The Mad Scientist's Italian Provincal Pasta Bake

This is a very quick and easy recipe open to many variations which will get you out of trouble when you need to feed the hordes in a hurry!

The ingredients needed are pasta, milk, shredded cheese, some cans of tuna, a little mustard, some tomato paste and some green vegetables (in this case peas were used).

Combine the dry pasta (here approximately 3 cups) with the tuna and peas. The milk (around three cups) was combined with the tomato paste and a teaspoon of mustard.

All of these ingredients were then mixed together, ensuring that the liquid was covering all the dry pasta.

A layer of shredded cheese was placed on top.

Into the oven at 180 degrees Celsius until the top is golden brown.

Serve in a bowl with freshly grated parmesan cheese. It also goes nicely with garlic bread if this is available. Enjoy!

The Mad Scientist's Healthy Version of "Jansson's Frestelse" (Temptation)

"Jansson's Frestelse" (Temptation) is a traditional Swedish favourite, largely composed of onions, potatoes and anchovies and made with lashings of butter and cream. This version is quick and easy to make and avoids the use of those yummy saturated fats!

The ingredients required are potatoes, onions, anchovies, fresh bread (or breadcrumbs), olive oil and milk.

First peel enough potatoes to fill a large baking dish.

Then acquire some anchovies. Unfortunately there was only one packet in the pantry, so that had to do!

Next puree some onions in the food processor.

Making your own healthy multigrain breadcrumbs is very easy using the food processor also!

Combine the breadcrumbs with enough olive oil to make them start to stick together loosely.

Slice the potatoes - gotta love the food processor!

The potatoes were layered into the dish.

The anchovies were mixed together with the onion (and some breadcrumbs) and then placed on top of the potatoes.

Some of the breadcrumbs were then spread over the potatoes to "fill in the cracks" and some low-fat milk (2%) was carefully poured over the contents of the tray until the potatoes were fairly well covered (to provide the necessary liquid to soften them during cooking)..

The remainder of the breadcrumbs were spread over the top to provide an even covering.

Pop the tray into the oven at 180 degrees Celsius and cook until a golden brown crust forms on top.

Serve by itself or as an accompaniment to other dishes.