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Healthy Full English Breakfast

Serves 2 There are not many meals more perfect then a full English breakfast, the weekend isn’t complete without an indulgent fry up. However if you are trying to sift a few pounds and look after your heart, a fry up is off of the cards, but it is definitely not a reason not to have a hearty full English breakfa...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Honey Banana Porridge

Serves 4 Porridge is a perfect breakfast; it is one of the cheapest foods and is a great balanced healthy meal, a perfect start to the day. Oats are high in fibre, reduce cholesterol levels, rich in vitamin E, vitamin B and high in iron. As well as being great for you, porridge served with a little honey and bananas i...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Milk Jelly

Serves 4 Milk jelly is one of the easiest desserts to make; all you need is evaporated milk, jelly and water. A fun childhood dessert perfect on a hot summer’s day. Jelly is a yummy fun desert that isn’t made enough and definitely should not just be for children. Milk jelly is a perfect dessert to serve a...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Ajo Blanco, Spanish White Garlic Soup

Serves 4 Ajo blanco is an Andalusia cold white soup, perfect to cool down with on a hot summer’s day. Ajo blanco is also known as white gazpacho; like gazpacho it is served cold and made with garlic, bread, oil and water. Unlike gazpacho it is white and creamy. Ajo blanch gets its creamy delicious texture from a...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Aioli

Aioli is a traditional French sauce made from olive oil, garlic and egg; it is a type of garlic mayonnaise.  The Spanish also have a similar sauce called aioli but it is made without the eggs. Aioli is a wonderful dip and sauce, like hummus or pesto it can make a meal, serve aioli with olives or bread and you have...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Croquetas De Jamon, Ham Croquettes

Makes about 40 Ham Croquettes are a great tapas dish. In Spain tapas is traditionally served with drinks in bars.  They are appetizers often served in small dishes meant for sharing. Lots of little tasty tapas dishes can make up a whole meal. It is a great way of eating with friends, it is sociable and fun, ...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Chorizo And Wine

Serves 4 This is a wonderful simple tapas dish full of rich flavours; the wine and the chorizo complement each other perfectly.  Chorizo is a Spanish cured, smoked pork sausage. It gets its red colour and wonderful flavour from paprika in the sausage. When cooking chorizo you do not need any oil as it release it...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Chorizo And Pepper Soup

Serves 4 Chorizo is a cured Spanish sausage that you can buy in thin slices or as a sausage and is a wonderful ingredient to keep in the house. Chorizo is a red colour because it is full of paprika and other spices. It is delicious as it is, but added to other dishes it is magical. Chorizo and peppers are perfect tog...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Melon Balls In Rum

Serves 4 Melon balls in rum is a beautiful, colourful, fun, fruit salad. The melon, pineapple juice and rum go together beautifully, to make a sweet, juicy, refreshing dessert, perfect for summer. For a stunning dessert serve the melon balls and rum in a hollowed out melon shell, or for an elegant dinner party serve ...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Butterfly Cakes

Makes 20 Butterfly cakes are delicious, cute, little cup cakes, iced with a sweet butter cream and decorated with butterfly like wings. These wonderful, moist, little cakes are made with a simple sponge recipe, they are very easy to make and so long as you measure everything correctly they will turn out perfectly. The...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Pesto Mash Potato

Serves 4-6 Creamy mash is a simple delicious side dish, which goes with so many dishes. To make mash potatoes a little extra special try adding some pesto. Pesto mash potatoes tastes delicious; pesto is already a perfect combination of flavours and there are so many varieties of pesto to choose from. Pesto mash potat...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Italian Affogato

Serves 2 One of the simplest, yet most delicious desserts, anyone can make is an Affogato. Affogato is an Italian dessert or dink of ice cream drowned in coffee. All you need to do is make a good cup of coffee, a very strong espresso is perfect and scoop some ice cream, a rich creamy vanilla ice cream is ideal. If you...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Jamaican Beef Patties

Makes about 8 Jamaican patty is a pastry filled with a spicy mince beef filling, it is a meat pie. The pastry is golden yellow in colour, flavoured and coloured by turmeric, while the filling is flavoured by curry powder and scotch bonnet, a distinctive flavour found in lots of Jamaican recipes.  Scotch bonnet i...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Tomato And Okra Stew

Serves 4 Okra also known as lady fingers, bhindi and gumbo are a delicious and succulent vegetable, they are long green pods full of seeds. Okra is often used in Indian, Middle Eastern and Caribbean cooking. This stew is a tasty, healthy, vegetarian and vegan option and can be eaten as a main or as a side dish, it goe...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Bean Chilli

Serves 4 A tasty vegetarian and vegan alternative to chilli con carne. A wholesome healthy meal, ideal to warm you and your family up during winter months. If you want to make your meal a bit more fun try bean chilli wraps, perfect finger food. Chilli also goes great with jacket potatoes to make a delicious lunch.&nbs...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Gnocchi

Serves 4-6 Gnocchi are Italian dumplings, this particular type of gnocchi is made with potatoes and is very easy and cheap to make as it only consist of potatoes and flour. Gnocchi is the food of ancient Rome and is the ancestor of most dumplings made in Europe today. In Italy gnocchi is eaten as an alternative to pa...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Vegetarian Mushroom Stroganoff

Serves  4 A quick, easy and very tasty vegetarian variation of the popular traditional Russian stroganoff.  For anyone who loves mushrooms this is a perfect, meal, I recommend wild mushrooms for that extra taste of luxury, they go beautifully with the rich creamy sauce.  Mushroom stroganoff is a perfec...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Cheese And Potato Pie

Serves 4 Cheese and potato pie is a quick, easy recipe, perfect for when you want something to warm you up. This recipe is very cheap and most people will already have most of the ingredients lying around the kitchen, so if you have no idea what to cook, your cupboards are pretty bare and shops are now closed cheese a...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Macaroni And Cheese

Serves 4 Macaroni and cheese is a childhood favourite, pasta baked in a cheese sauce is one of the most comforting foods throughout childhood. It is an ideal meal, perfect for a busy family, or a student craving a home cooked meal. Macaroni and cheese is quick and simple, so you can always find time to cook and if yo...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Mediterranean Roasted Vegetable Strudel

Serves 4 Juicy roast vegetables, with melted feta cheese enclosed in crispy filo pastry makes a great light and tasty summer dinner. Vegetable strudel is delicious and very easy to prepare. It is also a very versatile recipe, any vegetables you don’t like just replace with another, or you could always use mozzar...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010