Andy Coogan

I love to cook. I have been cooking since I can remember and like to create dishes that are just a bit different.
I am also a bit of a cheat. I like authentic flavours but if I am cooking for a dinner party I want to spend time with my guests rather than slaving away in the kitchen while they are drinking wine at the table.
I like to think that my recipes are quick and relatively easy.
I try to keep fat and salt to a minimum and use Olive or Rapeseed oil as somebody told me that it was healthy.
I almost never cook with salt. My blood pressure is borderline and I am told that too much salt isn't good for you.
Sugar is my biggest wind up! I like sugar in sweet things like cake and ice cream but why do they have to put it in Gravy?
I check the ingredients of everything I buy and if a savoury product lists sugar on the ingredients then it goes back on the shelf.

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Chillie con Pollo

Chicken thigh fillets • tomato • large onion • Chillie flakes • Chillie sauce • Ginger paste • chick peas (or any white beans) • Basmati Rice • Tomato puree • Salt and pepper
2 generous
Plain Dumplings

self raising flour • butter or margerine (I used Sainsburys Baking Block) • salt • water
45 min

2 generous
Kleftico (in a slow cooker)

Leg of mutton or Shoulder of Lamb • big onion • Lots of garlic • a jar of pesto • plum tomatos • Lots of Rosemary
6 hours

4 +
Delicious Chicken stock

Chicken • Water
Slow cooked beef & kidney pie (the cheating way)

shin of beef • lambs kidneys • large onion • carrot • Gravy granules • ready rolled puff pastry
2 servings
Slow cooked mutton curry

lean mutton or shin of beef • chopped tomatos • small onions • Bit of tomato puree • chilli • garlic • ginger root • Olive oil • Water
generous 2+ ser
Flatbread from a breadmix

Sainsburys crusty bread mix • oil • water • Flour to help roll out the dough
Economical Crunchy spicy vinegrette veg salad

Broccoli • Cauliflower • Carrot • Swede • In fact any crunchy raw veg or stalk that you fancy • Spring onion • White wine or cider vinegar • Chilli sauce (optional)
1 jar
Flavour burst Spanish Tortilla

bacon • eggs • small potatoes • cherry tomatoes • few sun dried tomatoes • onion • olive oil • grated cheese
30 min

2 servings
Prawny pesto pasta

prawns • a head of broccoli • shallots or 1 small onion • dessert spoons of coriander pesto • dessert spoons of chilli pesto • pasta • fresh basil • grated parmesan
20min

2 servings
Spaghetti Bolognase Soup

a pound of lean beef mince • tomatos • onion • tomato puree • big spoon of pesto • sun dried tomatos • dried Oregano • salt • spaghetti about 25mm across • Grated dried Parmesan • few fresh basil
2-4 servings
Slow Cooked Shredded Beef. Roast Spuds and Roasted Broccoli

Big piece of chuck steak • couple of carrots • big or 2 medium onions • couple of shallots • potatoes • Broccoli • Chicken or goose fat (Optional) • Olive oil • Cornflour • Rosemary leaves (Optional) • Chillie flakes (Optional) • garlic (Optional)
2 or more

2
Lazy and delicious Fish Ramen

Seafood Medley or Zuppa De Pesca from Iceland • Broccoli Florets • a carrot • celery • mushroom (not too big, not too small) • egg • Some Vermicelli or noodles • Vegetable stock cube • few drops of chilli c sauce • Chinese Fish Sauce • Teriyaki Sauce • Dark Soy
Hearty Beef & Barley Soup

Lean steak mince • a leek • celery • good size carrot • smallish potatoes • onion • stock cube • dessert spoons of grave granules • Barley, depending on how much you like
2 servings
Homemade Salad Dressing

Balsamic vinegar • Wine or cider vinegar (red or wite is OK) • Extra virgin olive oil • Dried herbs • Good quality Mayo • Pesto
500ml
Rice & Peas

Equal volumes of • Long Grain Rice (I like Basmati) • The cooking water from Kidney Beans (or the liquid from the can) • Water • Kidney Beans
Left-over Salad Lunch

The ingredients are really whatever you want its a good idea to have some basics to start with for me these are • Lettuce • Tomato • Cucumber • Spring Onion • This recipe uses the left-overs from my Almost Jerk Chicken. You can use whatever you have in the fridge • Homemade salad dressing • Exciting stuff for flavour like gherkins, pickled chili, chili flakes, spicy olives or maybe garlic cloves in olive oil
Almost Jerk Chicken without the coconut

diced chicken (I prefer leg meat) • (half a small jar) of Sainsbury’s spicy jerk paste or similar • generous teaspoons full of red pesto • dessert spoonful of Curry paste (I used Patak's Balti Paste) • About 30g of double concentrated tomato puree • garlic • medium or 1 big onion • sweet pepper • mushrooms • celery • sundried tomatoes (not essential but they add a depth of flavour) • tomatoes •
2 servings