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Creamy Spinach, Ham And Pasta

Serves 4 Pasta, spinach and ham in a luxury creamy white wine sauce. This delicious pasta dish is quick and easy but full of fantastic flavours; the spinach adds a wonderful texture to the sauce and the ham works beautifully with the cream.  If you are cooking for one, or rushed off your feet there is no excuse ...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Pasta Carbonara

Serves 4 Pasta alla carbonara, is a delicious Italian pasta dish, however the version we have here in England isn’t very authentic, a true Italian recipe has no cream and is very delicious. However cream adds a touch of luxury, goes perfectly with bacon and makes the sauce wonderfully smooth. Pasta carbonara i...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Toad In The Hole

Serves 4 Toad in the hole is a British classic; you can’t go wrong with sausages in Yorkshire pudding. Sausages are good, tasty, hearty food and Yorkshire pudding is almost certainly the best part of a Sunday roast. Serve up with vegetables and mash potatoes and you have a great, easy, midweek meal, which your w...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Easy Sticky BBQ Ribs

Serves 6 Ribs always taste amazing, unfortunately many of us are never quite sure if we should order sticky BBQ ribs in a restaurant, it is far too messy but tastes so good. The question of how you should eat ribs in a restaurant, in front of people you don’t know, lingers over your choice. Do you risk getting s...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Spicy Sausage Rice

Serves 4 A quick tasty recipe perfect for a busy family. This recipe is cheap, notorious and makes the most of yesterday’s left over sausages.  This is a great recipe to try and get children to explore different foods, it is a bit like a simple risotto or paella, so if your children enjoy seafood try adding...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Honey And Mustard Pork Chops

Serves 2 Honey and mustard pork chops are simple, delicious, quick and tasty. The sweet taste of the honey goes perfectly with mustard and the marinade caramelizes beautifully. Honey and mustard pork chops are a great healthy option. Serve with some new boiled potatoes and a fresh salad and you have a delicious, low ...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Sausage And Red Cabbage

Serves 4 A great winter meal, sausages are an easy convention food that is wonderfully satisfying on a cold winters day, especially thick chunky ones full of herbs. If you have just got in from the rain, soaking wet and freezing cold, sausages and red cabbage will warm you right up and you want have to wait too long. ...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Somerset Pork With Cream And Apples

Serves 4 Few things complement pork as well as apples, Somerset pork and apple is a classic English dish that combines these two ingredients delightfully, with a creamy cider sauce and tender succulent pork.  A perfect dish to entertain, the rich sauce is guaranteed to impress guest all year round but especially ...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Sausage And Bean Ragout

Serves 4 There is nothing quite like a hearty stew on a cold rainy winter day. Ragout is the French word for stew.  Sausage and bean ragout is ideal for a hectic family life; it is so cheap, quick and tasty, leaving plenty of time to have an enjoyable, sit down meal with the family. For those of you trying to l...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Rosemary Lamb Chops

Serves 4Sometimes the most delicious foods are the simplest. Lamb is rich and tasty especially when it is of the bone, so there is no need to do much to chops, just make sure you have a good bit of lamb and it will do all the work for you. Rosemary and lamb is a traditional combination, rosemary complements lamb beau...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

BBQ Chicken Melt

Serves 2 BBQ chicken melt is very tasty and perfect student food. Chicken wrapped in bacon then smothered in BBQ sauce, generously topped with melted cheddar cheese. The bacon keeps the chicken tender and moist and bacon tastes fantastic so it is hard to go wrong. If you live on takeaways but crave for a home cooked m...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Cheese Pasta Bolognese Bake

Serves 4 Pasta bake is a wonderful warm filling meal and the ultimate student food. I think all students I know have a cupboard full of pasta. Pasta bakes may take quite a bit longer then beans on toast, but it is a much more satisfying meal and it is worth spending the extra time. Cook a massive dish full of cheese ...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Stilton Burger

Serves 4 Homemade burgers are quick, easy and so much tastier then frozen ones. You also know exactly what is in it and you have the choice of using wonderful ingredients, high quality lean mince makes a huge difference to the taste. For anyone who loves cheese, this stilton burger is hard to beat. A thick juicy beef...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Spaghetti And Meatballs

Serves 6 Spaghetti and meatballs is easy, simple, delicious, fun food. It is amazingly pleasing to most palates. So whether you are pretending you’re in the Sopranos or trying to please fussy children, or maybe you’re an amature chef cooking a romantic meal for two this is a great, easy, recipe that is del...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Cottage Pie

Serves 8-10 Cottage pie is a hearty traditional English dinner to enjoy with the whole family. I can’t think of anything better on a cold winters day.  A layer of rich delicious beef topped with fluffy creamy potato, swede and carrot mash and finally finished off with generous helpings of melted, bubbling r...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Boeuf Bourguignon

Serves 6-8 The French are famous for their cuisine but most importantly for their wonderfully delicious wines. The French countryside is full of beautiful vineyards and when it comes to wine they are spoiled for choice. So it is only fitting that one of France’s most famous traditional dish is boeuf bourguignon,...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Irish Beef And Guinness Stew

Serves 6 For those of us who have not cooked with beer before this is a great place to start. The Guinness tenderises the beef and give the stew a beautiful malty taste. The Irish beef melts in your mouth perfectly and warms you up wonderfully on cold winter day, or St Patrick’s Day. Beef stew is perfect for a ...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Chocolate Chip Cheesecake

Serves 8 For those of you who enjoy a classic vanilla cheesecake and chocolate, this chocolate chip cheesecake combine the two perfectly. You keep the delicate cream cheese and vanilla flavour of a classic New York cheese cake, but you have little delicious, indulgent pockets of chocolate waiting for you to find. Ing...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

New York Cheesecake

Serves 8 New York is famous for their cheesecake and with good reason, New York cheesecakes are delicious. For those of us who can’t fly there right away, this wonderful cheesecake recipe gives you a small taste of the big apple. New York cheesecake is subtle and simple but with a stunning texture, to be savou...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Vanilla Cupcake Cheesecake

Makes 12 These very pretty, cupcake size cheesecakes are wonderful. Great for a little snack with tea and even better when guests pop round, you will fool them into think you are the perfect housewife or househusband. Dress up with fruit and icing sugar, a drizzle of honey, or ice cream to make a perfect dinner party...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010