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Cauliflower cheese

By alexandra12_01
Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil, then add the cauliflower and cook for 5 mins
- 1 large cauliflower (leaves cut off), broken into pieces
- 500ml milk
- 4 tbsp flour
- 50g butter
- 100g strong cheddar, grated
- 2-3 tbsp breadcrumbs, if you have them
Pasta with sweet potato and sage

By alexandra12_01
Heat the oven to 200C
- 1-2 sweet potatoes: Peeled and cut into chunks
- 3 tbsps olive oil
- Papardelle or tagliatelle
- Seasoning:
- Sage
- Basil
- Salt
- Pepper
Gluten Free Carnival Mug Cookies

By anyonitanibbles, Anyonita Nibbles
This mug cookie is a perfect single serving of a classic carnival cookie, done gluten-free!
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 medium egg yolk
- 1 1/2 tablespoons almond flour
- 1 1/2 tablespoons sweet rice flour
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- pinch salt
- handful M&Ms or other candy-coated chocolates
Lemon Ciabatta

By ArijMroue
Easy, peesy, lemon squeezy
- 4 Ciabatta breads
- Juice of 1 large lemon
- 2 tsp of oregano
- 25ml of oil
Flour Tortillas

By frant1
Sieve flour into a bowl and add the pinch of salt Rub in lard / vegetable fat until it forms breadcrumbs Graduall
- 225g plain flour
- 1 tbsp vegetable fat / lard
- 120ml water
- pinch of salt
Sweet Potato Pancakes

By frant1
Peel the sweet potato and dice into 2cm squares Par boil in a pan of water Chop the spring onions finely Combin
- 1 large sweet potato
- 3 spring onions
- 25g self raising flour
- 1 egg
- 30 ml semi skimmed milk
- sprinkle of chilli flakes
- salt
- pepper
- olive oil for frying
Falafel

By frant1
Nice dish for a tapas meal
- 1 tin of chick peas
- 1 onion
- 1 clove of garlic
- 1 tsp tumeric
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 tsp chilli flakes
- 1/2 tsp ground cumin
- 4 tbsp olive oil
Hearty Chilli

By frant1
Use extra kidney beans for Ben to pick out
- 450g extra lean beef mince
- 1 large red onion
- 1 large carrot
- 1 red pepper
- 2 chillies
- 2 garlic cloves
- 6oz button mushrooms
- 1 can of kidney beans
- 1 can of chopped tomatoes
- worcestershire sauce
- 2 beef stock cubes
- 2 tbsp chilli powder
- oil
- glug of red wine
- salt and pepper to taste
- grated cheese to serve
Orange zingy salad

By frant1
Nice summer side dish
- 1 bag of baby spinach
- 1/2 bag of rocket
- 1/2 bag of watercress
- 1/2 red onion
- 3 large oranges
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- juice of one lemon
- 1 tsp honey
- 1/2 tsp wholegrain mustard
Simple home moving pasta

By frant1
Easy dish to make to feed people helping you move home
- 250g of dried wholemeal pasta
- frozen sweetcorn (lots)
- 10-12 sundried tomatoes
- handful of fresh basil
- pine kernels
- olive oil or pesto (even better home made pesto)
- lots of grated cheese to serve
- salt
- pepper
Michael's potatoes

By frant1
Easy meal to leave in the oven while you do something more fun
- 4 large baking potatoes (more if you want)
- olive oil
- rock salt
- 50g grated cheese
- 4 rashers of bacon
- 100g cream cheese
- large knob of butter
Paleo Crab Cakes

By Charlotte Allen
Check your crab meat for bits of shell
- 250 g fresh crab meat
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2tsp French msuatrd (Dijon)
- 1 squeezed lemon half
- handful of chopped parsley
- 1 1/2 coconut flour
- 2 tblsp coconut oil
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