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Strawberry Meringue Roulade

Serves 8  Strawberry meringue roulade is perfect for summer when there are lots of strawberries in season; after all English strawberries taste the best. Crisp meringues with juicy strawberries and cream go perfectly. Meringue roulade is an impressive looking desert, perfect for a relaxed dinner party outside, wi...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Chocolate Fondant

Serves 2 Chocolate fondant is a delicious chocolate dessert; it is heaven for any chocolate lover. The centre is gooey, runny chocolate, surrounded by a soft moist chocolate sponge. So next time the kids are out of the house and you have sometime alone, enjoy a romantic evening with a perfect chocolaty dessert and a g...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Banana Yogurt Pancakes

Serves 4 There are so many varieties of pancakes; most countries have their own traditional pancake. All equally as tasty and I very much advise trying to eat as many types of pancakes as possible. This banana pancake is a good start, for fans of banana bread, this pancake could quite easily become a pancake favourite...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

French Macarons

Makes 50 small macarons French macarons are little dooms of cream filled meringues. Paris’s famous patisserie Ladurees is world renowned because of these delightful little round cakes, Ladurees is the height of sophistication and luxury. Macarons line the windows of patisseries all over Paris, they are stacked i...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Chocolate Eclairs

Makes 12 Fluffy, long, thin pastries filled with fresh cream and topped with a soft delicious chocolate frosting. Eclairs are made from choux pastry, which is also used to make profiteroles and crullers. Éclairs as well as all other cream cakes are perfect with a cup of tea in your garden in the afternoon. Ec...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Honey Glazed Chicken

Serves 2 A quick easy roast dinner perfect for two. If you don’t have much time on your hands and want to cook to impress, honey glazed chicken is simple and delicious, so it is hard to go wrong. The soy sauce and honey soaks into the chicken, keeping it moist and tender while the honey glaze makes the skin cri...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Lemon Chicken

Serves 2 A little squeeze of lemon can turn a meal from alright to amazing. Lemons can enhance all the flavours of a dish as well as add their own tangy flavour. Baked honey and sesame glazed chicken with a tangy sticky lemon sauce is a wonderful dinner for two. No one need know how simple this meal is to make. The s...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Roast Chicken And Ratatouille

Serves 4 Ratatouille is a traditional French dish of roasted vegetables; this beautiful dish is full of fantastic colours it is a feast for the eyes as well as the stomach. Ratatouille has a wonderful sweet, rich, full flavour. A mix of garlic, onions, peppers, courgettes and aubergines roasted in olive oil. The tende...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Special Fried Rice

Serves 4 This Chinese take-away classic is very fast food, even when cooked at home, and great for using up leftovers. If you have any rice from the day before great, fried rice is best when cooked with cold leftover rice straight from the fridge, and feel free to alter the recipe, sliced up left over sausages work we...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Creamy Spinach, Ham And Pasta

Serves 4 Pasta, spinach and ham in a luxury creamy white wine sauce. This delicious pasta dish is quick and easy but full of fantastic flavours; the spinach adds a wonderful texture to the sauce and the ham works beautifully with the cream.  If you are cooking for one, or rushed off your feet there is no excuse ...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Pasta Carbonara

Serves 4 Pasta alla carbonara, is a delicious Italian pasta dish, however the version we have here in England isn’t very authentic, a true Italian recipe has no cream and is very delicious. However cream adds a touch of luxury, goes perfectly with bacon and makes the sauce wonderfully smooth. Pasta carbonara i...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Toad In The Hole

Serves 4 Toad in the hole is a British classic; you can’t go wrong with sausages in Yorkshire pudding. Sausages are good, tasty, hearty food and Yorkshire pudding is almost certainly the best part of a Sunday roast. Serve up with vegetables and mash potatoes and you have a great, easy, midweek meal, which your w...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Easy Sticky BBQ Ribs

Serves 6 Ribs always taste amazing, unfortunately many of us are never quite sure if we should order sticky BBQ ribs in a restaurant, it is far too messy but tastes so good. The question of how you should eat ribs in a restaurant, in front of people you don’t know, lingers over your choice. Do you risk getting s...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Spicy Sausage Rice

Serves 4 A quick tasty recipe perfect for a busy family. This recipe is cheap, notorious and makes the most of yesterday’s left over sausages.  This is a great recipe to try and get children to explore different foods, it is a bit like a simple risotto or paella, so if your children enjoy seafood try adding...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Honey And Mustard Pork Chops

Serves 2 Honey and mustard pork chops are simple, delicious, quick and tasty. The sweet taste of the honey goes perfectly with mustard and the marinade caramelizes beautifully. Honey and mustard pork chops are a great healthy option. Serve with some new boiled potatoes and a fresh salad and you have a delicious, low ...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Sausage And Red Cabbage

Serves 4 A great winter meal, sausages are an easy convention food that is wonderfully satisfying on a cold winters day, especially thick chunky ones full of herbs. If you have just got in from the rain, soaking wet and freezing cold, sausages and red cabbage will warm you right up and you want have to wait too long. ...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Somerset Pork With Cream And Apples

Serves 4 Few things complement pork as well as apples, Somerset pork and apple is a classic English dish that combines these two ingredients delightfully, with a creamy cider sauce and tender succulent pork.  A perfect dish to entertain, the rich sauce is guaranteed to impress guest all year round but especially ...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Sausage And Bean Ragout

Serves 4 There is nothing quite like a hearty stew on a cold rainy winter day. Ragout is the French word for stew.  Sausage and bean ragout is ideal for a hectic family life; it is so cheap, quick and tasty, leaving plenty of time to have an enjoyable, sit down meal with the family. For those of you trying to l...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

Rosemary Lamb Chops

Serves 4Sometimes the most delicious foods are the simplest. Lamb is rich and tasty especially when it is of the bone, so there is no need to do much to chops, just make sure you have a good bit of lamb and it will do all the work for you. Rosemary and lamb is a traditional combination, rosemary complements lamb beau...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010

BBQ Chicken Melt

Serves 2 BBQ chicken melt is very tasty and perfect student food. Chicken wrapped in bacon then smothered in BBQ sauce, generously topped with melted cheddar cheese. The bacon keeps the chicken tender and moist and bacon tastes fantastic so it is hard to go wrong. If you live on takeaways but crave for a home cooked m...16:36 Mon 24th May 2010