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A mild and fragrant halloumi and sweet potato curry, using halloumi as a substitute for traditional Indian paneer.

Ever fancied a Hawaiian Pizza in pasta form? My best macaroni cheese features all of the elements of a Hawaiian pizza. Think salty gammon, sweet pineapples and sun dried tomatoes with creamy mozzarella. Perfect comfort food!

This sweet potato macaroni cheese combines mashed sweet potato, salty feta and smoky paprika in this deliciously cheesy pasta bake.

A sticky balsamic, mustard and honey quorn sausage tray bake with sweet butternut squash, red onion, apple and crumbled feta.

Chilli Dogs served with chunky chilli con carne and succulent pork sausages in a brioche bun. Don't forget the mustard, hot sauce and fresh chillies! Perfect food for watching the footie on TV.

One pan roast chicken with sausages and new potatoes. An easy fuss free roast chicken dinner to enjoy with your family, without all of the hassle of cooking a full roast.

A dreamy macaroni cheese made in minutes in the Pressure King Pro, using mature cheddar, Gruyere and Parmesan .

Creamy cider sausages. A gorgeous recipe using thick pork and apple sausages in a cream and cider sauce. Serve with sweet potato mash or rice, for a filling and hearty meal. Whether sizzling away in a spitting hot pan or served freshly charred from a summer barbeque, sausages are a comforting staple of many homes up and down the country. We certainly love sausages in this house.

Did you know Chinese New Year - the year of the Rooster-  begins on Saturday? Each Chinese New Year is characterised by one of 12 animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac (I was born in the year of the pig apparently!)..and this year it's the Roosters turn, the 10th animal in the cycle. If you're celebrating with friends and family this weekend make sure you try this super easy  Chinese style Chicken and Cashew Nut dish. Serve with a big bowl of egg fried rice...and don't forget the prawn crackers! It tastes just like my favourite dish from the local Chinese takeaway. TOP TIPS FOR MAKING CHINESE CHICKEN AND CASHEW NUTS Make sure your frying pan is really hot before frying the chicken. Add more veggies like baby corn, mushrooms or mangetout. Serve the chicken and cashew nuts over some egg fried rice or soft noodles. Make it spicy by adding 1 chopped red chilli at the same time as the onion. Make is vegetarian by replacing the chicken with quorn pieces...

You can forget the diet with this Creamy Caramelised Onion, Grana Padano and Proscuitto Pasta recipe - but the calories are SO WORTH IT! This is my all time favourite Saturday night dinner in front of the TV with a cheeky glass of dry white wine. Ahhh I'm dreaming about it now! The onions are cooked for a really long time to bring out their sweetness which contrasts so well with the nutty pine nuts and salty proscuitto. I use marsala in this recipe, which is a fortified wine from Sicily, but ordinary white wine would work OK too. If you did want to try and cut the calories a little bit, you could use half fat creme fraiche instead of the double cream, but I think if you're going to enjoy it, enjoy it in its full glory and go for the double cream! You wont be sorry - just do an extra 20 minutes of exercise the next day if it makes you feel better. That's my tactic. TOP TIPS FOR MAKING THIS CARAMELISED ONION, GRANA PADANO AND PROSCUITTO PASTA Cook the onions s...

An oven baked savoury minced beef cobbler with cheesy scone cobbles

A gorgeous peanut butter chicken curry made with a secret store cupboard ingredient peanut butter Long lists of ingredients often put me off making a curry, especially on busy weeknights when time is precious. However, this Peanutty Chicken Curry  is different! The ingredients list is small and most of the items you will already have in your store cupboard (peanut butter being one of them) or fridge. It's a fairly speedy recipe too and you can have it on the table in under 40 minutes (even with three children distracting you), which is always a bonus when you have hungry mouths to feed. I was sceptical whether peanut butter would work in a curry but it really does and gives the sauce a lovely smooth silky texture, as well as acting as a sauce thickener. This easy curry is now a staple in our house and features on our weekly meal plans regularly. I hope you enjoy it as much as we do. TOP TIPS FOR MAKING PEANUTTY CHICKEN CURRY If you don't like your curry...

I love a nice Christmas ham during the festive season - you can't beat it for taste. I always serve one alongside the turkey on Christmas Day as we're a greedy bunch here and like plenty of choice in the meat department. If you don't manage to scoff the lot, there are plenty of options for the leftovers too. I like to stir leftover ham into macaroni cheese or make a warming ham soup but other ideas include putting it in quiches, toasties, omelettes or on a homemade pizza. If you're really desperate there's no reason why you couldn't slice and freeze it for use at a later date (as long as it hasn't been frozen before)....but I'm never that desperate. There's always someone sneaking into the fridge for a piece. In terms of the perfect way to cook a gammon (gammon is the term for the raw form of the joint), I always poach it in a festively fragrant cooking liquid with cinnamon, star anise, clementine and cloves. Then it's into a roasting tin ...

Mac 'n' Cheese is by far and away my favourite comfort food. You only need to look at my weekly meal plan posts to realise how often it features. Recently I've been trying some variations to my usual recipe , including a very tasty Sweet Potato Mac n Cheese  and a cauliflower and broccoli one too. I've also spied a yummy looking Chorizo and Butternut Squash version over on Farmersgirl Cooks which has gone on my list to make soon! I usually use the roux method for making my cheese sauce, cooking the macaroni separately before stirring it in at the end. This recipe however uses a completely different method, with the macaroni pasta cooking in the milk and ale sauce before stirring in the grated cheese and placing under the grill to give it a bit of colour. It's a truly one pan meal, which makes cleaning up afterwards nice and easy! The ale I used in this was a  Hiver  Honey Ale and it gave the dish a welsh rarebit kind of flavour. It's really rich (just...