Cheat’s chicken casserole

11 10 2009
Cheat's chicken casserole

Cheat's chicken casserole

Delia copped a lot of unfair flack for suggesting that it’s better to cook from scratch using a few shortcuts than not to cook at all.

I agree and here’s my favourite cheat recipe – a creamy chicken in white wine casserole. I’ve been making it since student days so can’t remember where the idea came from but it’s a good after work idea as it’s another one that take a few minutes to pull together then sits in the oven while you go and do something more exciting for an hour. Read the rest of this entry »





Roast tomato and red pepper soup

12 09 2009
Roast tomato soup

Roast tomato soup

This is a favourite and a really good way to use up tomatoes or peppers that might be getting a bit too old for salads.

Cut tomatoes in half and roughly chop the peppers – I usually use red and/or yellow, but have used green in the pic below which worked just as well. Pile in an a peeled onion in chunks and a few cloves of garlic. Add salt, pepper, a bay leaf if you’ve got one and a good slug of olive oil. Read the rest of this entry »