice and stir to coat with oil cook uncovered on High for 1 minute.
Stir hot soup into rice mixture. Cover the bowl with vented, plastic wrap it and cook in microwave for15 minutes on medium.
Next add shrimp and peas; cover and cook in microwave on High 3-4 mins.
Stir in lemon juice, parsley, salt and freshly ground black pepper.
I know u wanna thank me for this one…. Chao!
Total Time: 25 mins
Serves : 6
Mid Week Get together
Its official . Nuts are one of the best age defying foods. So lets celebrate the fact and indulge in a Walnut Delicacy.
What do you need?
Olive oil, enough to grease the grilling rack
½ Cup Breadcrumbs,Chilli powder, salt and pepper to taste,½ cup walnuts, toasted and cooled,¼ cup parsley leaves,1 egg white1tsp mustard sauce,½ kg Chicken Breast, thinly sliced
Do it Sasha Style
Preheat oven to 230 degrees celsius and place a metal grilling rack inside a pan , slightly grease the pan and the rack with olive oil.Combine breadcrumbs, chilli powder, salt and freshly ground black pepper. Now blend walnuts and parsley in a mixie until finely chopped and then nicely toss with the breadcrumbs.
Take a bowl and whisk egg white and mustard sauce until blended.Next, dip one side of each cutlet in egg white, then into walnut mixture to coat the side evenly.Now arrange the on the rack in pan keeping the coated side up, lightly grease with olive oil.
Bake chicken for some 10-12 minutes so that the top gets a golden look to it.
You can now enjoy it without any qualms because this one will take care of your stomach as well as your beauty needs.
Total Prep. Time : 25 mins
Serves : Six
Beat Monday Blues with Eggs & Frankfurters
There is something about monday mornings, not wanting to get out bed, hoping there is a surpirse holiday, hoping that your boss is travelling and much more. But here is my reason why you will want to get out of bed and see the sun!
You will need:
2 eggs (Fry or scramble)
3 Keells Frankfurter sausages, boiled, skinned, sliced
3 tablespoons butter
Seasonings to taste (Add chilli flakes to your list)
Do it Sasha Style
Boil Frankfurter sausages in water for about 4 minutes.
Remove sausages from water. Skin and slice them.
Saute them in Olive oil for about 4 min add chooped onions and salsa
Add mixed herbs (availible at all leading stores) for flavor along with salt & pepper
Fry the eggs set on plate
Add the Frankfurter
With a breakfast like this be assured there will be no blue through the day.
Some more Recipes you can try
Dreamy Sunday Breakfast
Your Quota of Saturday Sin
Friday Night Dinner
Dreamy Sunday CASSEROLE
Comfort food is a huge stress buster, life is fast pace these days and it is essential for us to treat our senses with a good breakfast. Sunday is perhaps the only day one indulges with a breakfast rest of the days its probably coffee/tea and toast. So here is my pick, I have tried to keep it short as in time!
Its all about stylish cooking the smart way!
You will need
- 1/4 c. chopped onion slightly browned
- 1/4 c. chopped green pepper browned
- 1 c= Keells Honey Glazed Chicken cubed ham
- 1 c Keells Streaky Bacon
- 1c Keells cheese &onion sausage
- 1 c. grated cheese
- 6 eggs
- 1 c. milk
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
- 1 pkg (6 -10 pieces) frozen hash browns, thawed (the chunk kind not grated)
*C = Cup
Method:
Mix onion, green pepper, meat and cheese. Mix together eggs and milk. Add hash browns, salt and pepper. Mix all ingredients together. Pour into a buttered pan. Top with 1/4 cup more grated cheese (and sprinkle top with parsley flakes if desired). Bake 30 minutes until set at 350 degrees. Serves 6
Serve with Juice, eat it in bed 
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