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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

Lamb Rogan Josh

Serves 4 Rogan Josh is a delicious hot Indian curry. Lamb is traditionally the main ingredient in Rogan Josh although you can use chicken or fish. The rich flavour of lamb is complemented beautifully with the spices and chillies in Rogan Josh and is the ideal meat for this curry. Rogan Josh was a dish brought over to...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Lamb Tagine

Serves 4 A tagine is a traditional North African pot commonly used in Algerian and Moroccan cooking. It is used for slow cooked stew, often made with lamb. Lamb is very popular in Moroccan cooking and is perfect to cook in a tagine. Slow cooking makes the lamb extremely tender, the lamb falls apart and melts in your m...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Lancashire Hotpot

Serves 4 to 6 Lancashire hotpot is a delicious traditional English lamb casserole topped with crispy thin slices of potato. This delicious casserole is very easy to make, it almost looks after itself. Lancashire hotpot is great when you have the whole family round. If you prepare your delicious Lancashire hotpot ahea...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Slow Roast Lamb Shank

Serves 4 A slow roasted lamb shank is gorgeous, the meat becomes wonderfully tender. It melts in your mouth and falls of the bone beautifully. Lamb shank is a wonderful cut of meat, meat of the bone is full of rich flavours and it is also cheap. This is a perfect meal if you want to show off, lamb shank looks fantast...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Tandoori Chicken Kebabs

Serves 4 This popular Indian dish gets its name from the clay ovens, tandoors, that it is traditionally cooked in. However you don’t need a tandoor oven to make delicious tandoori chicken kebabs, a BBQ will do very nicely or a grill works well too. The chicken is succulent but crispy and heavily spiced on the o...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Fried Chicken

Serves 4 Fried chicken is a family favourite and a guilty pleasure for a lot of us. Take away fried chicken accompanies many an evening, however this doesn’t have to be the case. Fried chicken is very easy to cook at home, it taste great, you know the quality of the food you are eating and it is cheaper than a t...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Warm Chocolate Tart

Serves 8 Rich, chocolaty, creamy filling, in a sweet, almond pastry is a perfect grown up indulgence over the Christmas season. Whether you are dressing up for a dinner party or curling up by the fire, warm chocolate tart, is a great little treat, during the dark long winter evenings. Chocolate is the way to a woman&...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Pecan Pie

Serves 6 Pecan pie is a sweet, sticky pie; its main ingredient is pecan nuts.  Pecan pie was invented by the French in New Orleans. It is a traditional American recipe cooked for Thanksgiving Day dinner, when Americans spend time with their family and friends. Next time you have a special occasion or lots of frie...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Brandy Snaps

Makes 12 Brandy snaps are lacy, crispy, thin biscuits shaped into cylinders so they can be filled with lashings of luxurious brandy flavoured whipped cream. Brandy snaps are delicious and crunchy, they make a great after dinner treat perfect served with coffee. If you leave the cream out they are an ideal way to dress...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010

Brioche French Toast

Serves 2 Perfect for a lazy Sunday morning or perhaps afternoon, brioche French toast is so quick and easy you will soon be back in bed with you delicious breakfast and a cup of coffee. Breakfast in bed is a perfect romantic gesture and brioche French toast is a perfect treat, it is sweet, decadent and delicious. If ...15:37 Mon 24th May 2010