homemade

Spinach & Red Pepper Penne

Serves 2

200g pasta

2tbsp cooking oil

1 onion

2 vegetable stock cubes

2tbsp tomato purée

1 red pepper

1 tin chopped tomato’s

2 large fistfuls of spinach

Salt

Pepper

Cook & drain pasta without shaking off excess water, set aside.

Fry onion in oil, add stock cubes & continue to fry for a minute. Add peppers & fry for a few minutes before stirring in tomato purée, then add chopped tomato’s. Simmer & reduce for 20-30mins.

Stir in pasta, mix well. Add spinach & cover to steam for 5mins. Stir in wilted spinach & serve.

Boiled Fruitcake Recipe

Makes 2 X 635g cakes

Fruit mix:

1/2 pt milk

113g sugar

227g butter

454g mixed fruit

2tsp mixed spice

Cake mix:

2 eggs

340g self raising flour

1tsp bicarbonate of soda

Boil up fruit mix, remove from heat then leave to cool for half an hour.

Pre-heat oven to 160•c/gas mark 3.

Add whisked eggs to fruit mix & mix well. Add flour & fold through.

Divide mixture between two tins & bake for 1hr 30mins.

Serve with butter.