Smoky beans, eggs and bacon..whats not to love?

 Hi everyone 

I make this dish in one pan and husband eats it on his own or with smoked sausages. 

Ingredients

2 tablespoons of olive oil

1 onion chopped

2 cloves of garlic diced

half a red capsicum sliced thinly

2 teaspoons of smoked paprika

1 teaspoon of cumin

1 can of red kidney beans

1 can of diced tomatoes in juice

3 rashers of diced cooked bacon or pancetta

handful of baby spinach

6 eggs lightly beaten

topping

another handful of baby spinach

half an avocado sliced 

2 rashers of pancetta

Splash of good balsamic

Add the shaved parmesan

Fry the bacon or pancetta with the onions, garlic and capsicums in the olive oil for 5 mins. Add the spices and stir for a minute. Add the tomato and beans and cook for 5 minutes, stir in the spinach and season. Taste

Pour the egg over the back of a spoon all over the tomato and bean sauce. Put a rounded lid on top and allow to cook on a low heat until egg is cooked and puffy again season.

Top with final spinach in the middle of the pan, pancetta and avo. Then sprinkle the balsamic lightly over add the parmesan and serve immediately and enjoy :)

Nothin like a soup:The base of a good meal

HI all 

Its time for that winter wonder which is a good soup. This is my base recipe completed in a couple hours rather then forever. 

Ingredients

1 bacon hock

2 brown onions

2 garlic cloves

2 bayleaves

a cup of soup mix (optional)

water (enough to cover the hock in the pressure cooker and enough to cover the veg in the pot)

A mix of veg chopped. You can include for example

3 stalks of celery

2 carrots

1 large kumara (sweet potato)

1/4 pumpkin

a parsnip 

cup of spinach or silverbeet 

a cup of brocoli or cauli each

I cook the onions and garlic for 4 mins and then add with the bayleaves and the hock and enough water to cover to the pressure cooker. Pressure cook on high for an hour.

While the hock is cooking I pu the veg in a separate pot with enough water to cover and season. I cook the veg until soft (20-30mins) and then strain the veg and reserve the stock aside.

Once the pressure cooker is finished release and pull the hock out and put aside in a dish. Take the bayleaves out too. Check the bacon hock liquid for saltiness. If too salty half the volume and add vege stock. Check tast if still salty add more vege stock until tastes right. 

Now the options

If you want a chunky soup put the cooked veg back in the pot and add enough combined  stock to suit. Break up the bacon hock meat removing the fat. You can add more meat if you want I tend to add chopped ham or cooked chopped bacon  and or chorizo sausage f I want a more meaty soup. Bring back to a simmer to warm the soup and meat season to liking and serve

If you want a smooth soup add enough stock to cover the vege plus an inch or two. Blend with a hand blender until smooth. Add the meat back in and simmer again and season to liking and serve.

Another option with the smooth soup is prior to final simmer add a teaspoon or (if you like more heat) table spoon of green or red curry paste to give it a kick, Taste and I then add some coconut milk to give it some sweetness and yummy texture (also helps if I get the kick level wrong). Check seasoning and serve.

Enjoy