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Country Rice Shepherd's Pie Chicken Alfredo Chicken and Vegetable Soup Country Chicken and Corn Pie Honey Mustard Chipolatas Creamy Italian Tomato, Herb and Garlic Gnocchi Rich Beef Casserole


Ingredients
  • 1¼ cups (310mL) water
  • 1 tablespoon Flora Salt Reduced Spread
  • 125g packet Continental Chicken Rice
  • 1 carrot, sliced
  • ½ cup corn kernels
  • ½ cup peas
  • 1 cup chopped cooked chicken, skin removed

Directions
  1. Bring water and Flora Spread to the boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in contents of Continental Chicken Rice packet, carrot, corn, peas and chicken. Cover and cook gently for 10 minutes.
  2. Stir well, replace lid and allow to stand for 2 minutes before serving.

For a balanced meal: Serve with a tossed green salad.

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Ingredients
  • 4 large potatoes, peeled
  • ¼ cup (60mL) milk
  • 1 tablespoon Flora Spread*
  • 2 teaspoons oil
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 500g lean lamb mince, or beef mince
  • 1 packet Continental Shepherd's Pie Recipe Base
  • 1 carrot, diced
  • 1 cup (250mL) water

    * Made using Floral Original Spread

Directions - stove top and oven
  1. Preheat oven to 200°C.
  2. Boil potatoes and mash with milk and Flora Spread.
  3. Heat oil in a frying pan or saucepan and brown onion and mince. Add Recipe Mix, water and carrot; stir well.
  4. Cover and simmer gently for 10 minutes. Place into an ovenproof dish, top with mashed potatoes and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown.

For a balanced meal: Serve with steamed broccoli.

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Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 250g skinless chicken breast fillet, sliced
  • 1 cup (250mL) low fat milk
  • 1¼ cups (310mL) water
  • 1 packet Continental Alfredo Pasta & Sauce
  • 2 zucchinis, sliced
  • 6 cherry tomatoes, quartered
  • 1 tablespoon toasted cashew nuts

Directions
  1. Heat the oil, add chicken and cook until nicely browned. Add the milk and water and bring to the boil.
  2. Add contents of Alfredo Pasta & Sauce packet and bring back to the boil.
  3. Lower the heat and simmer gently, uncovered, for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add zucchini and tomatoes for the last 2 minutes.

For a balanced meal: Serve with a tossed green salad and crusty wholemeal bread.

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Ingredients
  • 3 potatoes, cubed
  • 4 cups (1Litre) Continental Simply Stock Chicken Salt Reduced
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 1 leek, cut into strips
  • 1 carrot, cut into strips
  • 1 stalks celery, cut into strips
  • 2 skinless chicken breast fillets, sliced
  • 2 teaspoons fresh thyme
  • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley

Directions
  1. Boil potatoes in half the stock until they are tender, cool slightly. Blend or process until smooth.
  2. Heat oil in large saucepan and brown chicken. Add leek, carrot and celery and fry until softened. Add remaining stock and pureed potato mixture and simmer for 2 minutes or until heated through.
  3. Stir through thyme and parsley just before serving.

For a balanced meal: Serve with a crusty wholemeal roll.

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Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 500g chicken thigh fillets, cubed
  • 1 leek, sliced thinly
  • 1½ cups corn kernels, fresh or frozen
  • 1½ cups (375mL) Continental Simply Stock Chicken
  • ¼ cup (60mL) cream
  • 2 tablespoons cornflour
  • 1 tablespoon wholegrain mustard
  • 2 teaspoons fresh thyme
  • 2 tablespoons Flora Spread*, melted
  • 6 sheets filo pastry, halved

    * Made using Floral Original Spread

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
  2. Heat oil in a large saucepan and brown chicken. Add leek and fry until softened. Stir through corn, stock and combined cream and cornflour. Simmer, stirring, until sauce thickens. Stir through mustard and thyme.
  3. Pour filling into a shallow 1.5 Litre ovenproof dish. Brush pastry sheets with melted Flora Spread, scrunch and gently place on top of filling. Bake 15-20 minutes or until pastry is crisp and browned.

For a balanced meal: Serve with steamed baby carrots and broccolini.

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Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 16 beef chipolatas
  • 1 onion, sliced thinly
  • 1 pack Continental Golden Honey & Mustard Flavour Base
  • 4 cups baby spinach leaves
Directions
  1. Heat oil in a large frying pan and fry chipolatas, until browned and cooked through. Remove chipolatas from pan and drain on absorbent paper.
  2. Add onion to pan and fry gently until softened. Return chipolatas to pan with Golden Honey & Mustard Flavour Base and spinach leaves. Stir until chipolatas are heated through and spinach is just wilted.

For a balanced meal: Serve with mashed potato and steamed vegetables.

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Ingredients
  • 2 x 500g packs gnocchi
  • 4 rashers bacon, trimmed, cut into thin strips
  • ½ cup (125mL) cream
  • 1 pack Continental Italian Tomato, Herb & Garlic Flavour Base
  • ½ cup fresh basil leaves
Directions
  1. Cook gnocchi according to directions on packet. Drain and set aside.
  2. Fry the bacon in a large frying pan until browned. Add cream and Flavour Base and stir until heated through but not boiling. Stir through gnocchi and basil leaves. Serve immediately.

For a balanced meal: Serve with a tossed green salad.

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Ingredients
  • 500g blade or topside steak, cubed
  • 2 onions, sliced
  • 3 cups button mushrooms, halved
  • 2 carrots, sliced
  • 1 packet Continental Rich Beef Casserole Recipe Base
  • 1¼ cups (320mL) water
  • 2 tablespoons tomato paste

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 180°C.
  2. Place onions, beef, mushrooms and carrots in a casserole dish.
  3. Combine Recipe Base, water and tomato paste and add to beef. Cover and cook for 1½ hours or until beef is tender, stirring occasionally.

For a balanced meal: Serve with mashed potatoes and steamed green beans

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