Cool 2 Cook

Fun and tasty recipes
for children
Cooking is
cool!
In this book you’ll find tasty ideas for you and your
friends to enjoy making – and eating!
The recipes use delicious lean Welsh Lamb and Welsh
Beef. We’ve tried to make them balanced by adding:
fruit and vegetables to help you reach your five a day!
There’s wraps, noodles and even a fab Berry Smoothie
for you to enjoy.
Great recipes for you to cook for your family, brilliant
for a party or sleepover with your cool mates! Just read
through each recipe carefully following each step.
Remember to ask a grown up for help with some
tasks, for example: using knives for chopping and
using the cooker.
Have fun!
Let’s get
ready to cook
* Tie back long hair
* Roll up long sleeves
* Remove all jewellery and nail
varnish
* Wear an apron to protect your
clothes
* Wash your hands before,
during and after cooking
* Get all your ingredients ready
and weighed out, these are
what you need to make the
recipe
* Wash fruit and vegetables
* Get all the equipment you
need ready
* Be careful with sharp knives.
If you are not used to using a
knife, ask a grown up to help
or chop for you. You can
always grate a carrot or
onion instead of chopping it.
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until the end! Wash up and
wipe the work surfaces as you
go along.
Beef
Welsh
bolognaise
in Cheesy Jackets
Basic Bolognaise Mix
Cheesy Jackets
First you need to make up the Beef bolognaise.
Cooking time 20-25 minutes, (then cool before
using).
Makes 8 potato jackets,
cooking time 60-80 minutes
for the potatoes, 10-15 minutes
to finish.
What you need
450g (1lb) lean Welsh beef mince
2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
1 onion, peeled, chopped into small pieces
400g can chopped tomatoes
15ml (1 tbsp) tomato puree or 30ml (2 tbsp) tomato
ketchup
150ml (1/4pt) beef or vegetable stock
5ml (1 teasp) mixed herbs
Sprinkle of black pepper
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How to make it
1. Place the mince in a non-stick wok or saucepan and
dry fry for 6 minutes, until browned.
2. Add the onion and garlic and cook for a few minutes
more.
3. Add tomatoes, puree or ketchup, stock, herbs and
pepper.
4. Cook gently over a low heat for 15 minutes.
5. You could serve with cooked spaghetti as spaghetti
bolognaise or cool the mixture slightly to make mini
pizzas or bolognaise jacket potatoes.
Ingredients
What you need
4 large potatoes, about 250g each
50g butter
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1. Preheat your oven to Gas Mark 6/200°C.
2. Wash the potatoes and prick with a fork, place on a
baking tray and cook in the oven until cooked – they
should be soft inside with crispy skins (approx 60-80 minutes).
3. Cool slightly, cut in half and using a spoon, scoop out
the soft inside into a large bowl. You may need to hold
the potato with an oven glove.
4. Mash the potato, add the butter and black pepper. Put
a spoonful of the bolognaise mixture into each potato
skin, mix the rest with the potato mixture and spoon
back into the shell. Sprinkle the grated cheese on top
of the potatoes.
5. Pop them back into the oven for 10-15 minutes until
they look crispy and golden.
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Makes 4
Cooking time 10-12 minutes.
What you need
2 bread muffins cut in half (you could use
white, wholemeal or cheese muffins) or
4 mini pizza bases
30 ml (2tbsp) tomato puree
15 ml (1tbsp) tomato ketchup
½ of bolognaise mixture (on page 5)
Selection of vegetables to make the
faces – sweetcorn, peppers,
mushrooms, courgettes
You may also want to use; olives,
pepperoni slices, 90g grated cheddar
cheese, you can also use mozzarella slices.
You can make them into
animals or funny faces
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How to make them
1. Preheat your oven to 200°C Gas Mark 6.
2. In a small bowl mix together the
tomato puree and tomato ketchup and
spread a spoonful of this over the
muffin halves.
3. Put a spoonful of the cooled
bolognaise mixture on top of the
tomato mixture and spread evenly.
4. Sprinkle the grated cheese over the
bolognaise.
5. Use the other ingredients to make up
your funny or animal faces – sliced
olives are great for eyes, strips of
thinly cut peppers for a lion’s mane or
hair.
6. Carefully place them on a baking tray
and cook in the oven until bubbling –
10-12 minutes.
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These can be served in a bap with some salad and a spoonful of the creamy curry
dip, or for fun - why not make them into scary or smiley spiders!
You can then dip the legs into the delicious curry dip.
Creamy apricot
and curry dip
What you need
1 small carton of plain
yogurt
15ml (1 tbsp) of
mango chutney
5 ml (1 teasp) mild
curry powder
4 dried apricots cut up
into very small pieces.
