Garnishes

A snack meal of scrambled eggs is real comfort food. Quick and easy to make, perfectly scrambled eggs should have a soft, creamy texture — they should never be watery or starting to catch and brown. The secret is to cook them very slowly, stirring all the time. If you want a change from plain scrambled eggs, experiment with different flavourings as listed below.

Vegetarians can substitute vegetable stock in this recipe instead of chicken stock made with Bovril.

Stir-fries are so quick and easy to cook when you haven't a lot of time. You can even prepare the vegetables in advance and store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator until needed.

This may sound a bizarre combination but, in fact, the marriage of hot pasta and chilled cottage cheese works very well. Try it and see for yourself! It is a particularly quick and easy recipe.

To reduce the costs of making this luxurious pasta dish, some buy smoked salmon offcuts. Although you can use black "caviare" lumpfish roe, the red salmon roe looks much prettier.