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Its back to work week, which means that some of us are meal prepping and looking for easy things to make and dishes that can be frozen for the busy coming weeks. Presenting our made with McCain cottage pie, frozen vegetables provide a nutritional boost and cut down the cooking time required. In this dish we used both the McCain corn and pumpkin chunks to increase the number of vegetables in the dish. You can make this dish and freeze half for a busy day, where you can simply

This meal may look rather fancy but it was actually a quick dinner put together to use up everything in our crisper drawer before they went off. I found a bag of mixed green veg, carrots, coriander and rosemary and built the dish around that and the meat we had in our freezer. The sauce, apart from being absolutely beautiful to look at, is really versatile and could be served with a pasta, fish or even steak. Time: 1 hour Serves: 4 Difficulty: Easy Ingredients Lamb Chops 4 La

My wonderful parents celebrated their 30th Wedding Anniversary and I wanted to spoil them rotten to celebrate the occasion. I planned an elaborate 3 course meal with old favourites and some new flavours. The phyllo parcel starters were followed by this lamb dish which I tried to plate as beautifully as possible and pair the hero (lamb rack) with thoughtfully prepared accompaniments that allowed the dish to sing. This is a quite a long, involved cook that can be arduous but is

Light, refreshing and quick to assemble, these spring rolls are perfect for a summer picnic or lunch. These are vegetarian but you could easily add chicken/prawn or any other protein to the filling if you desire. The Peanut butter dipping sauce is a great accompaniment to these rolls Time: 30 mins Serves: 4-6 Difficulty: Easy Ingredients 12 Rice Paper Wraps 1 Cucumber 2 Carrots 1 Avocado 1 Red Pepper 1 Yellow Pepper 250g Vermicelli Noodles Peanut Butter Dipping Sauce Recipe H