Sausage and tomato pasta

Ingredients
2 sausages, chopped
70g pasta
Half tin of chopped tomatoes
1 beef stock cube
Half an onion
Dried thyme

1. Fry the sausages

2. Dissolve the stock cube in 250ml water and pour over the sausages. Boil

3. Add the pasta

4. Add the tomatoes, onions and thyme and stir well

5. Simmer until sauce has thickened and serve

Serves 1

Onion soup

Ingredients
1 onion
1 beef stock cube dissolved in 300ml water
25g sugar
1tsp worcestershire sauce
1tsp dried thyme
Croutons

1. Fry the onions in butter on a low heat for about 10 minutes until they start to go soft

2. Add sugar and thyme and mix well. Cook for another 10 minutes until onions are brown and soft

3. Pour the beef stock over the onions, add the worcestershire sauce and stir

4. Cook for another 10 minutes until it has thickened

5. Add croutons and serve

Sausage and onion in puff pastry

Ingredients
2 sausages, chopped
Half an onion, chopped
Puff pastry
Worcestershire sauce
25g cheddar cheese

1. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6. Grease a baking tray

2. Fry the sausages and onions for about 10 minutes until brown.

3. Add a few drops of worcestershire sauce and stir

4. Cut out a circle of the puff pastry about 15cm in diameter. Place on the baking tray.

5. Using a knife, lightly make a circle 3cm from the edge, but dont cut all the way through

6. Put the sausage and onions on the puff pastry inside the inner circle, leaving the outer edge clear

7. Sprinkle the cheese in middle

8. Bake for 20 minutes until pastry is puffed up and brown


Serves 1

Beef burgers

Ingredients
200g beef mince
Half an onion, chopped
30g fresh breadcrumbs
1 egg
Dried oregano
Bread bun
Lettuce

1. Fry the onion until soft

2. Mix together the mince, onion, breadcrumbs, egg and herbs

3. Shape into 2 burgers and fry for about 10 minutes each side until cooked all the way through

4. Serve in bread buns with lettuce

Serves 1

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