Cuban black beans( Moros y Christianos)
This is a soupy stew/salad mix- very flexible and forgiving and easy- canned or dried black beans with avocado, tomatoes,green beans,cabbage , tortilla chips and cheese!
Quantities depend on how many people you are feeding
Bacon and courgette tagliatelle
This is perfect for a busy weekday, quick and tasty. Works well with spaghetti and linguine too.
Slow-roasted marmalade pork
This is a great dish to serve to guests as it looks amazing, but takes less than 5 mins to get oven ready. The meat is also delicious the next day in sandwiches or a salad.
Perfect served with some jacket potatoes, coleslaw and salad.
Venison and chorizo casserole
This is such a delicious, warming casserole, you can easily make it into a pie, using puff pastry too. Just line a pie dish with butter, then roll out the pastry, keeping some to top the dish. Line the dish with about two thirds of the party, and fill with the casserole, top with the remaining rolled out pastry, seal the edges and prick carefully. Brush with egg and bake in the oven at 200c for about 20 minutes.
Homemade pot noodle
This is such an easy and healthy option, probably quicker than going to the shops to buy one too!
‘Any ocassion’ batch cook mince
This is great for bolognaise , cottage pies, chilli, lasagne, and stuffing peppers too – freezable, so a great one to cook in a big pot and freeze in batches for when needed.