12 cheats garlic butter Recipes

approx king prawns , defrosted (medium size shrimp), butter, garlic cloves, crushed, ready cooked mushroom rice , the microwave in 2 minutes kind, salt and pepper

oil, chicken thigh fillet, trimmed of fat, cut in half, butter, garlic cloves, crushed, tandoori curry paste, condensed tomato soup, low-fat plain yogurt, light cream, coriander leaves (to garnish )

lardons or 50 g bacon, chopped into small dice, olive oil, meaty sausages, lean pork chops, cut into large pieces, tinned beans, cannellini or navy beans or mixed beans or haricot beans or butter beans, onion, peeled & diced, carrots, peeled & diced into biggish chunks, chopped tomatoes, chicken stock, red wine, sugar, garlic cloves (or more ), breadcrumbs, bouquet garni

cornish hens (i used frozen ones- but fresh would be just as yummy), fresh basil, fresh rosemary, fresh thyme, garlic clove (diced or chopped ), unsalted butter (i cheated and bought some fresh poultry herbs- just picked out what i needed), extra virgin olive oil ( ), fresh diced red peppers, jona gold apples (sliced or diced whichever you prefer), butter & herbed croutons, unsalted butter (melted ), fresh rosemary, garlic clove (freshly chopped ), vidalia onion (finely chopped ), scallion (chopped- 1-inch pieces so it adds color & flavor)

chicken livers, chopped onions, crushed garlic, butter, hard-boiled eggs, chopped, softened butter, good brandy, salt and pepper, ground mace, extra melted butter , to seal the pate

kilos (4lbs) potatoes, mild oil (eg olive oil, sunflower oil), butter ., garlic (crushed )

ground beef, five brothers roasted garlic and onion pasta sauce, italian sausage (i use cabanassi), cheese, butter, flour, milk, salt, pepper, mixed herbs, pasta (i use lasagnette), onion, garlic cloves, minced

butter, onion, chopped finely, garlic, crushed and chopped finely, bacon, rind and fat removed and diced finely, cream of asparagus soup (condensed ), asparagus, cuts & tips (or canned asparagusspears, cut into bite-sized pieces, drained), corn kernels, drained (i used 2 x 125g cans), water (1 cup is equivalent in volume to 1/2 a 420g can of soup - i just used the can to measure the liquids), milk, cream, dry white wine, chicken stock powder or 1 tsp vegetable stock powder (or 1 stock cube), black pepper, freshly ground, ground nutmeg, fresh thyme leaves or 1/2 tsp dried thyme, parmesan cheese, freshly grated

french baguette (think small sub size), butter (slightly melted ), garlic clove (i cheat and buy the chopped kind in a jar because i am too lazy to chop my own), grated monterey jack cheese or 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, onion, finely chopped, tomato, finely chopped, parmesan cheese, pepper, green onions, finely chopped (to garnish )

dried borlotti beans , soaked overnight in cold water (you can cheat and use 1 x 400g tin of borlotti or cannellini beans if you want), olive oil, onion, roughly chopped, garlic cloves, roughly chopped, stalks celery, roughly sliced, dried basil, dried oregano, dried sage, dried thyme, brown button mushrooms or 150 g portabella mushrooms, roughly chopped, courgettes, roughly sliced, tomatoes, & juice , roughly pulped, good quality vegetable stock, red wine, salt & freshly ground black pepper, plain flour, butter, softened, lamb chops