TartanK: I received a Jamie Oliver cook book for Christmas, so I'm going to give that a go. I rattled up a couple of decent dishes at New Year, so the frozen pizzas, microwaved baked potatoes and never-ending pasta in bottled sauces are on the way out.
I also learned that a clove of garlic isn't actually a full bulb of the stuff! The house smelt of garlic for days, but the chicken whatever-it-was actually tasted great. Honest!
I'm off to marinate something......
You sound like you're well on your way to masterchef status already
You could even combine yours and chriss's new hobby and concoct a big cauldran of soup for next Halloween.

You make the soup and Chriss can flick his slugs &

into it