Chicken pie

Ingredients
4 chicken fillets, chopped
1 leek, chopped
100g sweetcorn
300ml milk
2 chicken stock cubes
puff pastry (enough to cover 4 pie dishes)
1tsp sage

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

2. Fry the chicken and leek for 10 minutes until cooked

3. Dissolve the stock cube in the milk and pour over the chicken and leek

4. Add the sweetcorn and sage and mix well. Heat for about 2 minutes until the sauce has thickened slightly

5. Cut the pastry into the shapes for the pie dishes

6. Divide the mixture between the 4 dishes and place pastry on top of each one

7. Brush with milk, make a hole in the middle of each pastry lid and bake for 30 minutes

Serves 4

Sausage and mash bake

Ingredients
400g sausages
800g potatoes
400ml water
2tbsp onion gravy granules
25g butter
1tsp sage

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

2. Boil the potatoes for 15 minutes then mash with the butter

3. Grill the sausages for 25-30 minutes then place in a baking tray/dish

4. Mix the water, gravy granules and sage and stir well. Pour over the sausages in the tray/dish

5. Spread the mash over the sausages

6. Bake for 30 minutes

Serves 4

Turkey burgers

Ingredients
500g turkey mince
1 small onion, chopped
50g fresh breadcrumbs (about 2 slices of bread)
1 tsp rosemary
1 tsp sage
4 large bread buns

1. Fry the onion until soft

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

3. Shape into 4 burgers and chill for 30 minutes

4. Grill the burgers for about 10 minutes each side until cooked all the way through

5. Serve in bread buns

Serves 4

Chicken and chorizo pasta

Ingredients
1 chicken breast cut into chunks
a few slices of chorizo cut into smaller pieces
75g pasta
2 large tomatoes (or 4 small one), chopped
400ml water
chicken stock cube
rosemary, thyme and sage

1. Fry the chicken and chorizo in oil, then add the chopped tomatoes and stir until the meat is cooked and the tomatoes are mushy

2. Dissolve the stock cube in the water and pour into the pan

3. Add the pasta and cook until all of the liquid has soaked into the pasta / boiled off

4. Add the herbs and stir in

Bacon wrapped chicken with scrambled eggs and tomatos

Ingredients

1 chicken breast

3 slices of bacon

soft cheese

mixed herbs (I used chives, parsley and sage)

tomatoes

2 eggs

1. Preheat oven to 220°C / 425°F / gas 7

2. Cut a slit in the chicken and fill with cheese and herbs. Wrap the bacon slices around the chicken

3. Wrap in tin foil and bake for 30 minutes

4. While the chicken is cooking, chop the tomatoes into chunks. Fry and stir until mushy then add eggs and stir until set

Serves 1