Recipe Ideas

Easy Fish Pie Recipe If you've ever needed a bowlful of comfort food that's quick and easy to prepare then this is it. If you like you can add grated cheese to the mashed potatoes and then sprinkle some more on the top when it goes in the oven. This version of fish...

This sticky orange marmalade pudding and orange sauce is simply the best pudding. It is tangy and sweet and nicely complimented with the orange sauce.

With lashings of tasty smoked haddock, juicy sweetcorn and comforting potatoes Smoked Haddock Chowder is perfect for a cold winter’s day. It’s also quick and easy to make.

Coronation chicken is a great way to use up leftover roast chicken to make a tasty lunch. Use as a sandwich filling or pile on top of a hot buttered jacket potato

If you love sesame prawn toast and have wondered how on earth to make it, here is my simple and delicious recipe!

This slow cooker chilli con carne recipe is quick and easy and a real crowd pleaser. Serve with a pile of fluffy basmati rice, tortilla chips and Mexican dips and a handful of grated cheese

This easy cheesy gratin-topped fish pie is perfect when you need some comfort food but your energy levels are low. There’s no need to pre-cook the fish as it cooks to perfection in the oven whilst the potatoes are cooking

This hearty sweet potato and chorizo soup is perfect after a long walk in the winter months. With a hint of smoked paprika and chilli to give it a kick it will have you warmed up in no time!

This warming, hearty slow cooker sausage casserole recipe is perfect for a cool Autumn or Winter day. Choose a good quality butchers style sausage for best res

Spicy Curried Cauliflower Soup Recipe. This easy to make curried cauliflower soup is just perfect for cooler autumn days when you need something to warm you up!  I roasted the cauliflower florets in the oven to start off with, although if time is short you could...

Lemony Lemon Cake recipe. This zingy lemon cake is moist and tangy with a lemony topping that cuts through the sweetness of the cake

Pot luck salad – this versatile and hearty protein packed salad is versatile and fantastic for those days when you’ve not got much time

This delicious chicken pie is a great way to use up leftover chicken and is quick and easy to make. Perfect for a quick weekday dinne

Stir-fried garlic brussels sprouts make a wonderful accompaniment to winter dishes like beef stews or bangers and mash. If you’re not feeding vegans and vegetarians add a little crispy bacon or pancetta to make it extra nice.

Summer Minestrone Soup is perfect for lunch on a summers day.

A light, tasty soup packed with Mediterranean vegetables, tomato and basil, serve with a crusty French stick or some garlic and herb croutons.

Ingredients 1 jar of mincemeat. The juice and finely grated rind of 1 orange227g of butter (you're supposed to use unsalted but I prefer salted) 454g of Self-Raising Flour Icing sugar to dust. Method Cut the butter into small chunks and rub it into the flour either...

This delicious roasted garlic and tomato soup combines the mellowness of the roasted garlic with the freshness of the vine-ripened tomatoes to create a wonderfully warming and uplifting soup.      Roasted garlic is one of the most amazing flavours known to...

Lentil Soup is a wonderfully versatile soup. If you don't have much time it can be made quickly and easily by pretty much throwing a handful of washed lentils, some stock, a finely chopped onion and some herbs into a pan and simmering until the lentils go fluffy. If...

This quick and easy spaghetti bolognese recipe uses only a few key ingredients and is quick to cook. Perfect for students who may have little time on their hands. It's wonderfully versatile. Any leftover bolognese sauce can be turned into another meal for another day....

A wonderfully light soup which can use leftover chicken from a roast dinner. Done in the soup maker, this soup only takes 26 minutes to cook If you prefer you can do it in a saucepan instead, simmering the soup until the leeks, carrots, onions and celery are lovely...