The Easy Way to Cook Fresh

Summer’s nearly here, so we’re looking forward to creating tasty new dishes!

We love HelloFresh’s deliciously simple take on cooking. Simply choose your favourites from their weekly menu of tasty meals and pick how many meals you want. Then, the fresh recipes are delivered straight to your door! With innovative packaging that keeps food fresh and cool, and only the exact portions you need, it’s simple and easy to cook and produces no waste. Save the hassle of heading to the supermarket, and enjoy your time cooking! Whether you love classic British, spicy Mexican or a herby Italian dish, we’ve chosen three of our favourites below to entice you…

Courgette Parmigiana with Insalata Caprese

You will need (serves 2):

Your HelloFresh kit containing;

1. Pre-heat your oven to 220 degrees. Peel and chop the red onion and garlic, slice the courgette lengthways and chop the cherry tomatoes in half
2. Cut three-quarters of your mozzarella into thin slices and soak up the excess moisture with kitchen paper
3. Add olive oil to your pan and fry your red onion and garlic on low heat for around 5 minutes
4. Add in the tomato passata with a pinch of salt, black pepper and the oregano, and bubble for 5 minutes.
5. Fry your courgette strips by cooking for one minute on each side.
6. Thinly cover the bottom of your ovenproof dish with passata, top this with a layer of courgette, then layer on a couple of slices of mozzarella and sprinkle with basil and half of the pine nuts.
7. Repeat step 6, and top with one more layer of passata, hard cheese and breadcrumbs. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes.
8. Serve a side dish filled with basil leaves, mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, and another side of focaccia.

Quickdraw Quesadillas with Tomato Salsa and Citrus Sour Cream

You will need (serves 2):

Your HelloFresh kit containing;

1. Peel and chop the red onion and garlic. Separate the coriander leaves from their stalks, chop both and keep separately for later. Remove the corn kernels with a sharp knife, and grate the cheddar cheese.
2. Heat ¾ of your red onion in your pan until soft, before adding the garlic and coriander stalks to cook for another minute. Add the Mexican spice and smoked paprika and cook for another minute, season with salt and pepper, and put your mixture in a large mixing bowl.
3. Add your drained and rinsed black beans to the mixing bowl before mashing everything together. Stir in your cheese, corn kernels and half your coriander leaves.
4. Make your quesadillas by laying out the corn tortillas and sharing the mixture between them, spread on half the tortilla only. Fold over each tortilla.
5. To make the crunchy tomato salsa, finely chop the tomato and lettuce, and combine with the remaining coriander and red onion. Zest and juice the lime, add half and season with salt and pepper.
6. To make the citrus sour cream, simply mix your lime juice with your sour cream.
7. Fry each quesadilla until golden-brown on each side, cut into wedges and serve with your sour cream and salsa.

Perfect Pork Chops with Cinnamon & Apple Chutney and Rosemary New Potatoes

You will need (serves 4):+

Your HelloFresh kit containing;

1. Pre-heat your oven to 200 degrees and boil a large pot of water. Peel your apple and cut the apple from its core before finely dicing. Cut the bottom cm from your broccoli and discard.
2. Cook your apples in a pan on medium-low heat with 1tsp butter, 5tsp water, ½ tsp of cinnamon, 1tsp of sugar and a pinch of salt, and stir. We’d recommend putting a lid on.
3. Cook your potatoes in the boiling water for around 15 minutes. 3 minutes before the potatoes are done, add your broccoli so you can drain both at the same time, and separate.
4. Rub ½ tsp of olive oil over each pork chop and season with salt and pepper. Cook on high heat for a minute on each side as well as minute on its rind.
5. Put the chops on a baking tray and add the rosemary sprigs across the top, saving one for your potatoes. Cook on the middle shelf of your oven for 12 minutes.
6. Slightly crush your potatoes and fry them off on high heat with a touch of olive oil and rosemary leaves, and serve.

What do you think of these tasty recipes? We just love the HelloFresh send only the perfect portion size, saving wastage and adding extra tasty touches to the food we otherwise wouldn’t add in!