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Spicy Sausage Pasta

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This meal is the first time me and my sister have properly cooked together AND not followed any pre-existing recipe and the result was pretty damn delicious. This is definitely going to be made many more times judging by everyone's empty bowls! In all honesty, we made this because we were at a loose end as to what to cook for dinner; no one had any idea what they fancied so me and my sister hit up the supermarket on the hunt for anything to give us some inspiration. After strolling past the peppers heading towards the ready meals, Jess suggested cooking sausage pasta. And that was when the idea of this delicious, spicy sausage pasta was born. This meal is very cost effective and good for you - much better than the ready meal we were going to end up with! Bonus points for this recipe as you can simply leave out the sausage and have an equally delicious vegetarian spicy tomato pasta - I would gladly eat it either way. What you'll need:  8 pork sausages  2 bell pep...

Perfect Shortbread Biscuits

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' Perfect Shortbread Biscuits ' may seem like a bold statement, but trust me; these biscuits will have you going back for another as soon as you've finished one. They're buttery, sugary and so delectable. And with this method, you're sure to get perfect biscuits every time. These never last very long in my house. No joke, I bake them one day then by the end of the next they're already gone! If you fancy baking but don't want to mess around with fancy, elaborate recipes then shortbread is the thing for you. With only three ingredients they're super simple to make and lets you stretch your baking muscles without pulling said muscles. A lot of shortbread recipes call for you to cream the butter and sugar together before sieving in the flour and forming the dough. However, I've found that using the 'crumb' method is much more effective in getting a really short dough - perfect for shortbread! This recipe makes roughly around 20 ...

Easy Roast Veg

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Roast veg is super simple, super tasty and super good for you. There's really nothing difficult about it but it can really improve a main meal. My family typically eats this with roast chicken and my mom's homemade chips (also delicious btw) but you can have them with anything you like. We tend to have them in replacement for salad when we're not really in a salad mood. It's just another way of getting goodness in our bodies! In all honesty this is so simple there is no way that you can mess it up! You can use whatever vegetables you like, this is just the selection that is our favourite combination. What you'll need: 1 Red bell pepper 1 Yellow bell pepper  1 Green bell pepper 3 red onions  10 cherry tomatoes What to do: Chop the peppers into strips or chunks and put in a foil tray. Chop the red onion so that there are large chunks - not diced! - and add to the tray. Slice the cherry tomatoes in half and add them to the tray too, then driz...

Blueberry Nuffins

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Blueberry Nuffins. Delicious, gooey, moreish. These little cakes will have you going for another and another and another. They're super simple to make and the result will have you dribbling for more! This recipe was originally for blueberry muffins but one thing led to another and they didn't exactly come out as muffins... Leading me to call them 'blueberry nuffins' because they look nuffin like muffins! This recipe makes 24 cakes and by the end of the next day they were all gone... seriously! That's how moreish they are; my family kept eating them! Even my brother, who is adamant he doesn't like blueberry muffins, cannot get enough of these. This makes me so happy because it means that I turned something he didn't like into something he can't get enough of! Homemade cake is better than shop bought cake any day of the week. However, the crunchy top layer of cake and then the sticky blueberries at the bottom are a match made in cake heaven - trus...