Carbonara

Preparation time: Less than 10 minutes

Cooking time: About 10 minutes

Serves: 1 or 2 people

Beautiful rich and creamy carbonara with a wonderful mix of vegetables and meat, not forgetting the amazing Italian tagliatelle.



Ingredients

4 mushrooms
Can of sweetcorn
2 spring onions
2 slices of ham
4 nests of tagliatelle
Tub of philadelphia
Flora cuisine
Salt

Method:

1. Chop your mushrooms into quarters, slice your spring onions into small chunks and cut your ham into thin slices. Also drain your sweetcorn over the sink.

2. Boil your kettle and add your tagliatelle nests to a saucepan. Put your saucepan onto a medium heat and pour your hot water in just to cover the pasta.

3. Add a small amount of flora cuisine into a medium size frying pan and on a medium heat add your mushrooms in and stir until they have darkened in colour. Once your mushrooms are fried add your spring onions, ham and sweetcorn and your philadelphia.

4. Stir in your philadelphia and mix with veg and meat until everything is covered in it. Turn it down to a low heat.

5. Keep checking your pasta and add 2 turns/pinches of salt. TIP: A way to know if the pasta is cooked is to carefully using a spoon or a fork pick a piece of pasta up and try it. If it is soft and not chewy or hard then your pasta is done.

6. When your pasta is done, turn of the heat and drain it over the sink with a sieve or a colander. TIP: Run cold water on your pasta so it stops itself from cooking.

7. Give your sauce one last stir and turn of the heat. Add your pasta into the pan and give it a good stir until the pasta is covered in the sauce.

8. When you have done that you can pour your carbonara into your bowl and eat away!

There you go, a very easy carbonara meal made in 10-15 minutes!

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Seed Slices

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 30 minutes

Serves: 5-6 sticks

Pumpkin, poppy and sunflower seeds all in one. These delicious slices are a great snack but even better with some cheese and grapes!



Ingredients

50g Caster sugar
50g Oats
50g Plain flour
50g Margarine
20g Pumpkin seeds
20g Poppy seeds
20g Sunflower seeds
Splash of water

Method:

1. Preheat your oven to a low heat/100°C/Gas mark ½, grease a loaf tin and line with greaseproof paper.

2. Place all of your ingredients, except the seeds and water, into a bowl and rub together until mixed.

3. Place your seeds into the bowl with a splash of water and mix it in.

4. Place your mixture into your tin and place in the oven for about 30 minutes

5. After 30 minutes in the oven take your loaf out of the oven and set aside to cool.

6. When it has completely cooled carefully lift the greaseproof paper up from the tin and cut into slices.

There you go! Your seed slices are all done!

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Magdalenas

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serve: 4 magdalenas

Magdalenas originally come from Spain. They're small sweet cakes that are light and fluffy and traditionally eaten at breakfast time with a hot chocolate.


Ingredients

1 egg
60g granulated sugar plus extra for dusting
28g unsalted butter
98g white flour
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp lemon extract
¼ tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp milk

Method:

1. Preheat your oven to 190°C

2. Weigh out all your ingredients. Crack an egg into a bowl and add your sugar and beat together until the mixture is a light colour.

3. In a small pan, melt the butter on a medium heat. Before you add your butter to your mixture make sure its slightly cooled and not bubbling. As you continue to beat the egg mixture, slowly pour in the melted butter and mix thoroughly.

4. When your butter has mixed in with the egg, add your lemon flavouring, vanilla and milk and mix in. Add your baking powder into your flour and whilst stirring the egg mixture add in your flour. Continue to stir until all ingredients are mixed well. The batter will be very thick.

5. Get a cupcake tray and place 4 cases in. Using two tablespoons scrap the batter into the cases until they're half full. The batter will double in size when baked. Get a pinch of sugar and sprinkle over the batter on each one.

6. Place your magdalenas in your preheated oven for around 20 minutes until they're crisp golden brown on top. Remove from oven and cool for about 5 minutes before taking them out of the tray.

There you go, your magdalenas are all done!

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Fruit Scones

Preparation time: 20-25 minutes

Cooking time: 10-15 minutes

Serves: 10 scones

Rich scones topped with delicious whipped cream and jam, not forgetting the strawberries on top! Perfect for an afternoon tea or even a picnic!



Ingredients

8 oz self raising flour
1 tsp baking powder
1½ margarine
1 oz sugar
2 tbsp sultanas
1 egg and milk to make 150ml of liquid
300ml double cream
Seedless strawberry jam
Strawberries

Method:

1. Preheat your oven to 220-230°C/Gas mark 7-8 and grease 2 baking tins. In a bowl rub your flour, baking powder and margarine together until its like breadcrumbs. When that's done, add your fruit and sugar and mix together.

2. Crack an egg into a jug and pour milk in until it reaches 150ml. Beat them both together. Add your egg and milk mix to the flour and stir in until it forms a soft dough. Make sure you leave a little bit of egg and milk for the top of your scones

3. Sprinkle some flour over your work surface and roll out your dough to half an inch thickness and use whatever size cutter you like to cut them into circles.

4. Place your scones onto your greased baking tins and brush the egg and milk mix over the top of the scones. Bake in the oven for around 10 minutes.

5. When your scones have turned a nice light brown colour take them out the oven and let them completely cool. While they're cooling you can make your topping. Pour your cream into a bowl and whisk until thick and fluffy.

6. When your scones are completely cool cut them all in half. Spread a layer of jam on each one and add your whipped cream, and to finish place your fruit on top.

There you go, your scones are all done and looking delicious to eat!

I hope you enjoy my fruit scones and please comment down below what you think. Thank you! :-P x

Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies

Preparation time: 15-20 minutes

Cooking time: Around 15 minutes

Serves: 8-9 cookies

These cookies are really easy to make, not many pots are needed in this so that means less washing up!



Ingredients

125g Margarine
75g Soft brown sugar
100g Self raising flour
75g Oats
50g Chocolate chips/Sultanas/Dried Fruit

Method:

1. Preheat your oven to 180°C/Gas mark 4 and grease 2 flat baking tins, cut up some greaseproof paper just to cover the tin.

2. Weigh out all your ingredients into one bowl except your chocolate chips and mix everything together with your hands. When all the ingredients are mixed together and are formed as cookie dough add your chocolate chips and mix them in.

3. Grab a handful of the dough. TIP: Put some flour on your hands every time you grab a ball of cookie dough, this will help prevent the dough from sticking to your hands. Roll the dough into a ball in your hands and squash the ball so its flat in your hands like a cookie. Then place your cookie onto your tray

4. Repeat this process until all the dough has gone. Put in the oven for about 15 mins or just until golden brown.

5. When they are golden brown take them out the oven and leave them to cool before you peel them off the greaseproof paper

There you go your Oat chocolate chip cookies are done!

I hope you enjoy my cookies and please comment down below what you think. Thank you! :-P x