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  • Chicken pesto pasta

    Tonight I made chicken and pesto pasta for dinner. Funnily my first time using chicken with pasta! I don’t know why I haven’t cooked this before, it’s great as a quick and easy meal for two or make extra for lunch at work. Yummy! Ingredients 200g pasta or spaghetti 200g chicken, chopped 100g of red pesto Black pepper to taste 80g grated mozzarella cheese Method Cook the pasta according to…

  • Spicy tomato, mince and sausage enchiladas

    Left over meat or pasta sauce in your cupboards? Not sure how you want to use it? How about some spicy tomato, mince and sausage enchiladas? Using some left over meat and pasta sauce Ryan and I threw together these spicy tomato, mince and sausage enchiladas. With sausgaes, mince and a rasher of smoked bacon – they were lovely! Not too filling and packed full of flavour. <h3>Recipe for spicy…

  • No yeast pizza

    A no yeast pizza recipe –  usually I keep yeast in my baking cupboard, but occasionally I forget to stock up! This was one of those occasions, so I improvised with self raising flour. It tasted really good and I don’t think it came out too badly for a first try. You will need 90 ml Warm Water 1 tsp Salt Toppings Of Your Choice Pizza Sauce (store bought or…

  • Cheesy Baked Enchiladas

    I love Mexican style food. Ever since my first trip to Chiquitos restaurant in Swindon and one of my favourites are cheesy baked enchiladas, served with some Uncle Ben’s tomato and basil rice.   This quick and easy recipe will serve 4, but why not take the left overs to work with you? Or save for the following day? <h3>Recipe for cheesy baked enchiladas.</h3> You will need 8 Soft Corn…

  • Tuna and Bacon Pasta Bake – Recipe

    I’ve been getting back into cooking and baking lately, with dishes like lasagne, burritos, enchiladas, brownies and a Tuna and Bacon Pasta Bake. The latter was a first for me. I think having my own kitchen again helps – recently moved into a 2 bedroom flat – before that we were in a shared property… I digress. Here’s how I made the Tuna and Bacon Pasta Bake: Ingredients 500g pasta…

  • 2015 Mid Year Review

    Hard to believe we’re three months in to 2015 already! The past few months have really flown by for me and a lot of changes have happened in my personal life fairly quickly… Split up with Artur Moved out Moved above a commercial premises, albeit temporarily Started dating Went to London on a whim – basically it was 4am and my new partner (Ryan) and I decided to hop on…

  • 2012 Goals Mid Year Review

    At the beginning of 2012, I made a list of goals I wanted to achieve this year. So as we’re now over half way through the year, I thought I’d  have a look at whether I’ve stuck to those goals and how they’ve changed! 2012 Goals Review Goal set: Cook and Bake more often I have baked a few novelty cakes and some classic recipes, like a Victoria Sponge, but…