Category: Method

Every Christmas the kitchen would be taken over by the family vegetarian hand prepping and hand cooking the Cranks’ Brazil & Cashew Nut Roast, from scratch, on the

I cook macaroni in a microwave oven as it’s fast, easy, foolproof and produces no condensation or steam.  It takes just 4 minutes to produce macaroni, which can

Cooking dumplings in a slow cooker is very easy to do, although I rarely cook them this way simply because I personally find it easier to microwave dumplings

Using just 4 ingredients, thumbprint biscuits were the first time I cooked for myself – in a school cookery class when I was aged about 8!  It’s the

This is a simple fish pie to put together and you can make fish pie from scratch using only a microwave oven – this is cooking from scratch

I only had one egg and needed to use up some milk that was on its Best Before date, so decided to make a “serves one” savoury crustless

Using just potatoes and water, these are the easiest slow cooker mashed potatoes because there’s nothing special or extra – this slow cooker recipe shows you how to

A slow cooker bread & butter pudding with marmalade takes just 2 hours to cook. This bread and butter pudding recipe serves 2-3 portions, although that’s a question

I wanted to freeze diced beef that I bought. I bought a 400 gram pack of Aldi Aberdeen Angus Diced Beef, from the Specially Selected range, but had

If you’re stuck for time, or appliances, then you might wonder “can you microwave frozen fish cakes?”  They can take ages if you oven bake fishcakes, or fry

These 3 minute microwave brussels sprouts, plus a little resting time, are a great way to quickly cook with the minimum of effort and fuss.  The Brussels will

Cooked in under 5 minutes, this sausage and egg breakfast bap is a tasty start in the morning. Two sausages and one poached egg on a toasted bread