Macaroni Cheese

Ingredients

100 g pasa shapes or macaroni
25 g butter or margarine
25 g flour
300 ml milk
100 g cheese, Cheddar or similar
½ tsp mustard
optional
ingredients		 small can tuna
100 g ham
50 g peas or sweetcorn
cooked onions or peppers

Method

  1. Cook the past and drain.
  2. Mix the margarine, flour, milk and mustard in a saucepan and whisk until the flour dissolves.
  3. Heat gently stirring all the time.  Bring to the boil and cook for 1 minute.
  4. Remove from the heat, add half the cheese, cooked pasta and any extras.  Season & stir together.
  5. Place in an ovenproof dish and sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
  6. Grill under a hot grill until bubbling and browning.

(Swedish) Meatballs with Honey and Mustard

Ingredients

A packet meatballs
75 g pp pasta (per person)
2 tsp Grain mustard
2 tsp Clear honey
½ or 1 Stock cube
250 ml Boiling water
2 or 3 tbsp Yoghurt
oil (for frying)

Method

  1. Brown the meatballs in a frying pan with a little oil.
  2. Cook the pasta as per its instructions.
    (Time it to be ready when the sauce is ready.)
  3. Add the honey and mustard to the pan and cook for two to three minutes.
    (You may need to cover the pan in case the mustard seeds start popping.)
  4. Make up the stock, using the stock cube and boiling water.
  5. Add the stock to the pan, stirring gently. Cook uncovered for about ten minutes until the sauce starts to thicken.
    (Add - a little - more hot water if it is getting too thick.)
  6. Take off the heat and stir in the yoghurt.
  7. Drain the pasta and serve

Pasta Salad

Ingredients

100 g pasta shapes, cooked
2 spring onions
½ red pepper
½ green pepper
75 ml natural yoghurt
75 ml mayonnaise

Method

  1. Cook the pasta in boiling water until soft, then drain.
  2. Chop all the vegetables and combine in a large bowl with the yoghurt, mayonnaise and some seasoning.
  3. Add the pasta and stir until it is well mixed in.

Serve cold.  It will keep in the fridge for a few days.