Amazing Recipes!
Welcome to the Old Git Does Stuff recipes page! I love to cook and here you will find some of my recipes, with new ones added every week. Just click on the picture and you will be taken to the YouTube video. Not only do I have traditional cooking I also have Keto and Low Carb recipes too, with some how to videos to help you along your healthy lifestyle journey!
Keto Low Carb Cauliflower Hummus
This is my Cauliflower Hummus Recipe. I do love hummus and this one is a fantastic alternative to the traditional recipe
Keto Low Carb Sauces
Coming soon some easy to make Keto and low carb sauces to make your food even tastier!
Keto Low Carb Frangipane
Welcome to my keto low carb blueberry frangipane recipe. This is a low carb recipe that the whole family will enjoy. Served here with a vanilla crème but it goes just as well with a blueberry sauce!
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Small Italian Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
Welcome to my how-to-make low carb Small Italian Meatballs in Tomato Sauce recipe. These small Italian meatballs “polpettina” are great to make at home with your children, or you can have them as an adult meal. This classic Italian meatballs recipe with a yummy tomato sauce will make enough extra to freeze for a quick meal when you have less time. Enjoy!
Ingredients
A food processor
Extra virgin olive oil
7g oregano 0.2 oz
Small bunch thyme
1 large free range egg
85 g grated parmesan cheese 3 oz
4 medium/small onions
6 cloves garlic
5 500g cartons of passata
Ground meat
500g pork mince 1.1 lb
1 kilo beef mince 2.2 lb
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Festival Noodles
Welcome to my Thai egg noodles recipe. This is a stir fry egg noodle dish with vegetables in a Thai style. This dish was inspired by having a Thai noodle dish at Glastonbury festival. It became a great hangover meal for when we thought we had nothing quick to eat and the dish became known as “hangover noodles”. You just use what you have to hand to make a quick tasty meal.
Ingredients
Egg noodles
1 tea sp Soy Sauce
2 desert sp Fish sauce
½ an onion
2 cloves of garlic
Any veg that you have to hand
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Better Than Roast, Chicken Surprise
Welcome to my Better Than Roast, Chicken Surprise recipe. This is a Thai inspired dish with coconut milk and peanut butter and a splash of lime. I came up with this recipe when I was chatting to a friend on Instagram. They were having roast chicken which made me jealous, so I came up with this. Enjoy!
ingredients
For one person
A chicken breast
Half an onion
Two cloves of garlic
Veg of your choice
½ can coconut milk
2 desert spoons fish sauce
I desert spoon palm sugar
I teaspoon of Thai red curry paste
I tablespoon of crunchy peanut butter
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Thai Chicken Chilli and Basil
Welcome to my Thai Chicken Chilli and Basil recipe. This is my version of a dish I had in a Thai Restaurant in Belgium. My own twist on the traditional Thai recipe is to use figs instead of Thai aubergine. I think it brings a lovely sweetness to a hot dish. Enjoy!
Ingredients
For Two People
2 chicken breasts
Baby corn
Mange tout
Broccoli
Red pepper
Red chili
Figs
Thai sweet basil
Fish sauce 2 desert spoons
Palm Sugar I teaspoon
Red curry paste
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Easy Chicken Satay With Peanut Sauce
Welcome to my Low carb Easy Chicken Satay Recipe With a Peanut Sauce. This recipe was created because a small portion of chicken satay is never enough for me, so I created a big one. This recipe uses peanut butter instead of beating the life out of peanuts, because life’s too short. With the addition of lime juice to take the flavor to another level.
Ingredients
Two chicken breasts
Two small limes
1 level tea sp Thai red curry paste
1 can coconut milk
2 desert sp palm sugar (optional)
3 desert sp crunchy peanut butter
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Thai Pork, Rice Wine and Sesame Oil
Welcome to my Thai Pork, Rice Wine and Sesame Oil recipe. The pork is marinated for three hours before it is cooked with green curry paste. Making a fantastic hot Thai pork curry. I often bring this dish in on a sizzler for added show. Enjoy!
ingredients
2 pork loins
Thai green curry paste
Marinade
2 desert sp rice wine
2 tea sp fish sauce
3 tea sp sesame oil
1 tea sp dark soy
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Vietnamese Chicken with Lemongrass and Cashews
Welcome to my Vietnamese Chicken with Lemongrass and Cashews recipe. This is a recipe that I have used for sometime and is often requested by my friends. At the end of the video I will show you my sesame rice noodles. I discovered this recipe at a pub meal in Kent, UK. Enjoy!
