Supermarket Aldi has released a series of hassle-free, healthy recipes that are perfect for batch cooking.

Make the most of mealtimes with Aldi's Sri Lankan Style Curried Cauliflower, a beautifully spiced vegan curry recipe that will give your mid-week meals a bit of Eastern inspiration and only costs £2.93 per portion to make. The super healthy dish is fast to cook and packed with all the goodness you need – it couldn't be simpler! 

Need help thinking of healthy, fresh recipes to help you stay on track when you don't have time to spend in the kitchen? Aldi's Satay Green Stir Fry is a quick, easy-to-make dish that is guaranteed to put a grin on your face all week long. It's packed full of fresh vegetables and perfectly mixed with a mouth-watering peanut satay sauce. 

The pasta-bilites are endless with Aldi's Pasta Carbonara with Rosy Red Salad. The classic carbonara recipe is served with a fresh tomato and beetroot side salad to brighten up your meal - delizioso! This recipe only takes eight minutes to prepare, costs £2.58 per portion and serves four, leaving you to enjoy a fuss-free mealtime, four days of the week!

Aldi's Sri Lankan Style Curried Cauliflower - £2.93 per portion

Serves: 4 people

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 40 minutes 

Ingredients

1 x Cauliflower

3 x Garlic Cloves

1 x Red Chilli – approx 15g

1 x 10g piece peeled Fresh Ginger

1 x tsp ground Cumin

1 x tsp Paprika

2 x tsp Curry Powder

1 x Lemon

2 x Red Onions

30g Cashew Nuts

30g Blanched Almonds

1 x 400ml Coconut Milk

1 x 400g Chopped Tinned Tomatoes

1 x 400g Tin of Chickpeas

100g Baby Spinach Leaves

35ml Rapeseed Oil

Sea Salt and Black Pepper

Method

Peel the onions, halve and thinly slice.

Peel and mince the garlic.

Grate or finely chop the ginger.

Finely chop the chilli along with the seeds.

In a wok sauté the onions in the oil for 4 mins on a low heat.

Add the nuts and cook another minute.

Add the chilli, garlic, ginger, ground cumin, paprika and curry powder. Cook on a low heat for a minute, stirring as you cook. Then, add the coconut milk and the chopped tomatoes.

Grate the lemon and juice – add the rind and juice to the curry sauce. Bring the sauce to the boil, season with some salt and plenty of black pepper.

Cut the cauliflower into eighths and add to the sauce.

Drain the chickpeas and add to the wok. Gently cook for about 25 mins till the cauliflower is just cooked and the sauce has thickened. Then add the spinach leaves, stir through and cook another 5 mins.

Serve alongside some basmati rice.

Aldi's Satay Green Stir Fry - £1.80 per portion

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Serves: 2 people

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

160g pack Sugar Snap Peas

1 bunch Spring Onions

1 Courgette

1 small Green Chilli

35ml British Rapeseed Oil

300g pack Asia Ready to Wok Noodles

1 Quixo Vegetable Stock Cube

60g Grandessa Smooth Peanut Butter

40ml Baron St Jean White Wine

100ml Boiling Water

1 tsp Stonemill Paprika

Juice from 1 Lime

Black Pepper

Method

Trim and wipe the spring onions, then cut them in half and slice lengthways.

Cut the sugar snap peas in half lengthways.

Cut the courgette into quarters lengthways and slice thinly.

Thinly slice the chilli with the seeds.

Pour the boiling water, lime juice and white wine into a small saucepan.

Crumble over the stock cube and whisk to dissolve.

Add the peanut butter and paprika – whisk well – then put to one side.

In a large wok or frying pan, heat the oil.

Add the peas and spring onions and stir fry for 5 minutes.

Add the courgettes and chilli and cook for another 3 minutes.

Add the noodles and cook through to heat.

Pour over the peanut satay sauce and toss, then serve.

Aldi's Pasta Carbonara with Rosy Red Salad - £2.58 per portion

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Serves: 4 people

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 8 minutes

 

Ingredients

400g Spaghetti or your favourite shaped Pasta

250g Reduced Salt Back Bacon, roughly chopped

1 tbsp Olive Oil

1 Garlic Cloves, crushed

½ bunch Spring Onions, trimmed and chopped

100g Parmigiano Reggiano, finely grated

4 Large Eggs

4 tbsp Single Cream

A little Parsley, chopped, to serve

Side salad

4 Salad Tomatoes, quartered

500g pack Beetroot, drained and quartered

1 pack Radish, halved

Salad dressing

2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil

2 tsp Lemon Juice

1 tbsp Fresh Basil Leaves, shredded

Salt and Ground Black Pepper to taste

Method

Bring a large pan of water to the boil and add the pasta.

Stir, then cook on a rolling boil for around 8 minutes until al dente.

Fry the bacon in the olive oil until almost crisp, then add the garlic and spring onions, cooking for a couple more minutes.

Remove from the heat.

Beat together the eggs and cream with a little black pepper and set aside.

As the pasta finishes cooking mix together the tomatoes, beetroot and radish in a serving dish.

Whisk together the dressing ingredients then pour over the salad, stirring to mix.

Drain the cooked pasta and return to the hot pan.

Stir in the cooked bacon followed by two-thirds of the Parmigiano Reggiano.

Pour in the egg mixture, immediately stirring through the pasta – the heat from the pasta will cook the eggs to give a creamy sauce.

Sprinkle with chopped parsley, serving immediately with the remaining Parmigiano Reggiano. 

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Notes to editors:

Aldi is Britain's fifth largest supermarket with 880 stores and more than 34,000 employees.

Aldi is attracting hundreds of thousands of new customers every year with its range of exclusive brands, passing low operating costs on to customers in the form of low prices.

The supermarket believes in making every day amazing and that's why every single day Aldi delivers on the best possible value for millions of families throughout the UK and Ireland across everything from award-winning fresh produce to world class gin.

Aldi won't be beaten on price; consistently racks up award after award for quality; treats its suppliers with fairness and respect and recognises the responsibility of supporting valued institutions such as Team GB to demonstrate the importance of health and wellness. That's Aldi. That's everyday amazing. The reason they do this? Because Aldi believes that everyone should have access to fresh, healthy, affordable food…it's a right, not a privilege.

The company's current achievements and initiatives include:

• Aldi is the UK's lowest priced supermarket. Research released by Which? in July showed customers doing a full shop at Tesco will currently spend 23% more than they would for the same goods at Aldi. And those shopping at Sainsbury's would have spent 30% more than at Aldi. It tracked the price of nearly 80 essential items at the UK's eight biggest supermarkets throughout June 2020.
• Aldi has a five-year partnership with Teenage Cancer Trust – its fundraising target of £5m will go towards helping the trust to reach out to every young person with cancer in the UK. 
• Aldi's rates of pay are significantly higher than the Government's National Living Wage and also above the Living Wage Foundation's recommended national rates. Store Assistants receive a minimum hourly rate of £9.40 nationally and £10.90 in London. 
• Aldi is the official supermarket partner of Team GB and ensures every member of the team has access to fresh healthy Aldi food via monthly shopping vouchers, and that 1.2 million 5-14 year olds will learn about the benefits of cooking fresh, healthy food via its Get Set to Eat Fresh education initiative. Aldi has been a partner since 2015 and has extended its commitment to the 2024 Olympic games in Paris.
• In May 2020, for the seventh consecutive year, Aldi was ranked the best-performing supermarket for compliance with the Groceries Supply Code of Practice, underlining its commitment to maintaining fair, predictable and sustainable prices within its supply chain.
• Full details of Aldi's awards and achievements are detailed at www.aldi.co.uk/awards