February Recipe

CHILLI BEEF STIR-FRY

Serves 4 - FREE & ready in 15 minutes

Ingredients:

Low calorie cooking spray 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped 4 spring onions, finely sliced 3cm piece fresh root ginger, peeled and grated 4 garlic cloves, crushed 500g lean beef mince (5% fat or less) 400g mixed stir-fry vegetables 4 tbsp soy sauce

Spray a non-stick wok or large frying pan with low-calorie cooking spray and put it over a high heat. Add the chilli, spring onions, ginger, garlic, beef and vegetables and stir-fry for 6-7 minutes, stirring often, until the beef is cooked through and the vegetables are just tender. Drain off any fat.

Stir the soy sauce into the beef mixture, toss well and stir-fry for 2 minutes or until piping hot. Serve with noodles or rice.

This dish could be make meat-free by swapping the beef for sliced mushrooms - including a few exotic ones if possible to add a real depth of flavour.

Brought to us from Slimming World, Stotfold.

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The Coronation of His Majesty The King will take place on Saturday 6th May, 2023. In recognition of this, we thought we would share this extra special photograph kindly loaned to the Stotfold & Arlesey News by Chris Webster. The photo shows Mr Webb (Chris’s Dad) driving his lorry though Arlesey High Street, loaded up with local youngsters as part of the parade held to mark the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2nd June 1953. We know there are a few faces on here now living in Stotfold and there are sure to be others that some readers will recognise! We hope you enjoy trying to see who you know - as always, if you have any names we always enjoy including them in future issues. Thank you Chris for lending this to us! If you have any you are willing to lend us please do get in touch.

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