Food Minia

Stuffed mushrooms are one of those foods people think are difficult to make.  "Life is too short to stuff a mushroom" a phrase apparently coined by Shirley Conran.  Stuffing a mushroom does sound difficult, or fiddly but I promise it's not.   This super simple stuffing also makes it easy (and delicious).  I just had this as an adult meal for one but my son, a fan of both mushrooms and cheese would love these.  Do include the herbs, after all, without them they'd be a two ingredient recipe and that feels a little bit lame! Stuffed Mushrooms - Serves 1 Adult or 1-2 Children Ingredients 5 White Mushrooms (I didn't use large open capped ones, just ones around 2-4 cm across.  The bigger they are, the fewer you'll need.) A few sprigs of fresh herbs, I used parsley, thyme and chives 60g, 2oz Feta cheese, crumbled Method Preheat the oven to 200oC, 400F, gas mark 7. Take the stalks out of the mushrooms just leaving the caps.  If you like the stalks can be chop...

Cannelloni is a surprisingly easy dish to cook for one.  I had made some tomato and pesto soup the other day and the leftovers were in the fridge.  It occurred to me that it would also make a really good pasta sauce.  But I had no cream cheese, no goats cheese, no mince, nothing traditional for a cannelloni filling in the house.  So why not vegetables.  Why not?  You know what, it didn't just work , it was delicious! A great idea for fussy kids not keen on vegetables (or even adults!) Spinach and Carrot Cannelloni - Serves 1 adult or 2 children Ingredients 1/2 a carrot, peeled and grated 20g, 2/3oz Fresh spinach, finely shredded 2 tbsp Single cream (light cream) but any cream could be used 30g, 1oz Extra mature (extra sharp) cheddar 200-250g 7-9oz of homemade tomato and pesto soup 4 tubes cannelloni.  Mine were quite small, weighing 45g, 1.5oz.  Make sure you choose the dried kind which can be cooked without precooking Method Mix the grated carr...

Glazed tuna, a pretty tasty invention, I have a feeling this would work with any kind of robust oily fish.  The idea is you add the flavour after the cooking so you don't get issues with the sweet sauce burning in the pan.  I enjoyed this and have made it twice already, what's more, fresh or frozen tuna is a great source of Omega 3 (tinned isn't).  It's also great to make something like tuna the star of the show when so often it's just bunged in a sandwich as a cheap protein source, although I have to admit my favourite way to have tuna is sushi but with the sweet gingery notes, this still hits the mark. This isn't mad spicy so should be fine for kids but no babies please as it contains honey. Honey and Ginger Glazed Tuna - Serves 2 adults Ingredients 2 tbsp grated ginger 2 tbsp honey 2 tsp Soy Sauce 1 tsp Sweet Chilli Sauce 1 tsp Sesame Oil 2 Tuna Steaks Spray oil Stir fried vegetables and noodles or salad and rice to serve Method Mix the ginger, honey, soy, c...