Chicken pasta bake

Ingredients
75g pasta
1 chicken breast fillet, chopped
2 spring onions, chopped
200g tomato pasta sauce
100ml water
Cheddar cheese, grated

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4

2. Fry the chicken and onions until cooked

2. Put all ingredients into a baking tin (except the cheese) and stir well

3. Sprinkle the cheese over the top

4. Bake for 30 minutes

Serves 1

Cheese and onion filled baked potato

Ingredients
1 baking potato
30g cheddar cheese, grated
30g butter
Half an onion, chopped
Olive oil
Salt

1. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6

2. Wash the potato and stab all over with a fork. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle with salt

3. Wrap potato loosely in foil and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, turning over halfway through

4. Cut potato in half and scoop out some of the insides. Place in a bowl

5. Add butter and mash. Add cheese and onion and mix well

6. Put this mixture back into the potato skins and bake for 15 minutes

Chicken chasseur spaghetti

Ingredients
1 chicken fillet, chopped
3 slices bacon, chopped
70g spaghetti
Half tin of chopped tomatoes
Half an onion, chopped
1 beef stock cube
1 tsp worcestershire sauce
Dried parsley
Dried basil

1. Fry the chicken, onion and bacon

2. Dissolve the stock cube in 250ml water and pour over the chicken, bacon and onion

3. Bring to the boil and add the spaghetti and worcestershire sauce.

4. Add the tomatoes and simmer until sauce starts to thicken

5. Stir in the parsley and basil and serve

Serves 1

Feta and cranberry triangles

Ingredients
270g pack of filo pastry
200g feta cheese, crumbled
5 tbsp cranberry sauce

1. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6. Grease 2 baking trays

2. Mix the cheese and cranberry sauce together

3. Open out the filo pastry sheets and cut in half (across the width) then cut each half into 3 equal strips.

4. Take 2 strips of pastry and lie on top of each other on a board

5. Put a spoonful of the cheese mixture on one end of the strip and fold the corner over to make a triangle shape

6. Now fold that over, and continue along the strip until it is all wrapped up into a neat parcel

7. Brush with milk and place on a baking tray.

8. Repeat with the rest of the strips, then bake for 15 minutes until pastry is golden and crispy

Pork, apple and vegetable bake

Ingredients
1 pork chop, cut into smaller chunks
1 sweet potato, chopped
1 carrot, chopped
1 apple, chopped
2 tbsp olive oil
Dried basil
Dried thyme
Poppy seeds

1. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6

2. Fry the pork and sweet potato for 10-15 minutes

3. Put the olive oil, basil, thyme and poppy seeds in a bowl and mix

4. Add the carrot and apple and mix to coat them then put them in a baking tin/dish

5. Do the same with the pork and sweet potato and pour any remaining oil over all of the ingredients

6. Bake for 25 minutes, stirring halfway through

Serves 1

Sausage in yorkshire pudding

Ingredients
2 sausages, chopped
1 giant yorkshire pudding
Half an onion, chopped
Beef stock cube

1. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6

2. Fry the sausage and onion until both are cooked

3. Dissolve the stock cube in 250ml water, stir and pour over the sausage and onion

4. Simmer and stir frequently until the liquid thickens into gravy.

5. Meanwhile bake the yorkshire pudding for 7-10 minutes until cooked

6. Put the yorkshire pudding on a plate and pour the sausage, onions and gravy into it

Serves 1

Ginger biscuits

Ingredients

200g self raising flour
100g sugar

75g butter

2 tsp ginger powder

4 tbsp golden syrup

1 egg, beaten

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4

2. Mix the flour, sugar and ginger powder in a bowl

3. Rub in the butter to make breadcrumbs

4. Add the golden syrup and egg and mix well

5. Place lumps of the mixture on a greased baking tray and bake for 15-20 mins until brown

Makes approx 30

Cauliflower cheese with bacon

Ingredients
100g cauliflower, chopped
4 slices bacon, chopped
Half an onion, chopped
1 packet cheese sauce mix
30g cheddar cheese, grated

1. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6. 

2. Fry the cauliflower, bacon and onion until everything is cooked

3. Make the cheese sauce (packet instructions)

4. Put the cauliflower, bacon and onion in a baking dish and pour the cheese sauce over

5. Sprinkle the grated cheese on top

6. Bake for 25-30 minutes

Serves 1

Fish cakes with cheese

Ingredients
1 white fish fillet
2 medium potatoes, peeled and chopped in half
50g soft cheese
Small lump of butter
Dried parsley
2 slices bread, grated to make breadcrumbs
2 tbsp olive oil

1. Boil the potatoes until soft

2. Fry the fish and crumble it into small pieces

3. Put the potatoes in a bowl, add the butter and mash together

4. Add the fish and parsley and a pinch of salt and pepper and mix well

5. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6 and grease a baking tray

6. Divide mixture into 4 equal sized burger shapes and put the cheese on 2 of them

7. Put the other 2 on top of the ones with cheese and press the edges together

8. Stir the breadcrumbs and olive oil together and coat the fish cakes with it

9. Bake for 25-30 minutes

Makes 2

Biscuits

Ingredients
225 self raising flour
100g butter
100g sugar
1 egg, beaten
A few drops of vanilla essence

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°C / gas 4

2. Mix flour, sugar and butter to make bread crumbs

3. Add vanilla essence and egg and mix to make a dough

4. Cut out shapes using a cookie cutter

5. Place on a greased baking tray and bake for 10-15 minutes

Makes approx 30