Food Cheats

When there’s time to enjoy a hot, cooked, breakfast – but you’ve no time, or desire, to stand and cook it by traditional methods, then you can use

This is a simple sweet chilli beef kebab recipe that I put together sometimes in the summer – usually when I’ve an idea I “might” be invited to

I seem to be in a “biscuits mood” lately, although, to be fair, I only bought the first packet in order to make some cheesecake bases – the

If you just want to cook half a swede in a microwave, or a quarter of a swede, then there’s no need to peel it first. If you

Naan pizzas are a great fast meal or snack if you keep a pack of naan bread (vacuum packed versions will keep for 2-3 months); having 1-2 packs

Today was the first episode of Jamie Oliver’s new programme, 5 Ingredients, Quick & Easy Food, with recipes that use just 5 ingredients (if you’ve already got a

I do love pastry-based foods, whether it’s pies, quiches, pasties, sausage rolls, or slices – and I quickly grabbed a pack of two Welsh Pantry Cheese & Onion

It takes just 1½-2 hours to defrost my freezer completely manually – without using a hairdryer or doing anything that could possibly damage it!  Once you’ve started, you

Giant Yorkshire pudding fillings were mulled over this week by me as I slowly worked my way round to getting to the point where I ate one!  I’ve

This carrot and swede mash recipe is made entirely in the microwave and takes about 15 minutes from start to finish.  I’d bought a swede, which weighed 1Kg

With just 3 simple ingredients, today I cooked this frozen boneless chicken breast in the slow cooker.  I’d bought it the other day, the packaging said “Cooks in

Who doesn’t love a fish finger butty?  Whether you make yours in bread, or a bread roll, there’s something very satisfying about biting into all that goodness!  In