This vegetarian breakfast with sun-dried tomatoes, spinach, leeks, eggs and cheese is the perfect way to start a weekend. It works just as well as a main meal. This recipe is adapted from bbcgoodfood.com Serves 4. Ingredients. 1. 2 tablespoons olive oil 2. 2 leeks, thinly sliced (you can buy washed and ready-prepared leeks if…

This is a brilliant, simple recipe for cooking flapjack in the microwave that takes less than five minutes. It is very versatile so you can add your personal twist to this basic recipe. I usually add mixed seeds, but other ideas include nuts, dried apricots, chocolate chunks or dried fruit. This recipe is adapted from…

This is a brilliant healthy recipe using sweet potatoes filled with a tasty tuna mixture flavoured with pesto and parsley. It is also gluten free. Sweet potatoes are highly nutritious providing a great source of fibre, vitamins and minerals, therefore they promote gut health and support your immune system. Sweet potatoes also contain a significant…

This is a fantastic super easy chicken recipe that uses tinned soup for the sauce. It is adapted from Kim McCosker’s 4 Ingredients: The Easiest One Pot Cookbook Ever. Serves 4. Ingredients. 1. 2 cups cooked, shredded chicken (I used uncooked chicken thighs which I cooked first) 2. 420 gram tin condensed cream of chicken…

This recipe is fantastic to have for lunch or brunch. The joy of it is that you make it the night before and then let it sit in the fridge overnight. The recipe is taken from Nigella Express cookbook. Serves 4 to 6. Ingredients. 1. 6 slices multi-grain brown bread (or white if you prefer)…

This one-pot baked rice is so easy to make and full of nutritious vegetables and warming spices. This recipe is adapted from the BBC Good Food website. Serves 4. Ingredients. 1. 2 tablespoons olive oil 2. 50 grams butter 3. 2 onions, thinly sliced (I recommend using ready-chopped frozen onions) 4. Half a butternut squash,…

This recipe is for a homemade flatbread pizza using yogurt for the base. Yogurt provides calcium and protein, and helps to enhance healthy gut bacteria which is good for our immune system. There are many other fun ways to make pizza bases including using pitta breads or a ready-made pizza base. I used wholewheat flour…

This tasty, flavoursome cheddar cheese risotto is perfect to have on a winter’s night as it is very warming and soothes the soul. It is also suitable for vegetarians. The recipe is taken from Nigella Express. Serves 3 to 4, depending on how hungry you are! Ingredients. 1. 1 tablespoon butter 2. 1 tablespoon oil…

Scrambled Egg in the Microwave. This is a brilliant, easy recipe for cooking scrambled eggs in the microwave if you haven’t tried making it before and would like to do it on your own. Eggs are a very good source of inexpensive, high-quality protein as they contain all nine essential amino acids, the ones we…

This is an extremely simple way to cook pasta using a tin to measure all the ingredients. It is a good way to cook pasta if you’re not very confident with boiling water, because you do not have to drain the pasta, it cooks in the liquid that becomes the sauce! The sauce is made using tinned tomatoes, so…