Since I’m not a fussy and fiddly type of cook, I’m always on the lookout for healthy and tasty recipes that require little preparation time. Here are two really easy dishes to make, one with beef and one using bacon. One is for the crock pot or slow cooker. The other will go into a casserole dish. These recipes are both gluten free and dairy free.
Beef Hot Pot
Ingredients
16 ounces chuck steak or gravy beef, cubed
1 onion, diced
1 clove garlic, crushed
I green bell pepper
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 15 ounce tin kidney beans
1 15 ounce tin diced tomatoes
1 tablespoon tomato paste
6 ounces mushrooms.
Rice flour
1 teaspoon oregano
2 beef stock cubes
Salt and pepper to taste
Method
Toss meat in seasoned rice flour. Brown meat over high heat.
Add onion, garlic and pepper. Cook till onion is transparent.
Pour these ingredients into crock pot or slow cooker.
Add all other ingredients to crock pot. Cook on low for 4-5 hours.
Thicken with a little cornflour mixed with a small amount of water, if necessary during last fifteen minutes.Turn the crock pot to high
and leave the lid off the crock pot for this time.
Corn and Bacon Casserole
Ingredients
8 ounces bacon, chopped
1 cup rice crumbs
Half green bell pepper chopped
Half red bell pepper chopped
1 onion, diced
1 15 ounce tin creamed corn
Salt and pepper to taste
Method
Cook bacon in a non-stick fry pan or fry pan spayed with canola spray till brown. Pour bacon drippings over rice crumbs in basin.
Add peppers and onion and cook slowly for 5 minutes. Add sweet corn and mix together with the chopped bacon, peppers and onion.
Pour this mixture into a greased casserole dish, and then top with rice crumbs dotted with a small amount of margarine.
Bake in a moderate oven for around 20 minutes or till crumbs are nicely browned.
Serve with salad or vegetables.
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