Lazy cooking.

[Hreow]

I've been having a spell of being lazy but still wanting something warm and satisfying for my tea. Enter the "mash all together and pour into muffin-tins" recipes. I mix in a one-litre, spouted measure, so only that to wash up afterwards. A rough sallad of torn lettuce and whatever veg you have makes it a fairly balanced affair. You could serve this as a starter, I guess. You can also forget about the muffins-size and pour all the batter into a cake-tin. Lower the temperature and increase the oven-time slightly, if you do.


Bouchons au Thon
(adapted from http://orangette.blogspot.com/2005/0...s-au-thon.html and http://recettesnath.canalblog.com/ar...9/3125529.html)
180 g tin tuna in water, drained
3 Tbsp tomato paste
5 Tbsp crème fraîche
3 large eggs, or 4 small.
1 cup finely grated (gruyère or strong cheddar) cheese
Salt
Pepper
(2 Tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley)
4 Tbsp finely minced or grated (red) onion
Preheat the oven to 325 F/ 175 C, and either grease or insert paper muffin-cases in the muffin tin wells. Mash the ingredients together. Transfer the batter evenly into the muffin tin, and bake for 20-25 minutes, until set and golden around the edges. I'm adding some olives next time as well.

Cheese and spinach mini omelettes
(Adapted from http://nami-nami.blogspot.com/2005/1...th-f-word.html)
5 large eggs
5 Tbsp milk
0.5 tsp salt
a pinch or two of freshly grated nutmeg
1 dl (or 2/5 cup) defrosted chopped spinach
100 grams of (feta-cubes or grated strong cheddar) cheese.
(Optional smoked salmon in bits, banger-slices or any other left-overs)
Mix all but cheese. Pour the runny mixture into muffin tins prepared as above. Sprinkle cheddar cheese on top or poke feta into batter. Bake at 200˚C for 20 minutes, until egg mixture has set.

Both of these are sturdy enough to take along as picnic food, and are just as nice when cold.

[Mags]

Mmmmm....they sound delicious Hreow, I think I may try those!

Thanks for the recipe