Category: Recipes

This tex mex meatballs sub with chilli and cheese was put together on a whim, as I’m trying to clear out items from the freezer that’ve been in

If you’re making a microwave Sunday lunch in a hurry, you might want to cook frozen Yorkshire puddings – but can you microwave Yorkshire puddings?  Most frozen Yorkshire

In the past I’ve made a lot of cottage pies using Quorn mince – sometimes entirely in the microwave and sometimes baked in the oven.  If you want a

The secret to perfect brussels sprouts every time is, in short, to stop over-cooking them!  Brussels sprouts are not supposed to be a boiled down mush, they should

With just two ingredients, this is a recipe for microwave banana flapjacks that is an easy way to use up a banana that’s going brown!  This recipe uses up

You can make a batch of microwave carrot mash in under 20 minutes from start to finish, with the minimum of washing up and very little steam.  I

If you’ve got leftover spaghetti at the end of a meal, then it seems a shame to waste it – but can you keep it? Is spaghetti safe

My thoughts turned to pasties this week – and, having brought my pasty crimper out of retirement yesterday in early preparation for my Christmas menu planning, my mind

You can microwave carrots in a microwave oven in just 5 minutes.  There is no chopping and no boiling.  The carrots will come out very soft and you can slice through

Boiled eggs are straight forward to store – you can store hard boiled eggs in the fridge for a couple of weeks.  Usually, though, if you’re like me,

A simple vegetable rice recipe can elevate your “white rice” into something quite bright and attractive.  And, I’m sure it must count towards that 5-a-day we’re always nagged about,

If you want to make roast potatoes without the fuss and without the wait, or even if your oven’s broken and you’ve got some roasties to cook, you might