When you are feeling down, I find that I shrink away from the world and I shrink away from the things I love. Many of the things that I enjoyed before seem now to be a chore and it takes a lot of effort to do even the most simple of tasks. Cooking started seeming like a daunting task and I found myself reaching for the quick and easy meals out of the freezer, rather than cooking.
At the end of the day Robyn was fed and I made sure she still had her portions of fruit and veggies, even if I beat myself up for not being as healthy as I could be.
Today was the first day that I have felt up to cooking for a while so I decided to make something hearty and warming. Beef hotpot! I did cheat a little though by using tinned veg, but it still made a quick and tasty meal.
Robyn really seemed to enjoy picking out the individual veggies from this dish, allowing her to explore the different tastes and textures.
Ingredients:
- Mince beef
- Onipn
- Tinned sweet corn
- Tinned peas
- Tinned tomatoes
- Tinned carrots
- Low salt/ salt free Stock cube
- Worcester Sauce
- Your choice of herbs (I used garlic, onion powder, rosemary, parsley, sage)
- A little flour
- Potato
- Oil
How to make:
- Brown mince using a little of the oil.
- Add chopped onions and continue to fry until onions begin to caramelise
- Add tinned veg (including water from tins)
- Add stock and herbs
- Mix then allow to simmer
- Cut potatoes into slices, add to a bowl with a dash of oil, cover then shake until coated in oil
- Check meat and veg mix, if it still seems too watery, add 2 tbsp flour to a little water and mix until dissolved. Add to mix and stir until desired thickness.
- Place sliced potatoes on top of mixture then place in a preheated oven for 30 mins or until potatoes have browned
Hope you enjoy my recipe!
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