How to make Spicy Aubergine Pasta With Feta Cheese Topping.

 Who doesn't like pasta? When I first made this, my daughter who was around six years old at the time asked for this everyday as she loved it! The aubergines lightly fried in the olive oil give it a great taste, and the chilli flakes give it that extra kick. Go steady with these chilli flakes and only use as much as I said on the video as these are hot! Break as much feta cheese on top as you wish, and you can also use the budget salad cheese variety as these taste just as good. This tastes really good with the penne, but you can use any pasta you prefer instead like tagliatelle, or rigatoni. The chunks of feta in this picture are rather large, make them smaller! And don't forget to use any left over feta cheese in the Greek style feta salad sandwich featured!!

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How to make a Vegetarian mince and onion Meat free Pie (Vegan friendly)

 I was asked to do this by a viewer, and four or five samples later I let my daughter who was six at the time choose the final version ad this was the result, and I must say I agreed with her. Everything is made in small samples so as to keep costs down but also to get the best taste. I think that Morrisons discontinued their mince but we found Asda plant based mince to be a good replacement. (Quorn does not work here by the way!) Instead of using the Bisto onion gravy granules that can be a bit pricey now, we have also used the red onion gravy granules in jars from Sainsburys etc, and this gives a slightly different, not as beefy like taste? - but every bit as good!! so you can use these products too in this recipe if you want. 

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Mixed Pepper and Mushroom Pizza. N.B. Add 1/2 teaspoon garlic puree in the passata mix - better taste

 Once you have made your own base for this pizza you will never buy a ready made base again! We updated the topping of the base on this one by adding half a teaspoon of garlic puree (the tubed one). Just squeeze out the tube in a line up to the middle of the teaspoon and mix it in. Gorgeous taste then. Italian passata has far the better taste, the other ones don't measure up - so get the Italian one where you can. You are not limited to the topping here - you could add drained tinned sweetcorn and/or jalapeno peppers from a jar for a hotter taste too. A favourite of mine is to add these jalapeno peppers - not too many though!  Just make sure everything is sliced very thinly so it cooks through with the pizza. Always wipe the pizza tray with olive oil first to make sure it doesn't stick, for an easy clean after. 

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How to make Quick and Easy Mushroom Stroganoff

 If you want a meal in minutes then this is the one for you. Now we usually serve it in a small side dish with perhaps new potatoes and vegetables like cabbage, brussels, carrots etc, but you can still have it with the rice as featured too if you want to. Always use the freshest white mushrooms for this and the freshest parsley. The wholegrain mustard tastes amazing and I now make this recipe using crème fraiche which is thicker and better tasting than the soured cream. Make sure that the mixture is well reduced before serving - the thicker the better! The featured picture does not do this recipe justice because it tastes far better than it looks on here.

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How to make Vegetarian Burritos

 Although there looks to be a lot of ingredients in this recipe it is remarkably easy to make and you can make four good portions out of it! This is well worth the effort. The salsa from here you could make and use independently. Mexican street food at its very best! The wholemeal tortillas work really well here and the coriander makes it taste amazing. This is probably one of the healthiest recipes of all! 

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How to make Spicy (Curried) Red Lentil Soup (Vegan friendly)

 This is a simple soup. Good in Winter and with the medium curry powder, very warming. The Oxo Vegetable stock gives everything an amazing taste and is definitely the best stock by far, don't waste your time on the others! With just red lentils, carrot, celery, onion, oxo veg stock and medium curry powder this is a very easy soup to make too. Dip in the crusty rolls and it is like a meal in a cup. Lentils are also high in fibre and packed with protein, so with this you should be both regular and able to lift a car ha ha - only joking but you get the idea..... It tastes good anyway!

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How to make Vegetarian Bacon, Cheese and Tomato Toastie and Other Ideas

 Where would we be without the toastie maker. We first got the Breville snack and sandwich maker years ago - it was released in 1974! and I am sure that many of you out there have one lurking in the back of a cupboard somewhere too! Toasties are a real standby and are amazing with a little side salad and a small pot of coleslaw. The best thing is that you can put almost anything on one. Here we used cheese and tomato which is a classic! Cheese and vegetarian bacon, cheese and mushroom, but you can also do chilli cheese, cheese and red onion,  put curry on it, veg ham and cheese, anything. Students have probably filled them with Nutella and Marmite too, though not together of course, and probably cheese and jam! If you still haven't got a toastie maker now is the time and they are available here

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