25 Minute Jacket Potatoes

I refuse to believe that you have to cook a potato for an hour or more to get the 'perfect' jacket potato. By the time I get in from work and the school run I do not have this kind of time to wait for dinner. My way cuts the time in half, but still produces lovely jackets that are crispy on the outside, and fluffy on the inside. 
I am serving mine with some left over 'Everything but the Kitchen Sink Chilli' that I got from the Freezer, it is a great pairing.


Ingredients: 
- Potatoes (preferably Maris Piper)
- Butter
- Topping of choice (cheese, chilli, tuna mayo)

• Pre-heat the oven on to 200 degrees (gas mark 7-8).
• Get a sharp knife or fork and pierce each potato on the top, bottom and each side. Then set them on a plate.
• Place in the microwave, cover and switch on for 5 minutes. Once it goes off, turn the potatoes over (careful they are hot) and put back in for another 5 minutes.
• Use the time that you are waiting to get your topping ready, I have placed my chilli in a pan and simmered until I need it.
• Once they are done squeeze them to see if they start to  give way. If they do not, put back in for another 5 minutes.
• Place the potatoes directly on the rack in the oven, you don't need a tray. Leave for 10-15 minutes, checking and turning after 5 minutes have passed. 
• The potatoes should be nice and crispy, take them out, cut open, put a little butter in the middle and spoon your topping over. 

All Wrapped Up Leftover Sunday Roast

This is a dish using my leftover Sunday dinner roast. It can be for a lunch at work, or dinner. Either way, it is super filling, super tasty, super healthy and your kids will love it too. 

My six year old prided herself on the mayonnaise, and I have to say, it tasted wonderful. 

Ingredients:

- Leftover roast (I have used chicken)

- Leftover gravy (I am using homemade, but if you have gravy granules go for it)

- Mayonnaise

- Spring Onion

- 1 cooked clove of garlic

- 1 tsp dried mixed herbs

- 6 wraps

- chopped lettuce

- Chopped up quick cook vegetables (sweet pepper, Courgette, mushrooms)

- Falafel

• Squirt some mayonnaise into a bowl, chop your cooked garlic, spring onion and add to the mayonnaise. Next add the herbs to the mayonnaise, mix together and set aside.
• Cut up the meat and add it to a frying pan, along with the gravy and chopped veg and fry until the vegetables are cooked and everything is nice and hot, then set it aside.
• Chop up the lettuce until you think you have enough and place the falafel on a plate, and put in the microwave for 10 seconds. 
• Now you are ready to assemble, place the items in the wrap in any order that you like, roll up and enjoy. (I have made one to look like a sandwich, as my youngest prefers this to a wrap.)

Extra Hands: If you want the kids to get involved in the cooking process, place the mayonnaise in one bowl and the other items in another bowl. Get them to add the extras to the mayonnaise and stir it. then taste a little and see if they think it is right. It really gets them involved and they seldom complain that they do not like it if they have made it.)