Food Cheats

Microwave shepherd’s pie is so quick and tasty it should become a weekly dinner!  Using only a microwave oven, this shepherd’s pie uses frozen lamb mince that’s very

Aldi have a special offer on with their Fresh Offers of 24 beef meatballs at £3.49 (£4.85/Kg) – so what can you do with meatballs?  It’s always good

This simple chicken pie with white sauce is a single portion, serves one recipe, I made to use up some of the leftover chicken from a chicken breast

This chicken stew and dumplings recipe makes a single portion, but can be scales up to feed more. You can use up leftover vegetables from the weekend roast,

Discover how to cook fish fingers in the microwave, just because you can!  The packets don’t tell you that you can cook fish fingers in a microwave, but 99

I’ve loved simple mashed potatoes and root vegetables ever since school dinners  – so much so that I’ll sometimes have a trio of mash as a meal, covered

Still tossing ingredients into gadgets and multiple frying pans, the fourth episode of Jamie Oliver’s 5 Ingredients, Quick & Easy Food, Channel 4 TV show gave out more

When you’re cooking for one, a chicken dinner is something you tend not to bother with as it all seems such a faff.  But by combining some regular

Using a microwave steamer to steam vegetables is a quick and easy way of cooking – I use my small microwave steamer to cook all my vegetables.  It’s

The time to cook a chicken breast in a slow cooker isn’t as long as a lot of other recipes, such as stews and casseroles – I always

This simple oil and flour pastry is one I’ve been making for decades, when I just want to make a small amount of pastry for a quiche or

Want to know the easiest way to cook baked beans in the microwave? Rather than using a whole dish, a simple microwave safe mug is the way I