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Each box comes with 4 recipe kits and 4 step-by-step recipe cards.

Following the recipes, you combine the kits with 4-6 items from your fridge or cupboard.

Then in just 20 minutes  you'll be enjoying a delicious meal for 2-4 people.

First from this box I cooked the Spicy Sausage & Leek Pasta. In this kit you get Garlic Paste, Gochujang and Yasai Seasoning.

I love this dish, the favours always work really well together and it has a slight sweetness to it that works perfectly with the slight kick of the Gochujang. I always enjoy it whenever we have it.

Next from this box I cooked the Sticky Bangers 'N' Mash. In this kit you get Paprika Colcannon Mix, Smoky Chilli Glaze and Smoky Date Sauce.

We've had this dish a few times now and I always keep the mash plain and don't mix it with the cabbage or the Paprika Colcannon Mix. The first time we had this we weren't a fan of the mash, so we keep it to what we like. I definitely think the recipe has changed as we weren't really a fan of it all the first time, now it always tastes delicious.

Next from this box I cooked the Greek Chicken Gyros. In this kit you get Gyros Blend, Fries Seasoning and Mint & Garlic Sauce.

This is another dish we always enjoy. Skye has hers plain as you can see from the pictures as she's still a little picky when it comes to food like this, but I have everything and think it really adds to all the flavours. I don't tend to use much of the fries seasoning as for me the flavours get a little too much and not to my tastes. But I do give it a try each time we have this dish.

Lastly from this box I cooked the Black Bean Chicken. In this kit you get Black Bean Paste, Chilli Garlic Sauce and Fried Rice Seasoning.

I don't think we've had this dish since, the flavours were okay an worked well together but I can't say it's one of our favourites. I do cook more egg fried rice though.

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Chicken and Leeks in Blue Cheese Sauce

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I am big fan of blue cheese sauce so when I saw this in the Pinch Of Nom recipe book, I thought it would be a good dish to try and recreate. The ingredients list I have kept as in the book as the original recipe is to serve 4, I just adjusted the chicken for just me and Skye.
Let's get cooking!

Ingredients:
4 chicken breasts (skin and visible fat removed)
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Low-calorie cooking spray
2 medium leeks, trimmed, washed and cut into thick slices
300 ml chicken stock (1 chicken stock cube dissolved in 300 ml boiling water)
75 g low-fat cream cheese
35 g Danish blue cheese

Firstly pre-heat your oven to 200C/Fan 180C/Gas Mark 6 and line a baking tray wit baking parchment, I forgot to line my baking tray. I started off by washing and cutting my leek, I only used 1 leek as it was quite a large leek and 2 of these bad boys would have been wasted with it just being me and Skye.

Place the chicken on the baking tray and season with the salt and black pepper. Cook in the oven for 20-25 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.

While the chicken is cooking, spray a frying pan with your low-calorie cooking spray, add the leeks and cook for 5 minutes over a medium heat, stirring often so they soften and don't colour.

Next pour the stock into the pan and bring to the boil, simmer until the liquid has reduced by about half.

Next stir in the cream cheese and crumble in the blue cheese. Stir, then simmer for a few minutes until the sauce starts to thicken.

Check your chicken to make sure it's cooked through, I cut my open to make sure it's all cooked through.

Once your chicken is cooked through, place each breast onto a plate and divide the sauce equally over the chicken breasts. I served some of the leeks first and then added the sliced chicken on top and ladled the sauce and more leeks over the chicken breasts.
In the Pinch of Nom book they suggest their Lazy Mash as a serving option but I went for some classic chips.

While I liked this dish, I don't think I'd be in a rush to cook it again, I think blue cheese is an acquired taste, I really like the creamy blue cheese sauce but I don't know what it was about this one that made me have a love-hate relationship. The chicken and leeks worked really well together and I could eat them again, maybe I'll give the recipe another try but leave out the blue cheese and just have a creamy cheese sauce. Skye on the other hand was not a fan of anything on the plate a part from the chips.

 If you're interested in any of Pinch of Nom's recipe's then you can buy the recipe book in all major supermarkets as well as online retailers Waterstones and Amazon.

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さようなら
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再见
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Bye