Category: Recipes

The fifth episode of Jamie Oliver’s 5 Ingredients, Quick & Easy Food, Channel 4 TV show gave out more recipes, this week it was Speedy Ginger Shaking Beef with

This savoury mince and dumplings recipe is cooked entirely in the microwave.  The main part of the dish is the leftovers from the Shepherd’s Pie recipe I made

Microwave shepherd’s pie is so quick and tasty it should become a weekly dinner!  Using only a microwave oven, this shepherd’s pie uses frozen lamb mince that’s very

This simple chicken pie with white sauce is a single portion, serves one recipe, I made to use up some of the leftover chicken from a chicken breast

This chicken stew and dumplings recipe makes a single portion, but can be scales up to feed more. You can use up leftover vegetables from the weekend roast,

I’ve loved simple mashed potatoes and root vegetables ever since school dinners  – so much so that I’ll sometimes have a trio of mash as a meal, covered

Still tossing ingredients into gadgets and multiple frying pans, the fourth episode of Jamie Oliver’s 5 Ingredients, Quick & Easy Food, Channel 4 TV show gave out more

When you’re cooking for one, a chicken dinner is something you tend not to bother with as it all seems such a faff.  But by combining some regular

Using a microwave steamer to steam vegetables is a quick and easy way of cooking – I use my small microwave steamer to cook all my vegetables.  It’s

This simple oil and flour pastry is one I’ve been making for decades, when I just want to make a small amount of pastry for a quiche or

This quick cheesecake recipe serves one portion and is a real treat that can be made in under 2 minutes!  The cheesecake recipe takes “food cheats” to a

Using ready made, simple, pizza bases can be a great food cheats way to build your own pizza up with toppings of your choice, or using up the