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Recipe Contributor Score
Sneaky Tomato Sauce for Pasta or Pizza Anon n/a
Tomato pasta Anon n/a
Almost Instant Play Dough Astrophe 10
Speedy Carbonara emmylou40 9.25
Fish pie Aspi 9.25
Winter vegetable stew with barley jimmiejobs 9.75
Mish mash pasta Anon 10
Special bubble and squeak Anon 9.5
Easy cheese, chicken and spinach sauce for pasta Anon 9.5
Healthy "chips" (or roast potatoes) Anon 10
"I made these" biscuits Anon 9.75
Sugar free banana and date flapjacks MaeBee 9.252
Lentil and carrot dahl MaeBee 8
Diddy steaks Anon 9.5
Soup.... from baby food! Anon n/a
Mega Dip LemonTart n/a
Hidden veg bolognese sauce Anon n/a
Noughts and crosses Anon n/a
Eggy pasta Anon n/a
Spinach pancakes Anon n/a
Playdough recipe anne123 9.184
Rainbow Pasta Salmon Anon n/a
Courgettes, Tuna, Orange & Rice Salad Anon n/a
Potato and pea mash YumYumMummy n/a
Marmite and cheese whirls Anon 10
Soupy lentils with Pancetta Anon n/a
Tasty lamb casserole with peppers and apricots KentishLass 9.75
Dad's Special lowie131 n/a
Scandinavian salmon bake Anon n/a
Orecchiette with broccoli and anchovy sauce wakeupaustralia 9
Happy Pizza Faces lipglossbutterfly 9.25
My first chicken curry YumYumMummy n/a
Hot bacon sauce with pasta sophiant 9.25
Spaghetti with pesto, ham and peas slefley 10
Yoghurt Surprise Anon 6.75
Mum friendly chocolate parfait Noofette 9
Delicious tomato pasta Anon 10
Quick and easy home made pizza (ideal for kids to make) fillybuster 8.75
Under five-min healthy meal hello2u 9.583
Chicken and veg naan Anon 9.75
Play Dough (not for eating) Anon 9.75
Kids Muffin Pizzas Wisp 8.5
Veg toastie shoptilidrop 9.25
Quorn Cassreole with pasta Anon 8.75
Mixed veg with couscous Karola 8.75
Cheesie Pasta parachutes 9.25
Pesto pasta/quinoa with "hidden" spinach AdAstra 8.75
Lazy girl's easy roast dinner tb73 9
Veggie pasta Nellycake n/a
Beef Stew vanessa26 5.75
Fish finger wrap ilikeshoes 9.5
Fresh fruit yogurt ice lollies hairtwiddler n/a
Quick and cheesy pitta pizza CathedralCity n/a
Ketchup spaghetti jenniferturkington n/a
Yummy gluten-free bread Sekhmet 6
Tuna crunch Anon 10
Cowboy bake baileys19 n/a
Grapefruit & citrus salad dressing glasgowlass n/a
Yorkshire puddings that work Anon n/a
Carbonara recipe Anon n/a
Easy Omelette Mancunian n/a
Yummy BBQ Sauce Anon n/a
Green pancakes chalkie n/a
Pea, bean and bacon risotto pronto champagnesupernova n/a
King prawn and broccoli noodles Anon 10
Cheesy potato cakes Anon n/a
Pasta piselli (pea pasta) mammamic n/a
Broc broc pasta natalia88 n/a
Real baked beans isthatporridgeinyourhair n/a
Spicy garlic butter Anon n/a
Pepperoni flan Anon n/a
Best roast potatoes TheProvincialLady n/a
Chapatis for kids (Roti) Anon 10
Poppyseed broccoli salad Anon n/a
The infuriatingly popular noodle bake colditz 9.625
Potato and bacon gratin emmybehr n/a
Potato surprise amistillsexy n/a
'Pomodoro mozzarella' (tomato and mozzarella) mammamic n/a
Italian job toasted treat Katuscia n/a
Slow cooker cheats goulash mummybrained n/a
Red lentil dahl weasle n/a
Turkey twizzlers Anon n/a
Cabbage and peanut butter Anon n/a
Spicy bean tostados Anon n/a
Asian duck salad FellatioNelson 10
Easy quiche Huffpot n/a
Extra simple fish pie Bissy n/a
Mrs Bignell's lemon curd Anon n/a
Cheesy Apple Slaw Anon n/a
Wiggly worm sandwiches KnackeredOfLeeds n/a
Ham, cheese and sweetcorn mini-pies ArtVandelay n/a
Mini children's frittatas cucinareitalia 10
Mini children's frittatas cucinareitalia n/a
Mushrooms on toast Anon n/a
Herb frittata Foodie88 n/a
Anything goes omelette Anon n/a
Egg Fried Rice Anon 8.75
Egg Curry Anon 8
Scone recipe GeraldineMumsnet n/a
Cheese scones GeraldineMumsnet n/a
Warm Salmon and Spinach Salad foodmatters1 n/a
EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL CRACKERS AND DIPS Anon n/a

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