BAKED POTATO

This may be one of the most important posts in your early student life potatoes are cheap and can be cooked in the microwave very quickly my HANDY HINT for these is to make sure you stab them and always turn over when cooking the time will depend on your microwave but start with 2 mins each side and continue till cooked to tell this you need to make sure a knife goes in easily

now you have a cooked potato what to fill it with ?

• Beans and cheese heat the beans in a pot or in a covered micro dish add to potato then top with cheese
• left over chilli or bolignaise as above heat in a pot or micro dish 
• Curry you can use a jar and some cooked chicken to start with heat as above
• smoked salmon if its your birthday :)

the pictures above at the moment are not mine I will change this as there is a distinct lack of parsley!!!!!!

Here is a cheesy one I cooked for you with out the tomato  of course

list of links

Links to the Recipes you are most likely to use at the start

looking through this blog Stewie I now realize at the start of your new life at Uni you probably wont make some of the stuff in this blog so here are some shortcuts to the ones you might use at the start, #missingyoualreadyx

EGGY DOG BREAD     http://acookbookforstewart.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/cheesy-eggy-dog-bread.html

PIZZA OMELETTE     http://acookbookforstewart.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/pizza-omlette.html

CHILLI CON CARNE   http://acookbookforstewart.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/chilli-con-carne.html

BBQ CHICKEN              http://acookbookforstewart.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/bbq-chicken.html

LASAGNE / BOLOGNAISE http://acookbookforstewart.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/homemade-lasagne.html

BAKED POTATO         http://acookbookforstewart.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/baked-potato.html

QUESADILLA              http://acookbookforstewart.blogspot.co.uk/2013/08/quesadilla.html

Cheesy Eggy Dog Bread

Well Stewie keeping on the theme of doing recipes you might actually do rather than ones I want you to do
this one goes back many years we watched a children's cooking show and they called it eggy dog bread as they cut it in the shape of a dog kennel we wont bother with that, though feel free to cut into pretty shape

EGG
BREAD
CHEESE
OIL

• put frying pan on to heat with a little oil
• Break egg into a bowl then whisk with a fork
• add bread to mix and dip in both sides till bread absorbs the mix
• now place bread in hot pan make sure pan its hot works better
• cook both bits of bread 
• then add cheese slice and put other slice of bread on top and cook for a min to melt cheese
• if its a Saturday a parsley garnish is required :) 

PIZZA OMELETTE

Have realized its getting nearer time you will actually might use this blogg when I started it it seemed so far away but now it draws nearer so I am starting to add to it again with an emphasis in easy peasy stuff

So Stewie it’s a quick snack your looking for cheap and cheerful well this is perfect

Ingredients

3 slice pepperoni
3 sliced mushrooms
Cheese !?! What ever you have mozzarella or cheddar or even cheese slices
2 eggs
Pinch mixed herbs
2 spoonfuls passata Or tomato sauce
Some chopped chilli optional
Basil or parsley optional

1. So Stewart 1st thing to do is cook off the mushrooms they have a lot of water in them you don’t have to do this but it does help transfer to a plate
2. Mix the 2 eggs together the pour into frying pan which you have lightly oiled I will make sure you have a really good non stick pan just don’t burn it I have never burnt a pan ;) 
3. Draw your fork through the mixture to spread it out and cook till almost set
4. Then transfer by sliding on to a bit of foil on grill pan
5. Now make up the pizza ,tomato sauce first then all the other ingredients 
6. Make it pretty please
7. Grill till cheese is nice and melty
8. cut in quarters like a pizza garnish please 

you can use this omelette base for lots of toppings another favorite is left over spaghetti bolognaise 

Viennese Whirls / Custard Creams

Stewie you loved these again one to impress the girls as long as they are not dieting 

The chocolate version above just add some chocolate spread to the icing
you can of course miss out the strawberry garnish , do you remember that I gave you one that I had taken the strawberry off but yo could still tell , by the way girls love strawberries

Ingredients

• 250g/9oz very soft butter
• 50g/2oz icing sugar, plus extra to decorate
• 250g/9oz plain flour
• 50g/2oz cornflour
• ½ tsp pure vanilla extract

For the filling

• 100g/3½oz soft butter
• 200g/7oz icing sugar, plus ½ tsp for dusting
• ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
• if my friend Jordan makes these here are some more hints
• you can also add some custard powder or melted white chocolate to the icing about 2 tea spoons powder or around 25g of white choc
• make sure you have the butter really soft before you add icing sugar its messy and you think its not going to work but it will be patient

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  Preparation method

  1. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. Line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper.
  2. Put the butter, icing sugar, plain flour, cornflour and vanilla extract in a food processor and blend until smooth. You may need to scrape the mixture down a couple of times with a rubber spatula.again you think its not going to work but it will suddenly come together in a ball, its a good idea to chill it for 5 mins as well 
  3. roll into small balls and press down with a fork. or cut into shapes then chill for 5 mins whilst oven is heating
  4. Bake in the centre of the oven for 13-15 minutes or until pale golden-brown and firm. Cool on the baking tray for five minutes then transfer to a cooling rack. Repeat with the remaining dough to make 32-36 biscuits.
  5. For the filling, put the butter in a bowl and sift the icing sugar on top. Add the vanilla extract and beat with a wooden spoon or an electric whisk until very light and smooth. put the buttercream icing onto the remaining biscuits and sandwich  Put on a serving plate and dust with sifted icing sugar. Serve
     
     
     
     
     
     Remember you can cut into shapes to perhaps this one for valentines day same mix just cut into hearts then cut out smaller heart with red icing and then flick over white chocolate
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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Self Saucing Lemon Pudding

this was not actually one of your favourites as I quote you said"lemon is technically a fruit mum" and all who know you will understand this but it is so easy to make that I though I would include it, you did eat it all up by the way :)

INGREDIENTS

• 50g butter
• 200g caster sugar
• 1 lemon , zested
• 100ml lemon juice (include the zest from the zested lemon)
• 3 eggs , separated
• 50g plain flour , sifted
• 250ml milk
• icing sugar for dusting

METHOD

1. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160/gas gas 4. Whizz the butter, sugar and lemon zest until they are pale and creamy in a food processor. Add the lemon juice, egg yolks, flour and milk one by one until you have a smooth batter. Whisk the egg whites until firm but not stiff, and fold the two mixtures together.
2. Pour into a buttered ovenproof soufflé or baking dish and put it in a baking tray half filled with hot water. Bake for 4O-45 minutes until the top is lightly browned and set and there is a sort of gooey lemon curd below. Remove the dish from the tray, dust with icing sugar and serve hot, with or without cream.Good cold too

PORK AND LEEK MEATBALLS IN CIDER MUSHROOM SAUCE

so money is tight your fed up with beef mince and tomato based sauce this is perfect

Ingredients for MEATBALLS

PKT PORK MINCE
1 COOKED LEEK
PARSLEY
1 0Z PARMIGIANA
2 SLICE BREAD MADE INTO CRUMBS
1 EGG
TABLE SPOON CRANBERRY SAUCE

Mix together and form into balls put in fridge to chill and firm up

Ingredients for sauce

glass of cider
3/4 tub crepe fraiche
some leek
2 garlic cloves
teaspoon grain mustard
8 mushroom

• fry of mushrooms leek garlic in a little oil or butter
• add creme fraiche and mustard
• add some water or stock to loosen
• then boil till thickens
• finish with parsley

grill meatballs for 10 to 15 mins then add to sauce

cook gently for another 10 mins

serve with pasta some more parmigiana and a parsley sprinkle