Four fresh and healthy family meals using a $2 ingredient

Everybody’s wanting to economize proper now and, with a couple of easy tips, you’ll be able to flip a low-cost staple into the principle occasion – each night time of the week.

Prepare dinner and Coles ambassador Courtney Roulston dropped by Brekky Central to indicate us how one can make 4 recent and wholesome meals in lower than 10 minutes every.

Watch: Courtney Roulston cooks her candy potato dishes within the video above

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All 4 dishes make the standard candy potato, costing about $2 every, the star of the present.

Candy potato pancake with avocado

Serves: 2 (makes 1 giant pancake) | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking: quarter-hour

Components:

• ½ cup self-raising flour
• 1 tbsp cornflour
• 1 giant egg
• 1 tbsp olive oil, plus further for frying
• 1½ cup candy potato, finely julienne or grated
• 2 inexperienced spring onions, sliced on an angle, inexperienced & white elements separated
• 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds to garnish

Avocado mayonnaise:

• 1 giant ripe avocado
• 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
• 1 tsp maple syrup
• ½ teaspoon dijon mustard

Technique

1. Place candy potato right into a bowl with a pinch of salt and therapeutic massage to melt. Depart to take a seat for five minutes for the salt to attract some liquid from the candy potato. Place the flour, cornflour and a pinch of sea salt right into a bowl and blend properly. Gently stir within the egg, oil, candy potato, white elements of the spring onion and blend to mix.
2. Warmth a non-stick frying pan over a low-medium warmth and add 1 tbsp oil to cowl the underside of the pan. Add batter, about 1cm thick. Prepare dinner on one facet for 3-4 minutes, or till golden. Flip onto a plate after which fastidiously slide it again into the pan and prepare dinner an additional 3-4 minutes on the second facet, then flip again over and prepare dinner for an additional 2-3 minutes to make sure pancake is cooked by way of.
3. For the mayonnaise, place ½ the avocado with remaining substances right into a blender and season with sea salt. Mix till easy. Add a touch of water if the combination wants thinning. Place right into a zip-lock bag for piping.
4. To serve, place the pancake onto a board and lower into squares. Slice remaining avocado into wedges and place on high. Drizzle over among the avocado mayonnaise. Sprinkle with sesame seeds and inexperienced elements of the spring onion earlier than serving.

Mexican stuffed candy potatoes

Serves: 4 | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking: 60 minutes

Components

• 4 medium-sized candy potatoes
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• ½ brown onion, diced
• 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 300g Coles beef mince
• 1 tsp every cumin, paprika, floor coriander, dried oregano
• ½ can (200g) tinned tomatoes
• 2 cups purple or white cabbage, finely shaved
• 2/3 cup greek yoghurt or bitter cream
• 2 tsp hotsauce (elective)
• ¼ bunch coriander sprigs to serve

Technique

1. Pre-heat oven to 200C. Spike the skin of potatoes with a fork and place them onto a lined oven tray. Roast potatoes for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or till barely wrinkled on the skin and tender on the within.
2. In the meantime warmth oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium-high warmth. Prepare dinner onion and garlic for two minutes to melt, then add within the beef mince. Prepare dinner beef, breaking apart with the again of a wood spoon, for 5-6 minutes or till browned. Add cumin, paprika, coriander, oregano and a pinch of salt and pepper. Prepare dinner off the spices for a minute to turn out to be aromatic then add within the tomatoes. Flip the warmth down and simmer for five minutes, or till thick and wealthy.
3. Slice potatoes in half lengthways and, utilizing a spoon, gently fluff up the flesh to type a ship form.
4. To serve, place cabbage into the candy potato cavities. Prime with the mince, dollop over the yoghurt, sizzling sauce and coriander sprigs earlier than serving.

Soy roast candy potato with tahini dressing

Serves: 4 as a facet | Preparation: 10 minutes | Cooking: half-hour

Components

• 4 medium gold candy potatoes, sliced into 2cm wedges
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 tbsp tamari soy sauce
• 2 tbsp pepita seeds, toasted, crushed
• 1 lengthy purple chilli, sliced
• ½ cup coriander sprigs to serve

Sesame dressing:

• 2 tbsp tahini paste
• 1 tbsp recent ginger, peeled, sliced
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
• 1 tbsp maple syrup
• 3 tbsp heat water

Technique

1. Pre-heat oven to 180C.
2. Toss candy potato wedges with oil. Unfold onto a big baking tray in a single layer and roast in oven for 20-25 minutes, or till practically cooked by way of. Drizzle the tamari soy over the candy potato and proceed to roast for an additional 6-8 minutes, or till sticky and aromatic.
3. Whisk all sesame dressing substances collectively till the consistency of mayonnaise.
4. Place candy potato onto a big serving platter and drizzle with among the sesame dressing. Scatter with chopped chilli, crushed pepita seeds and coriander sprigs earlier than serving.

*Serve with steamed rice or noodles

Spicy candy potato, mint & chickpea salad

Serves: 4 as a facet | Preparation: quarter-hour | Cooking: half-hour

Components

• 2 candy potato, sliced lengthways into skinny wedges
• ¼ cup (60ml) olive oil
• 1 tbsp harissa paste
• 1 tsp complete cumin seeds
• sea salt and pepper to style
• 1 x 400g can chickpeas, drained
• ½ cup mint, leaves roughly torn
• ½ cup flat leaf parsley, leaves picked
• juice and zest of 1 small lemon
• 1 small clove garlic, finely minced
• 1 tsp white sesame seeds, toasted
• ½ tsp floor sumac

Technique

1. Pre-heat oven to 190C. Toss candy potato in 30ml of the oil, harissa paste, cumin seeds and a pinch of salt. Prepare dinner candy potato on a lined oven tray for 30-35 minutes, or till tender and barely wrinkled.
2. In the meantime place chickpeas, mint and parsley in a mixing bowl.
3. In a small bowl combine remaining oil with lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic, sesame seeds, sumac and a pinch of salt and pepper. Toss the dressing by way of the chickpeas to coat properly.
4. Place chickpea combination onto the bottom of a serving platter. Gently toss by way of the nice and cozy candy potato wedges and garnish with a couple of further mint leaves earlier than serving.