RecipeTin Meals is our meals financial institution, the place we make and donate 100,000 do-it-yourself meals yearly to the susceptible right here in my hometown, Sydney. Listed here are the highest 10 recipes we make, regulars as a result of they’re crowd pleasers, freezable and economical!
RTM on TV!
There was a beautiful phase on TV yesterday about RecipeTin Meals, my meals financial institution (“RTM”), on the Channel 7 Dawn present. The crew got here and spent the higher a part of a day in our cosy little kitchen, filming the group at work and interviewing us! Right here it’s:
So it appears well timed to share a listing of the recipes we make most frequently at RTM, one thing I’ve been that means to do for months. Particularly as a result of many of the recipes are from my web site!
OUR TOP 10 RECIPES ARE:
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Economical
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Freezable
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Straight ahead
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Crowd pleasers
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Simple to scale up
Whereas the final level might not be related to everybody, I do know the opposite factors are issues that many readers search for in recipes. So, right here they’re. Hope you discover some new concepts! To learn extra about RTM, head right here.
Prime 10 recipes we make at RecipeTin Meals
With bonus commentary from Stephen Fixter, the boss chef at RTM!
1. Lamb Shawarma Soup
Stephen says: A crowd pleaser with the recipients and my private fave. Love the spice combine and the flavours mixed. Additionally simple prep sensible, and all of the cooking is finished on the range so we are able to utilise the oven to prep for the following day.
Nagi says: Private fave for ME TOO! If I used to be a soup, this might be me. Massive flavours. Bit unique. All the standard spices. Fast to make. Punches approach above its class for effort vs output! (PS Is it bizarre to check myself to a soup? 😂)
2. Marinated Vegetable pasta salad
Stephen says: Slightly bit extra work than your common pasta salad however a pleasant change to the boring ones you see. Zesty, punchy dressing. Nice for protecting spend down as there’s no protein and relying on season you possibly can sub out the asparagus for broccolini, inexperienced beans or spinach when the costs will increase.
Nagi says: Marinating makes all of the distinction. Provides stacks of flavour into the veg! (PS “Marinating” is a elaborate time period for “pour dressing over greens whereas scorching so that they suck up the flavour”.)
3. Cowboy RICE Salad with hen
Stephen says: Good combine of colors and veggies. Fast and simple to pack so you are able to do different prep within the background.
Nagi says: AND it’s cool trigger it’s known as “cowboy”. 😂
* Word: He makes use of my Cowboy Rice Salad recipe, pictured, and provides cooked hen.*
4. Sausages with French lentil ragout & salsa verde
Stephen says: Seems to be good, feels restaurant-y. 🙂 I like the lentils, because it’s a pleasant change of garnish/carbohydrate and they’re low-cost. Clearly extra time consuming prep sensible however value it.
Nagi says: Stephen, did you are taking humble sausos and fancy them up with salsa verde?? That’s SUCH a cheffy factor to do!!😂
RECIPES
5. Chilli Beef Mac ‘n Cheese
Stephen says: Combo crowd pleaser and freezer protected!
Nagi says: The recipe on my web site is a handy one-pot model that serves 5. When scaling up, that’s not viable. So the pasta is cooked individually from the sauce, then they’re blended collectively.
6. Baked Rooster breast with Garlic Butter Kale Rice
Stephen says: Elements are all moderately priced and it utilises each range and oven on the identical time successfully. This halves the times’ prepare dinner time, giving us the chance to do extra prep for different dishes.
Nagi says: How good is that rice, proper??!! No one complains about consuming kale when it’s with that rice!
7. Crispy Salami Risoni Salad
Stephen says: Or as we name it, “the pizza supreme salad”. We simply adore it as a result of it’s a bit of totally different, it’s good to prep and pack. Salami is of an affordable value too.
Nagi says: Puh-lease inform me we use a machine to cut the salami…. I can’t think about hand chopping 20kg / 40lb of salami!!
8. Chorizo potato stew/soup
Stephen says: As a result of its chorizo!
Nagi says: Amen to that! (PS Do you guys assume it’s a stew or a soup?? I’m nonetheless undecided! 😅)
Recipe: This recipe is in my cookbook, web page 90. Video tutorial right here!
9. Garlic Rooster Thigh with bean ragout, tomatoes & broccolini
* That is the recipe we have been making when Channel 7’s Dawn got here to movie us at RTM!*
Chef Stephen says: Once more, I simply love the best way it appears to be like and it’s the type of meals I like to prepare dinner. All elements are normally low-cost/cheap and it’s a type of meals you drop off and the women are like “ooooh what’s this”. 🙂
Nagi says: So Stephen, what you’re telling me is that that is on excessive rotation since you benefit from the feminine consideration?? 😂
RECIPES:
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Garlic hen thighs recipe right here
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The bean ragout is from the Crispy Pores and skin Fish with Bean Ragu from my cookbook (p67), video tutorial right here.
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The tomatoes are evenly roasted – technique in this recipe.
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The broccolini is steamed.
10. Spaghetti Bolognese
Nagi says: After all Spag Bol is in our high 10! It ticks all of the bins – finances pleasant, freezable, fast prep, simple to make in massive batches and everyone loves it.
In my recipe, I do the correct step of tossing the pasta with the sauce earlier than serving. However at RTM, we simply put plain cooked spaghetti within the containers then spoon the sauce over, and sprinkle with parmesan. This holds up higher within the freezer.
And right here you could have it!
When you have any questions on how we prepare dinner at scale, whether or not it’s logistics or meals security, or price administration, drop them under! I’ll get both JB to reply them (he’s the massive boss Chef who works at RTE with me, Stephen studies to him) or I’ll get the reply from Stephen.
And to be taught extra about what we do at RTM and the place our meals go, head to the About RTM web page.
Hope you discover some new cooking inspiration from this record. Thrifty meal-prep excellence! – Nagi x
Lifetime of Dozer
Dozer has not nor will he ever step foot paw contained in the RTM kitchen which is topic to strict wholesome rules. However he’s there in spirit on the wall, along with his motto that we dwell by:
“As a result of nobody ought to go hungry” ~ Nagi & Dozer x
