Salmon spaghetti bake

Ingredients
75g pasta
1 salmon fillet, chopped
2 spring onions, chopped
200g tomato pasta sauce
100ml water
Cheddar cheese, grated
Parsley, chopped or dried

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

2. Fry the salmon 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

Pork and pickle sausage rolls

Ingredients
2 sausages, skins removed
Ready rolled puff pastry sheets
3 tbsp smooth sandwich pickle

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

2. Lie the pastry out on a board and lie the sausage at one end

3. Roll the pastry, with the sausage over until it meets. Wet the pastry where it meets and press down. Cut along the length of the pastry

4. Cut the long roll in half and place on the baking tray

5. Repeat with the rest of the sausage and pastry. Then brush each sausage roll with milk

6. Bake for 25-30 minutes until cooked through

Salmon and spinach filo quiche

Ingredients
1 salmon fillet
Filo pastry
1 egg
150ml double cream
5 or 6 leaves of spinach, boiled
Dried parsley
30g cheddar cheese, grated

1. Preheat oven to 200°C / 400°F / gas 6. Grease a small pie dish

2. Line the pie dish with 4 layers of filo pastry (may have to cut to size/shape)

3. Fry the salmon until cooked and put in the dish with spinach, cheese and parsley

4. Beat the egg and double cream together and pour into the dish

5. Bake for 35-40 minutes until firm

Serves 1

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

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

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

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

Salmon and egg bake

Ingredients
1 salmon fillet
2 eggs
3 medium tomatoes, chopped
1/2 onion, chopped
25g cheddar cheese, grated
Parsley, chopped

1. Fry the salmon, onion and tomatoes until salmon is cooked and onions are soft

2. Crumble the salmon, add the parsley and mix. then put in an ovenproof dish

3. Crack the eggs on top of the ingredients in the dish and scatter the cheese on top

4. Bake for 20-25 minutes until eggs are cooked

Serves 1

Mini cupcakes with chocolate

Ingredients
50g self raising flour
50g sugar
50g butter
1 egg
Chocolate chips

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

2. Beat sugar and butter together

3. Add flour and egg and mix well

4. Put mixture into small paper cupcake cases on a baking tray

5. Push 3 chocolate chips into the top of each one

6. Bake for 15 minutes and leave to cool

Fish lasagne

Ingredients

250g lasagne sheets
2 white fish fillets

100g tin tuna
500g tomato pasta sauce
500g white lasagne sauce
50g cheddar, grated
2 tsp parsley 

1 tsp garlic powder

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

2. Break up the fish and fry for 10 minutes

3. Stir in the tuna, bolognese sauce and herbs and heat through for 5 minutes

4. Place a layer of lasagne sheets in the bottom of a baking tin / dish

5. Spread half of the mixture on top, then another layer of lasagne sheets, then mixture, then lasagne sheets

6. Spread the white sauce over the top and sprinkle the grated cheese over

7. Bake for 30 minutes

Serves 4

Chewy cherry biscuits

Ingredients
30g demerara (brown) sugar
50g butter
3 tablespoon golden syrup
50g plain flour
50g glace cherries (chopped)
30g cornflakes (crushed)

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4. Grease 2 baking trays

2. Melt the sugar, butter and golden syrup over a low heat. Stir in the flour

3. Add the cherries and cornflakes and stir

4. Put spoonfuls of the mixture onto the trays, well spaced out

5. Bake for 10 minutes

Makes about 10

Tuna pasta bake

Ingredients
150g pasta
100g tinned tuna
400g tomato pasta sauce
50g sweetcorn
200ml water
Cheddar cheese, grated

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

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

3. Sprinkle the cheese over the top

4. Bake for 35-40 minutes

Serves 2

Feta, sundried tomato and basil quiche

Ingredients

Savoury pastry case
2 medium eggs
150ml single cream
100g feta cheese, crumbled
100g sundried tomatoes
Fresh basil

1. Preheat oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 6

2. Place the tomatoes, cheese and basil into the pastry case.

3. Beat the eggs, add the single cream and mix

4. Pour into the pastry case

5. Bake for 30 mins

Spicy chicken

Ingredients
1 chicken breast fillet
1 egg, beaten
1 tbsp plain flour
1 tsp mustard powder
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp oregano
Pinch of salt and pepper
Breadcrumbs (3 slices of bread, no crusts)

1. Mix together the flour, salt, pepper, mustard powder, paprika, oregano

2. Coat the chicken in the flour mixture, then the egg, then the breadcrumbs

3. Bake for 25-30 minutes

Serves 1

Fish in tomato and onion sauce

Ingredients
600g white fish fillets
500g jar tomato pasta sauce
2 small onions, chopped
100g parmesan
dried parsley
dried basil

1. Preheat oven to 190°C / 375°F / gas 5

2. Fry the onions until soft then place in a baking dish.

3. Pour the sauce over the onions and stir well, stir in the herbs.

4. Place the fish in the middle of the dish and cover with some of the sauce.

5. Sprinkle the parmesan over the top and bake for 20-25 minutes

Serves 4

Baked eggs with tomato and chorizo

Ingredients
50g chorizo, chopped
400g tin chopped tomatoes
1 red onion, chopped
2 eggs
1/2 tsp garlic powder
oregano
parsley

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

2. Fry the chorizo and onion for 5 minutes

3. Add the tomatoes and garlic powder and heat for 5 minutes, stirring frequently

4. Stir in the herbs then put the mixture into the dish, make a hollow in the middle

5. Break 2 eggs into the hollow, season and bake for 15 minutes or until the eggs are cooked