Tall, Dark & Delicious

So you haven't got much in your cupboards but want a quick cake fix to impress the stupidly attractive postman, who you'll just 'happen to bump into while walking your dog at 5:30am with a slice of cake'... Seems legit. Here's a little show-stopper to leave him wanting more.

Double Chocolate Nutella Cheesecake

So you'll need only a handful of ingredients,
1 pack of digestive biscuits
1 block of 250g salted butter
1 400g jar of nutella
2 180g tubs of philadelphia soft cheese
70g icing sugar

So you'll start by putting your pack of biscuits in a food processor and blitzing till they're all crushed and there's no big pieces left, melt you're block of butter in a microwave or on the hob- whatever takes your fancy. Then add to the biscuit mix, add a table spoon of nutella and combine everything together in a bowl.

In another separate bowl scoop out the two tubs of soft cheese and add the last of your nutella jar, mix together till you can't see and speckles of cheese. Then mix in bit by bit your icing sugar.

Press biscuit base down in a cake tin, you may want to line the sides with greaseproof paper to make it easier getting out later. Then pour the chocolate mix on top and smooth out with a spoon. Then simply chuck it in the fridge overnight to set, gives you enough time to fight off whoever was waiting to lick out the bowl!

Green Things

With summer on the way everyone seems to be after that bikini body. But being a big bread lover myself I know how hard it can be swapping those carbs for few green things, so here's a salad that packs enough punch to help you forget all about those stodgy sandwiches!

My Crispy bacon, chicken & french brie salad -

First start by preparing your salad shred some salad leaves for the base, add a diced pepper or two, cucumber, some cherry tomatoes for sweetness, a handful of rocket for a bitter edge & then a few rings of red onion to really finish the plate off.

Use fry light for your bacon rather than sunflower oil to save on unnecessary use of calories, fry your bacon till crispy but not quite done and then wrap in foil and place in a low pre heated oven to finish off. Then add a handful of thinly sliced chicken breast to the pan you may have to add a little oil to stop it from sticking cook for about 5-10 minutes till cooked throughout and golden brown, then add to bacon in the oven to keep warm while you prep your brie. Trim off the white coating of your brie careful not to lose too much brie in the process. Slice your cheese into thin long slices and scatter over your salad. Quick tip if you dip your knife in boiling water you get a cleaner cut when slicing your cheese. Then lift out your bacon use a knife to break it into pieces top your salad with bacon bits and your chicken slices, the slight heat from your meat will melt your brie underneath to a warm gooey consistency. Uber-YUMMY