Chicken and Rosemary Casserole

I love the winter when all the one pot and warming comfort foods come out, just like this lovely chicken casserole, just what you need on a cold frosty night.

This is a cheats casserole though as it doesn't need hours of cooking.

Ingredients

4 chicken breasts roasted with rosemary

4 rashers of bacon with all fat cut off sliced

1 onion chopped

8oz mushrooms sliced

bunch of asparagus

600ml chicken stock

1 sprig rosemary finely chopped

1 tbsp flour 3.5 syns

½ tsp celery salt

fresh ground black pepper

Method

Fry the onions until they are soft, add the bacon and mushrooms and fry until golden, stir in the flour celery salt, pepper and rosemary and cook for 2 minutes, pour in the stock and bring to a boil, return to a simmer and add the asparagus and simmer for 20 minutes, until the asparagus is cooked and the sauce has thickened, and serve.

A Simple Ham Salad

The title says it all, the only time consuming part is all the chopping and making the dressing.
To be honest you can put whatever you like in the salad but this one was so   tasty i had to add it!


Ingredients

1/2 bottle of cheap balsamic vinegar
Mixed Lettuce leaves
Cherry Tomatoes
Celery the heart and the leaves
Capers
Cucumber
Radishes
Spring onions
Lean ham with all the fat cut off

Method

Tip the balsamic vinegar into a pan and boil down to half, so its thicker and sticky, set aside to cool.

Chop up all your vegetables and mix with the salad leaves, dice the ham and mix through.

Drizzle over the reduced balsamic dressing and serve.

Didn't i say it was easy!! Oh just one tip, don't lean over the pan when its boiling and breath in, the fumes can be quite lethal!!