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  • 91 of 91 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 jillmurphy

    Member since 08/07/2000

    Reviews written: 284

    5 Stars How Hard It Is For You To Put Food On Your Family 14/08/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy peasy!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages You're cooking!

    Hungry? All the proper cooks on strike? Got a piece of chicken? Groan at the thought of gravy? Can't be bothered to be involved or clever? Don't actually KNOW how to be involved and clever? Still hungry though? Is your name Jill? Well, even if it isn't (mine is though) you just go ahead and grill your chicken, or roast it in the oven, or fry it, or do whatever it is you usually do with it. Before you do that though, have a little read right to the bottom of this opinion, and your grilled/roasted/fried piece of fowl won't seem so boring after all. Um... well, hopefully it won't anyway, and at ... more
  • 75 of 75 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 7 bwanamdevu

    Member since 08/12/2000

    Reviews written: 116

    5 Stars Spice Up Your Life. 21/06/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Real home made stuff. Sense of accomplishment.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Takes time and effort.

    None of you will know of my culinary skills that rival those of Jamie Oliver and Gary Rhodes, for the simple reason that they do not exist! However, I am not a complete novice in the kitchen and can manage quite well if ever alone and always cook together with my other half at all times. My wife enjoys collecting kitchen gadgets and cooking aides and has said that I was the best acquisition that she has made in that area! Enough frivolity. There are one or two things that have gradually evolved over our years together to be my preserve.Allow me to tell you of one of them. It is my ... more
  • 61 of 61 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    slurpadunker

    5 Stars COME AND GET SAUCY WITH ME 27/04/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Easy to make and tasty too

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Takes longer than just buying a jar

    Tomato Sauces are low in fat and are very useful in so many ways. You can use the sauce for fish, chicken, pasta and a host of other foods. This is not my own recipe but it is really lovely so perhaps you will try and make it just once. Red Tomato and Red Pepper Sauce 1 pint of vegetable stock 1 large onion 2 cloves of garlic 1 teaspoon of paprika pepper 3lb 5 oz of roughly chopped tomatoes 6 peppers deseeded and roughly chopped Salt and pepper Place all your ingredients into a pan together. Make sure it is a heavy bottomed pan. Cover and bring to the boil. Let it simmer for at least five ... more
  • 54 of 54 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 3 twingkelingstar

    Member since 10/03/2008

    Reviews written: 20

    5 Stars Best pasta sauce I've ever known 06/07/2009
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Tasty and flavoursome pasta sauce!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages You'll want to eat the pot.

    Personally I believe this sauce to be the best pasta sauce known to man nor beast. It's full of flavour and yummy goodness. *ALL MEASUREMENTS ARE GROSSLY APPROXIMATED* You will need 6-10 Largish tomatoes. 1 bulb of garlic...OR MORE. Chilli pepper salt, sugar Olive oil A hard cheese...Parmesan? Fresh Basil - maybe 3 fist fulls. 1 Courgette Preparation *Dice the garlic. *Cut the tomatoes into chunks of 3cubic cm (ish) *Chop the basil roughly. *Julienne - cut or grate the courgette. *Grate the cheese, I tend to use a full triangle of the cheese (about 170 - 200g) However, if you'd like more or ... more
  • 25 of 25 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Dalesman

    5 Stars Dalesman Saucy who me never 07/06/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Hot, tasty and compliments most meat dishes

    Disadvantages Disadvantages ya gotta do it yerself

    Ok summer round the corner, Bareques on the go, you could do worse than make some of my delicious sauces, they are all tasty, but depend on your ultimate taste..enjoy... Dalesmans Barbeque Sauce 1 Bottle HP tomato sauce 1 can plum Tomatoes and a good squeeze of Tomato Puree 1 large Onion (quite finely chopped) 1/4 cup Cider vinegar 1 Clove garlic; finely minced 1/3 cup Worcestershire sauce 2 tea spoons Chili powder 2 tea spoons Salt 1/2 tea spoons Pepper 1/2 tea spoons Crushed dried red pepper Combine 1 cup hot water and all ingredients above in pan. Stir to blend together. Cover the pan with ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Zedex

    5 Stars How to make an easy white sauce 18/11/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Versatile - a base for many dishes

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Has a reputation for being tricky to make.

    I thought I’d tell you how I make white sauce, which is a staple for many dishes and some people think it’s quite hard to make so might buy it in a packet or not make certain dishes. I don’t do it from a recipe, but from what my mum showed me years ago, so the measurements aren’t exact and you get used to how much to put in by making it a few times. This recipe (1pt milk) makes enough to use in a lasagne for 4-6 people, or for macaroni cheese for 2-4 people. You need: *1 pint milk (I tend to use skimmed as that’s what we have in but tastes slightly creamier with semi-skimmed) *heaped desert ... more
  • 32 of 32 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    ashford

    5 Stars Fiery Thai Green Curry 21/06/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Fiery Not Difficult to Prepare

    Disadvantages Disadvantages May be too hot for some

    Thai cuisine has gained tremendous popularity in the West in recent years and an ever increasing number of restaurants specialising in this fascinating and very spicy cuisine have opened-up in major cities and towns in the UK. Most well-known Thai eateries will have Green Curry on their menu,which I suppose can be considered a sauce. This recipe is for this popular dish, using lean beef, although you could substitute chicken or lean lamb for the beef if you so desire. The ingredients for this dish should be available at the Oriental style supermarkets and grocers which are now to be found in ... more
  • 18 of 18 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    carebare

    5 Stars Cheesy Peasey 11/01/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages tastes much better than packet sauce

    Disadvantages Disadvantages can be difficult to master

    I have had so many people asking me how I make my wonderful cheese sauce. Until now it has been a closely regarded secret but just for all you lovely cioa readers - here it is. You will need ------------- 2 Tablespoons of Margarine or butter - to lower the fat content use a low fat spread. 2/3 Tablespoons of Plain Flour Grated Cheese - I prefer Mild Coloured Cheddar or Red Leicester but its up to you - again to lower the fat content use a low fat cheese. 1 Cup of Milk - Semi - skimmed is best Salt and Pepper to taste How to do it ------------ Warm a saucepan and melt the Margarine or Butter ... more
  • 40 of 40 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    vickitomlinson

    5 Stars Quick,cheap and easy homemade pasta sauce! 17/09/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Quick, easy, cheap, low in fat

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None really!

    I’ve just discovered the recipe section on Ciao and so thought I’d begin sharing some of my quick and easy recipe ideas. I’ll start with this cheap, low fat and incredibly quick and easy pasta sauce which can be made in minutes at very low cost and tastes delicious stirred through any pasta. It’s perfect for students going back to University or for anyone who likes pasta really! ~ Ingredients ~ I am not going to give quantities, as this is dependent on how much pasta you have, how many people you are cooking for, how thick or how creamy you like your sauce… ... more
  • 17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    tre_cool099

    5 Stars Easy to make, great to eat. 20/09/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages tastes great.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    Don't know about the rest of you, but I have tried just about all the pasta sauces there are, I won't bother to name them because quite frankly they are all terrible, and very over priced. It's much nicer to make your own. Here is how I mine: 2 tins of tomato (preferably already chopped) fresh basil, parsley, garlic, oregano, rosemary (and any others you like) ground black pepper salt Bay leafs 1 tin of fresh button mushrooms 1 large onion (sorry I haven't given exact amounts of each item, but I simply don't know, I just add what I like in what ever quantity tastes good, just try adding a ... more
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