Tana Ramsay’s Family Kitchen: Simple and Delicious Recipes for Every Family

6 As soon as the bread is ready, place on plates, divide the mushrooms between them and sprinkle with the remaining basil leaves and parmesan.

Tip

• Dice two or three really ripe, sweet vine tomatoes and sprinkle on top.

poached eggs on wholemeal toast (#ulink_c44e3b54-0315-59c4-824e-c7698b4016b9)

285ml½ pint water

4 medium eggs (free-range/organic if possible)

4 slices wholemeal toast

butter

Serves: 4 children

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 5 minutes

1 Put the water into a small pan and bring to the boil. Crack one egg into a cup. Using a spoon, stir the water in the pan very quickly to create a ‘whirlpool’. Slide the egg into the water then simmer for 3 minutes until the egg is firmly set. Remove with a slotted spoon.

2 Repeat with the remaining eggs.

3 Serve the poached eggs on hot buttered toast.

Tips

• Fantastic served with a slice of ham underneath the egg, or grated cheddar cheese on top.

• It is even easier to make this if you buy little egg poachers that clip onto the side of a saucepan.

muesli (#ulink_32de68a1-070c-5000-929f-49cd99d22c1f)

Muesli can contain many different dried fruits and nuts, but this combination is the one we like best.

300g/10oz rolled oats

35g/1½oz dried banana chips

35g/1½oz dried coconut flakes

600ml/1 pint fresh orange (or apple) juice

400ml/⅔ pint natural yoghurt

100g/4oz raisins

100g/4oz dried cranberries

100g/4oz dried apricots cut into small chunks

125ml/¼ pint runny honey

300ml/½ pint whole milk

50g lightly toasted flaked almonds

Serves: 4–6

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: soak overnight to allow oats to swell and soften

1 Mix together the oats, banana chips and coconut flakes with the juice and yoghurt in a mixing bowl. Cover with clingfilm and leave overnight in the fridge.

2 Add all the dried fruit, honey and milk into the oat mixture and stir through.

3 Just before serving sprinkle over the toasted flaked almonds.

Tips

• This is delicious served with a warm fruit sauce. Simply place a handful of red berries (blueberries and raspberries are my favourites) into a small pan with a teaspoon of caster sugar and gently heat until they start to bleed and soften. Spoon onto the top.

• Apple is also delicious simply sliced or grated on the top.

homemade baked beans (#ulink_9ee42532-4e72-5580-ae9d-f0a6be02cd01)

This is a delicious alternative to the traditional tinned varieties! I would not dare compare – I am a huge fan myself – but I love this recipe and find that when I have the time it is great to do a couple of batches at once. I use what I need and then freeze what’s left.

450g/1lb dried haricot beans

3 medium onions

4 cloves garlic

3 tbsp olive oil

2 level tsp paprika

½ tsp ground cloves

3 heaped tbsp tomato ketchup

250ml/9fl oz passata

300ml/10½fl oz water