Category: Recipes

Spaghetti hoops on toast with cheddar cheese is a meal I pull from what I call my essential stash of “Meals in a Tin”.  Living alone, I’ve always

This frozen mince recipe is one I put together when I just want a quick meal – I make spaghetti bolognese in the microwave because it’s really quick

A quick lunch, to eat at home or wrap and take with me, is a cherry tomato, egg and salad cream roll, using nice big soft rolls! I

This slow cooker pulled beef was the last portion of the beef brisket I cooked in the slow cooker awhile ago and had frozen.  In an effort to

It takes just a couple of hours (including jelly setting time) to produce this chocolate and mandarin trifle from simple cupboard ingredients – the beauty is that you

With leftover turkey still lurking in the fridge, this turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce roll was quick to pull together and a tasty way to use up those

Whew – finally reached Christmas Day and got to eat my Christmas lunch… for one, of course.  I’d rethought last year’s menu and tweaked it a little …

I’ve just grabbed an Oakdale Basted Turkey Breast Joint for my Christmas lunch – it’s a frozen turkey breast at 800 grams and I will cook it in

Roast parsnips have always been one of my favourite Christmas lunch side dishes – we always had these at home, I love the taste – but I dislike

Many slow cooker recipes start off by telling you to fry and brown the meat first – for many this isn’t an option.  Whether you’re without a stove,

You don’t need fancy kitchenware to cook food – this takeaway box cooking method is used quite often in my house if I am cooking small quantities, for

I love stuffing, indeed, at home we’d often have 3-4 flavours of stuffing on the Christmas Dinner table!  In the main though I’ll typically buy cheap supermarket own