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Oven Baked Paprika Chicken

This is and easy no hassle chicken dish. Roasted chicken leg with a oven baked tomato sauce that goes all sweet and gooey. This delightful dish was magicked up due to plain poor food planning. That and the need to cook around family activities. Serves 4 Ingredients 4 chicken legs 1 onions 2 peppers, 1 […]

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Roasted Aubergine and Sweet Potato side

This is the perfect side to have with Paprika Chicken, with roasted lamb or as part of a meze type meal. It’s really easy to make too. Ingredients 1 Aubergine 2 sweet potatoes A pack of baby corn A handful of almonds 3 spring onions 1 tsp smoked paprika 2 tbsp oil. Method Pre heat […]

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Comfort Food Oven baked Pasta Recipes

Mac n Cheese

There is nothing more comforting than macaroni and cheese, you can serve it with a side salad, but I just like to have carbs when carbs are due. For ultimate trick is to only boil the pasta for 5 minutes, then add to the pan with the sauce and allow to cool and absorb the […]

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Sweet Potato and Pepper Rolls

Sweet Potato and Pepper Rolls are a great alternative to sausage rolls. They taste amazing and are just beautiful straight from the oven. The filling works well in rolls, but would also be good as Empanadas. Ingredients 1 pack puff pastry, 500g 1 sweet potato, cut in half lengthways 1 red pepper, sliced 1/2 an […]

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Roasted Cherry Tomatoes

If you’ve got no tinned tomatoes, make some Roasted Tomatoes. There are still no tinned tomatoes in the shops, so I’ve made my own roasted to tomato sauce. Just need to blend it now. I never go back it’s amazing. Ingredients 3 whole cloves of garlic 1 roughly chopped onion 1 pack of cherry tomatoes […]

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Sausage, pepper and potato bake

Sausage, pepper and potato bake or SCBs as we call it (Sausage, Chips and Beans). The ultimate in easy comfort food. It’s normally a Friday night meal, but who knows what day it is at the minute! It’s a great through it all in the pan meal, it takes 5-10 minutes of prep and then […]

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Roasted Aubergine Salsa

Roasted Aubergine Salsa – it’s amazing… all sticky and packed full of flavour. It also goes well with roast chicken or lamb, roast sweet potatoes or spread of toast with a fried egg on top. Once you’ve made it, it’ll keep in the fridge for a couple of days. I tend to make it to […]

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Dinner Oven baked Pasta Recipes School Night Meals

Baked Gnocchi with mushrooms, spinach and courgette

This is a really quick satisfying midweek meal that only takes 30 minutes to make, just what you need after a busy day. It’s a great vegetarian dish and because it uses gnocchi instead of pasta you get some added comfort from the dish. This recipe will serve 2. You need: 1 onion, chopped 2 […]

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Garlic and Rosemary Focaccia

Soft bread oozing with garlicky oil, a hit of salt and fragrant rosemary. This focaccia is dead easy to make as and tastes amazing. The actual prep will also take less time than driving to the supermarket to buy some ready made garlic bread. Finally it looks brilliant served on the table next to a […]

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Bakes Comfort Food Flapjack Oven baked Recipes

Apple and Cinnamon Flapjack

Not just your average flapjack, the smell alone with make you hungry. Ingredients 120g butter 75g brown sugar 4 tbsp golden syrup 1 heaped tsp cinnamon 250g porridge oats 1 large (or 2 small) sweet apples – put the oven on at 180c – Line a shallow baking tray with parchment. – melt the butter, […]