Chick pea pasta broth.

• 1 large onion
• 2 tins of chick peas
• micro pasta (best with tiny shells or tubes)
• olive oil
• fresh rosemary
• 1l of chicken stock

1. Finely chop the onion and fry until translucent
2. Finely chop the rosemary and add to the onion
3. Put it all in a large pan and add the chick peas and the stock - simmer until the chickpeas are softer (15m)
4. Now, using a slotted spoon remove have of the solid stuff from the liquid and blend what is left until it's a slightly creamy liquid.
5. Put the chickpeas back in to the liquid with the pasta, season with S&P and cook until the pasta is al dente.
6. If it starts to get too thick before the pasta is cooked keep adding small amounts of stock.
7. Serve in a bowl with crusty bread and a dash of olive oil.

Anything Risotto

Description

Really nice creamy meal that you can put pretty much anything in you have hanging around vegetable wise and meat wise as well, baguette necessary.

Ingredients

Risotto Rice (1/2 cup person, or more...)

Chicken/Turkey/Pork? Any meat you fancy, but why have meat? Why not make it a veggie Risotto? Because you are a Red Blooded Human, that’s why.

2 small onions

Garlic cloves

A pepper or 2

Some courgette?

2 handfuls of mushrooms

Carrots...Basically Vegetables

Butter (25g)

Cheese perhaps

Some Mixed Herbs (if you’ve got any)

Parsley (tasty leaves)

Maybe some chilli powder (although definitely not strictly necessary)

Olive Oil

Vegetable stock cube (if there’s one lying around)

Salt and Pepper

Anything

Cooking equipment

Frying Pan

Large Pan to put everything in

Spatula

Chopping stuff

Directions

· Chop up your veg and meat ready to put straight in

· Melt your butter in the large pan then add the onions, garlic and risotto rice and lightly fry together

· Add water to the mix, enough to just about cover it and then the same again and let it start to cook

· Fry up your meat maybe with that chilli powder in the frying using the olive oil

· Whack your veg into the risotto in some sort of order, crunchy stuff first

· Stir in the stock cube, mixed herbs, salt, pepper and meat once it’s cooked

· Bring to the boil and then let it simmer so the water evaporates, should take about 15 minutes

· When it starts to get nice and creamy mix in the Parsley and cheese so it melts in

· Let it heat and then serve...Lovely Jubbely

Galettes, Anglais style

Description

A speciality of the Britanny region, the Galette is a savoury delight that can rap up any of your favourite lunch time foods. Really quick to prepare and tasty in mythical amounts, they are great for after a good training ride.

Ingredients

Gallettes (as many as you want, usually found in the fridge section of supermarkets, maybe a bit harder to come by outside of Britanny)

Fillings, here are some suggestions:

· Baked Beans

· Eggs

· Cheese

· Ham

· Onions

· Mushrooms

· Pretty much anything you want

A dash of oil or butter

Cooking equipment

Large Frying pan

Spatula

Plates

Directions (For Egg, cheese and beans Galette)

· Turn on the heat, put your oil or butter into you frying pan and let it warm up a bit.

· Put the Galette flat into the frying pan, hopefully it should fit on nicely.

· Sprinkle on your cheese and let it melt a bit

· Crack your egg on and spread it round while it’s cooking so it doesn’t all cook in one place

· Once it’s cooked to a nice white, pour on half a tin of beans onto the one side of the Galette.

· Let the beans warm up, maybe sprinkle some more cheese on then using the spatula, fold in half, then half again and serve; a taste-sensation.

· The idea is pretty similar for any ingredient, you might want to fry your mushrooms and onions before hand, it isn’t rocket science.

Banana Bread

Description

A fantastic snack to go in the back of your pockets for races, you’ll actually look forward to having to eat. Alternatively you can have it as a pudding or just something to eat, but one things for sure, it won’t last long.

Ingredients

2 large bananas

1 egg

Butter (50g)

Sugar (75g)

Flour (self raising or not, it doesn’t matter that much) (225g)

3 tablespoons natural yoghurt

1 tablespoon of honey (not necessary but adds sweetness, alternatively just add more sugar)

Cooking equipment

Mixing bowl

Small non-stick oven proof dish/loaf tin

Oven

Fork for mixing

Sieve for sifting (but not that necessary)

Directions

· Preheat the oven to 180^oC and grease up your dish with butter

· Mash up your bananas in the mixing bowl, beat your egg a bit and put that in, add your honey as well if you’re putting that in

· Whack in your butter and sugar and beat the hell out of it

· Sift your flour then tip about a third into the mix, stir and add a tablespoon of yoghurt, add another third of flour then another tablespoon of yoghurt, if you can’t figure out what to do next you don’t deserve this cake

· Pour the mix into the tin.

· Bake for about 50-60 minutes, happy days.

Pork Stir Fry

Description

A nice sweet meal that’s pretty easy to do, great tasting and filling to boot. Goes great with Noodles, Egg fried rice and of course the obligatory baguette.

Ingredients

Stir Fry

Some Pork (about 200g per person)

A carrot

A pepper

2 small onions

4 garlic cloves

2 handfuls of mushrooms

A jar of sweet and sour sauce

Soy sauce (if you’ve got it)

2 tablespoons of sugar (brown is better)

Mange tout (always good but not entirely necessary)

Half a courgette (as above)

Straight to Wok Noodles (however many you want if you don’t want it with rice)

Olive Oil

Egg Fried Rice

Rice (1/2 cup per person should do)

Eggs (1 per person here)

A dash of milk

Salt and Pepper

Some mixed herbs

3 tablespoons of cheap oil, Vegetable or sunflower will do.

Cooking Equipment

A large Pan or Wok that’ll fit everything in

A Pan for the Rice

A Frying pan to fry up the rice

Spatula

Cup

A fork for whisking or a whisk...

Directions

Stir Fry

· Chop up your veg into nice longish thin slices for optimum taste

· Cut up your pork into strips good for frying

· Fry up your onions and garlic in hot oil for 3-5 minutes

· Add your Pork and cook until cooked

· Mix in your sweet and sour sauce as well as a few good tablespoons of Soy Sauce

· Once that’s done you might want to attend to any Egg Fried Rice you are cooking as the next steps take a matter of seconds.

· Throw in the rest of your ingredients, veg, sugar etc and stir for a minute.

· Serve...awesome

Egg Fried Rice

· Boil up some water in a pan, salt it a bit and add your rice.

· While it’s cooking until it’s nice a soft and ready it eat, crack your eggs into a cup and whisk up adding a dab of milk.

· When the rice is cooked, drain it off and mix in your herbs and pepper.

· Heat your oil in the frying pan until very hot.

· Pour your rice into the frying pan and mix in the egg stirring constantly

· Cook for a couple of minutes, still stirring, until the egg is cooked and serve...job done