Ingredients
For Two People
One medium onion
Two cloves of garlic
Two stalks of lemongrass
One,Two or Three Red chillies to taste
Unsalted cashews
Bunch of coriander (cilantro)
Fish sauce
Two chicken breasts
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British Pancakes Recipe
British pancakes that you can have for breakfast, lunch or even an after-dinner treat. My humorous take on a classic Shrove Tuesday treat.
Enjoy with a sweet or savoury topping rolled or folded in any way you want. This easy to make recipe has no salt or added sugar until the end; therefore, it can be made into pancakes, Yorkshire puddings and a batter for toad (sausage) in the hole.
Ingredients
4oz 113g plain Flour
1/2 pint 300ml whole milk
3 large free range eggs
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How To Make Ragu Bolognese Sauce
Welcome to my, How To Make Ragu Bolognese sauce recipe. This is an authentic Ragu Bolognese sauce from Naples in southern Italy. Thanks to my friend for this recipe. It takes six hours to cook so its worth making a big one and freezing what you don’t use. You can then have a quick meal in ten minutes when you are in a hurry. Alternatively its great for those family gatherings where people are coming and going. It will keep on a low hob for ages then you can cook pasta, zoodles or courgetti in 10 minutes to suit. Enjoy!
ingredients
3 large onions
A small bulb of garlic
1 carrot
4 x 500 g cartons of passata
One of the empty passata cartons of water
Tomato pure
7g Oregano
½ bottle of wine good drinking
1/3 pork mince 500 g
2/3 beef mince 1 kilo
Black pepper
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Sausage with Red Onion Gravy
Welcome to my Sausage with Red Onion Gravy recipe and mint and garam masala mash. Which I find is a perfect accompaniment to this dish. You can easily make this low carb by replacing the peas and using celeriac mash.
This is a little different onion gravy which ends up more like a chutney. If you want a more traditional gravy you can add more liquid (wine). Enjoy!
Ingredients
½ a red onion per person
2 to 3 cloves of garlic per person
2 to 3 butchers sausages per person
½ cube of pork stock per person
Tomato pure
Red Wine
Pepper to taste
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Toad in the Hole with Red Onion Gravy
Welcome to my how to make Toad in the Hole with Red Onion Gravy recipe or Sausage in the hole. Made with my all-purpose batter mix (see pancake recipe). Which you can use for pancakes and Yorkshire puddings. I hope you enjoy this recipe!
Ingredients
All purpose batter mix (see pancake recipe)
Butchers sausages
Red Onion
Garlic
Beef or Pork Stock
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Bananas with Caramel Sauce
Welcome to my bananas with caramel sauce recipe. This is a quick fruit bowl recipe That I use when I have unexpected guests and share the main meal further than expected. I usually have bananas in the fruit bowl and cream in the fridge, with the addition of some sugar it makes a delicious caramel sauce. This is definitely not Keto or low carb but still a great treat for your guests.
ingredients
Two bananas
1/4 cup sugar
Heavy Cream or Double Cream
Ultimate Fathead Pizza
This is a fantastic fathead pizza recipe. Not only is it low carb it is a great treat for all the family. The bases can also be frozen for later. This is one of my family favourites!
Mozzarella Burger
Here is my Mozzarella Burger with my homemade burger sauce. This is a fantastic Keto low carb homemade burger made with a slice of mozzarella in the middle and seasoned with spices.
Chicken Wrapped in Bacon Stuffed with Cheese
Welcome to my chicken wrapped in bacon recipe. This is a fantastic burger and the cheese oozes out when you cut into it!