Giant Cheese on Toast (6)

A fancy cheese on toast for brunch . You can cut it up into quarters and serve with a crisp salad for lunch or dinner. Or you can cut into smaller squares and serve as a sharing snack. The recipe is from ” Mezcla” by Ixta Belfrage and can be doubled for a crowd.

Masala Sausages (4)

A recipe for spiced sausages from ” Indian in 7 ” by Monisha Bharadwaj. It also works well with Cumberland Sausages or sausages with onions. You can either serve it with mashed potatoes and a green vegetable pr with rotis or pitta breads.

Porcini Ragu (2)

A most delicious recipe for pasta using dried porcini mushrooms from ” Mezcla” by Ixta Belfrage. Make sure you prepare all the ingredients before you start cooking.

Chicken Fajitas (8)

This used to be my go to recipe for chicken fajitas and despite many years passing its still a favourite. It came from a BBC Good Food magazine but i have no idea who the author was. You can use raw prawns or beef instead of the chicken if you like.

Oyster Mushroom Noodles (2)

A vegetarian noodle dish with Eastern European influences. Be patient when you are frying the onions- they need to be caramelised slowly so do not be tempted to rush them. My supermarket had no fresh egg noodles but they did have Lentil Protein Noodles and they worked well. Don’t be put of by the long list of ingredients- its quite easy to prepare. The recipe is from ” Mezcla” by Ixta Belfrage and is so good i will make it on repeat.