Risotto

This is another great way great way to use up leftovers from your fridge. Any meat you have left over, in this case I used Roast beef. You can use raw meat but you'll have to cook (fry) it first then carry on with this recipe. So please note that in this recipe the meat and the tinned vegetables are already cooked. This is "single man's" cooking. 250 grams left over roast beef, diced 1 large onion, diced 1 cup of rice 2 cups of water 1 tin of mixed vegetables salt, herbs and spices to taste

Put a little oil in a saucepan on a low heat and start gently frying the onions. When the onions start to go clear throw the rice in, along with whatever herbs and spices you like.

When the rice is starting to brown and sticking to the bottom of the pan, throw the diced meat in as well. Keep stirring and turn the heat up. Let just a tiny dribble of your 2 cups of water into the pan, keep stirring. When the water's gone add a tiny dribble more, keep stirring. Doing it this way tricks the rice into sucking up all the oil as well as the water. Keep doing this untill you have used half your water, splot the rest in in one go and turn the heat back down low. Drain the brine from your tinned vegetables and tip them in too. Give it one last stir, put a lid on the pan and turn the heat off. It will be perfect in another 10 minutes.

This meal is just as good cold the next day, and it microwaves very well too. Cheers, Andrew.