Cooking with the Kids #1 - Honey Roasted Spare Ribs & Fried Rice

This is a FAB little recipe that our Big Lad Jack picked out. He's recently discovered ribs from our local Chinese take-away and the thought of making his own blew his mind! I was surprised to find it in a kids recipe book because I always imagined ribs to be a tricky thing to cook. I was very wrong!

Honey Roasted Spare Ribs

Serves: 4 | Prep Time: 5 mins + time to marinade (4hrs or overnight) | Cooking Time: 2 1/2 hrs

Ingredients

Rack of 12 ribs

4 tbsp runny honey

4 tbsp ketchup

1 tbsp black treacle

1 large star anise

2 tsp english mustard

1 tsp crushed chillies

2 tbsp cooking oil

salt & pepper to taste

How To

Mix the ingredients for the marinade
Coat the ribs
Lay in a backing try and put in the fridge overnight, or 4hr minimum
Preheat oven to gas mark 2 / 150 c / 300 f
Cover ribs with foil
Slow roast for 2 1/2 hours, basting with the marinade as required

Fried Rice

Serves: 4 | Prep Time: 10 mins | Cooking Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

225g / 1/2 lb Jasmine Rice

200g tin of peas & carrots

1/2 165g tin of sweetcorn

4 Spring onions / scallions

3 eggs

4 thick slices of ham

2 tbsp light soy sauce

How To

Wash & drain the rice
Boil the rice in twice the volume of water (e.g. one cup of rice and 2 cups of water) for 10 min, cover and leave to stand for a further 5 min
Beat the eggs
Heat oil in a wok, add the eggs and swirl to coat the pan (like thin scrambled eggs)
Add the drained tinned veg, ham and spring onions and stir well, add the soy sauce
Finally add the rice and mix

Recipe: Pigsty Pie

This is one that we made up, although we are far from the first or only people to make a pie using pork or pork mince and call it a Pigsty Pie. So let's just say that this is our version of it. It smells great and reminds me of stuffing at Christmas, making it feel much more "naughty" than it is! This serves four people and it a nice 9 points per serving. You will need these for the mash: 400g potatoes 400g sweet potatoes 4-5 good sized carrots Salt Pepper Nutmeg Simply chop the roots, boil in salted water until tender, and mash! Add salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste. The pie filling: 10 sprays low fat cooking spray (e.g. 1 cal) 1/2 lb lean pork mince 2 onions, finely chopped 3 apples, diced 1 leek, chopped 5-6 big mushrooms 2 tbs plain flour 1 tsp sage 1 tsp parsley Salt Pepper 1 vegetable stock cube 1/2 hot water 2 tsp English mustard Fry the onions in the cooking spray until they start to soften, add the mince. Once the meat starts to colour add the apple, leek and mush

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