How to make it
In a small bowl mix
together the yogurt
with the curry powder,
then add the apricots
and mango chutney.
Cover the bowl and
keep in the fridge.
Makes: 6 burgers or 12 meatballs
Cooking time: Approximately 10-15 minutes
What you need
450g (1lb) lean minced beef
1 small onion, chopped into very small pieces
5ml (1 teasp) dried mixed herbs or you can use a
handful of chopped fresh herbs a sprinkle of ground
black pepper
½ red pepper, chopped into very small pieces
30ml (2 tbsp) tomato ketchup or brown sauce
How to make them
1. Place all of the above ingredients in a large bowl
and using your hands mix well, making sure the
vegetables are mixed into the meat.
2. Divide the mixture into 6 and shape into burgers.
3. Cook under the grill or on a baking tray in a hot
oven or in a frying pan, turning once until they are
brown and piping hot in the middle.
Approximately 10-15 minutes.
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Ingredients
How to make a spider
For legs use thin strips of peppers,
carrot or cucumber and push into
your burger, you can use pieces of
peppers or tomatoes and olives
for the mouth & eyes.
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What you need
The burger mix recipe
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How to make them
4 flour tortilla wraps
some salad-lettuce leaves,
thin slices of cucumber
2. Then shape them into 12 small balls the same size,
and cook them on a baking tray in the oven
(Gas Mark 6, 200°C) or slowly in a frying pan for
approximately 10-15 minutes, make sure they are nice
and brown and piping hot in the middle.
3. Roll up a tortilla wrap into a cone shape, hold the
bottom and then fill with some salad, 3 meatballs and
top with a spoonful of the delicious curry dip.
large spoonful of the
creamy
curry dip (on page 9)
1. You make these exactly the same way as you make
the burgers.
Enjoy!
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What you need
4 sausages (try delicious Welsh lamb & mint, beef
or pork)
5ml (1tsp) Oil
1 small tin baked beans in tomato sauce
1 courgette cut into small cubes
½ red or orange pepper cut into small cubes
1 large tomato – cut into chunks
10ml (2tsp) sweet chilly sauce
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How to make them
1. Put the sausages under the grill, or bake in an
oven, until cooked thoroughly, approximately
10-15 minutes. Cool slightly.
2. Heat the oil in a small saucepan, add the pepper
and courgette, stir gently for 2-3 minutes to
soften the vegetables.
3. Add the other ingredients and heat through until
piping hot – 5 minutes.
4. You can serve the sausage and a spoonful of the
chunky sauce in a bap or for a party you can cut
the sausages into chunks, give your mates a little
bowl of sauce and sausages.
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Quick easy sausage meal to make when time counts
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Beef & Noodles
Serves: 4 Cooking time: Approx 10 minutes
What you need
2 lean Welsh beef steaks – rump or sirloin are ideal – cut into
thin strips
15ml (1tbsp) oil
15 ml (1tbsp) low-salt soy sauce
30 ml (2tbsp) clear honey
2 cloves of garlic, peeled and crushed
selection of oriental style vegetables, e.g: 1 bunch pak choi
(or 1/2 crispy green cabbage)
2 stalks of celery
1 red pepper
¼ cucumber
pack pre-cooked medium white noodles
(or pre-boil some noodles)
1 lime, juice and rind (skin of lime)
a little chopped fresh coriander
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1. Cut the beef steaks into thin strips and place in small bowl. Wash
your chopping board or use another board to chop the vegetables.
Cut the pepper into cubes or strips, chop up the pak choi and
celery, cut the cucumber into strips.
2. Pre heat your wok (or large frying pan), add the oil and then
the beef strips, cook the strips for 3 minutes, giving it a few
stirs, add the garlic and vegetables (keep the cucumber until
the end), stir for another 3 minutes.
3. Add the soy sauce, honey and the juice and rind of the lime – stir.
4. Add the cooked noodles, cucumber and stir until it’s all piping hot
– a few minutes.
5. Serve in individual bowls and sprinkle with chopped coriander. Eat
with a fork or chop sticks!
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Welsh Lamb
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Kebabs
Makes: 8 kebabs
Cooking time: Approx 10 minutes
How to make them
These are great fun to make and so tasty! If you
have time it’s best to marinate the meat for at
least an hour before making them. If you can’t
wait! use the marinade to brush over the kebabs.
