Cherry Tomato and Feta Cheese Salad

I love eating salads in summer. This is a refreshing, juicy and super-tasty recipe that goes really well as a starter for a pasta dish or on it own. Let’s go!

Ingredients

Cherry tomatoes

Feta cheese

Olive oil

Black pepper

Oregano (optional)

Procedure

Wash and rinse your cherry tomatoes

Cut feta cheese in cubes

Put the cherry tomatoes and the feta cheese cubes together in a salad bowl

Drizzle olive oil (use a good olive oil, extra virgin if possible) and add salt and crushed black pepper (add oregano or other herbs if you wish).

And you’re ready to go! This is a really refreshing salad, the sharp, tangy and salty taste of the feta cheese combines perfectly with the sweet juicy cherry tomatoes. The olive oil gives everything a smooth texture and the black pepper gives it the hint of hot that I love.

Pancakes

Today is Pancake Tuesday! So what else do we deserve for breakfast than fabulous pancakes and a cup of steaming hot coffee? With this recipe you’ll get around 15 pancakes. Let’s do it!

Ingredients

200g (7oz) all purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

3 tsp raising powder 

1 tsp caster sugar

1 tbs sunflower oil

2 eggs

1 glass of cold milk

Procedure

Sift the flour together with salt, baking powder and sugar.

In another bowl mix two eggs with oil and milk. Add to the flour mix.

Mix quickly and not for a long time, just until any flour crumb disappears.

Heat a flat pan on the hob and pour a table spoon of the mix at the centre of the pan.

Wait for 2-3 minutes or until bubbles appear to the surface. Then turn the pancake and wait until golden brown.

Bubbles starting to appear on pancake

Pile them up on a plate and you’re ready to go. Serve them with golden syrup, chocolate spread or marmalade. They’re yummy!

Cake in a mug

This is possibly the most devilish thing I can show you… It’s a super-fast recipe for when you are craving chocolate but you don’t want to bake a whole cake and blame yourself for the rest of the week

Ingredients: 1egg, 4 tbls sugar, 4 tbls flour, 4 tbls cocoa powder, 3 tbls vegetable oil, 2 tbls milk, 1 tsp vanilla essence, 1 tsp rising powder

You just need to mix all the ingredients together very well in a mug (a big one) and cook in in the microwave for 3min (700w) or 2:30 (800w). You will see it raising up from the mug as if it had life of its own, but don’t be scared, it’ll still taste awesome.

Eat it while still warm for luxurious velvety texture and have it with vanilla ice cream or double cream to make it an even better treat. Enjoy!