What you need
for the marinade
90ml (6tbsp) olive oil
45ml (3tbsp) lemon juice
1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed
Good sprinkle of ground black pepper
30ml (2tbsp) chopped fresh herbs, such as basil
for the kebabs
450g (1lbs) lean Welsh lamb, cut into 3cm cubes
(boneless leg steaks are ideal)
Selection of vegetables of your choice, we’ve used:
2 thin courgettes
1 long thin aubergine
16 cherry tomatoes
1 red pepper, 1 yellow pepper
1. In a small bowl mix together the marinade ingredients, add the
cubes of meat, stir well, cover with cling film and put in the
fridge for at least an hour.
2. Prepare the vegetables, cut the peppers into 3cm squares, wash
the tomatoes. Slice the courgettes and aubergines along the
length to make long strips, try and cut them fairly thinly
approximately 5mm thick. You want the strips to be long
enough to wrap around a cube of meat, trim the strips to the
correct size.
3. Remove the meat from the marinade and put on a plate.
4. Wrap some of the lamb cubes with the courgettes slices and
the others with aubergine slices, then very carefully (as the
skewers are sharp!) push them onto your skewers, adding the
tomatoes and peppers to make them look attractive and
colourful.
5. Preheat the grill, place them on the grill pan and brush with
the marinade. (These can also be cooked on a BBQ).
6. Cook for approximately 10 minutes, turning them now and
again to ensure they are cooked evenly.
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them for a few
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serve them
cold
They are yummy
served with a
melted
chocolate dip!
Or with a dip made by
mixing together a small
pot of plain yogurt, a
teaspoonful of runny
honey and a
sprinkling of
cinnamon
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Ingredients
Serve these kebabs with a delicious fruity coleslaw, which is so easy to make. You’ll need 450g (1lb)
cabbage cut into thin strips, 1 small onion cut up into very small pieces, 1 apple washed and cut into small
cubes (leave the skin on as it adds colour) 175g (6oz) of grated carrots, 150ml (5 fl oz) mayonnaise and a
handful of washed and halved grapes. Just mix everything together and keep it in the fridge until you need it.
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Welsh Lamb
Yes, a savoury crumble!
Most people think of a crumble as being
sweet such as apple or rhubarb crumble.
The base of this is like a Shepherds pie but
instead of a mashed potato topping we’ve
added a crispy, cheese and oaty crumble.
Crumble
Serves: 4
Cooking time: Approx 45 minutes
A great dish for you to make for your family.
What you need
450g (1lb) lean minced Welsh lamb
1 onion, peeled and chopped
2 carrots, peeled and chopped up into small pieces
30ml (2tbsp) plain flour
300ml (1/2pt) lamb or vegetable stock
15ml (1tbsp) tomato puree
5ml (1tsp) dried mixed herbs
a little ground black pepper
Crumble
150g (6oz) plain flour
75g (3oz) butter, cubed
50g (2oz) oats
50g (2oz) grated cheddar cheese
Rub in
To rub butter into flour, using your fingertips to make a mixture that looks like
breadcrumbs. Pastry is also made this way.
How to make it
1. Pre-heat your oven to Gas mark 5/190°C.
2. Place the mince in a non-stick saucepan and dry fry for 5-6 minutes until browned.
3. Add the onion and carrots and continue frying for 3 minutes.
4. Add the flour and stir in well, then slowly add all the stock, tomato puree, herbs and black
pepper. Bring to the boil and stir until thickened.
5. Pour the mince mixture into an ovenproof dish (dish that can go into the oven).
6. Make the crumble by putting the flour in a bowl, add the butter and rub in the flour.
It should look like breadcrumbs.
7. Then add the cheese and oats, mix well and spoon the crumble over the mince mixture.
8. Bake in a pre-heated oven for 25 mins until it’s a golden colour and crispy. This is lovely served
with cooked peas or broccoli.
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Serves: 2
Cooking time: Approx 10 minutes
What you need
How to make them
225g (8oz) Welsh lamb leg steak cut into very
thin slices
5ml (1tsp) oil
½ aubergine, cut into thin slices
1 onion, cut into thin slices
3 mushrooms, sliced
15ml (1tbsp) mild curry paste
15ml (1tbsp) mango chutney
1 tomato, thinly sliced
a handful of fresh coriander leaves, chopped up
2 flour tortilla wraps
1. Heat up the oil in a non-stick pan or wok. Add the
lamb strips, aubergine, onion and mushrooms and
cook, stirring until the meat is browned, about
6 minutes.
2. Add the curry paste and the mango chutney, stir
and cook for a further 2 minutes.
3. Add the tomato and coriander.
4. Spoon the mixture into the middle of the wraps, roll
them up and enjoy!
STIR FRY means to cook quickly
over a high heat in a little oil,
stirring constantly. A healthy
method of cooking.
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Ingredients
This is a stir fry which you can serve in wraps like this
recipe or you could serve it with cooked noodles or rice.
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