134. Carrot Cake

Kitchen Hero: Great Food for less (Donal Skehan) - link to book
Rating: 4.5/5
Comment: This was pretty good. Made some minor modifications - it's supposed to be a carrot and cardamom cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting - but left out the cardamom, using 2 tsp of cinnamon in place of 1, omitted the cinnamon from the icing (also used 50g less icing sugar and could probably have gotten away with even less) and added a bit of vanilla extract. It was a moist and tasty cake. (Also used 20 cm tins instead of 23cm).
Use again? Possibly.

Nice recipes from this book: Maple apple teacake, Cauliflower and broccoli mac & cheese, molten chocolate puddings.

133. Crispy Mustard Chicken Tray bake (D. Skehan)

Kitchen Hero: Great Food for less (Donal Skehan) - link to book
Rating: 3/5
Comment: A basic chicken tray bake that was surprisingly tasty. Used chicken breasts rather than thighs and removed them for the last 5-10 minutes (should really have added them later).
Use again? Probably not.

Nice recipes from this book: Maple apple teacake, Cauliflower and broccoli mac & cheese, molten chocolate puddings.

128. Chicken coq au blanc (D Skehan)

Kitchen Hero: Great Food for less (Donal Skehan) - link to book
Rating: 3.5/5
Comment: This should have been lovely but it was very salty - not sure why but possibly came from the rashers. Used chicken breast on the bone rather than chicken legs. The chicken was lovely - didn't dry out and the sauce worked well. However, the saltiness ruined it a little. Will definitely try this again and use different type of rashers.
Use again? Yes.

Nice recipes from this book: Maple apple teacake, Cauliflower and broccoli mac & cheese, molten chocolate puddings

126. Banana&oatmeal muffins (D Skehan)

Kitchen Hero: Great Food for less (Donal Skehan)
Rating: 3/5
Comment: These were OK but a little too healthy, even as breakfast muffins. They could do with more banana in the mix, so if making them again (which I probably won't) would use 3 large bananas mashed in the mix and a sliced extra one for the centres.
Use again? No, probably not.
Nice recipes from this book: Maple apple teacake, Cauliflower and broccoli mac & cheese, molten chocolate puddings

120. Moist maple apple tea cake (D Skehan)

Kitchen Hero: Great Food for less (Donal Skehan)
Rating: 4/5
Comment: A good rich winter tea cake. Easy to make and tasted lovely, especially warmed up.
It needed 10 minutes less than suggested at temp of 170. The book could have done with a photo as no idea of what it should look like!
Use again? Yes.

Other nice recipes from this book: Cauliflower and broccoli mac & cheese, molten chocolate puddings

105. Cauliflower & Broccoli mac 'n' cheese (D. Skehan)

Link to recipe
Kitchen Hero: Great Food for less (Donal Skehan)
Rating: 4/5
Comment: Great winter comfort food. Saw this on Donal's cookery tv show and thought it was a nice twist on a childhood favorite - mum used to make Delia Smith's mac 'n' cheese with rashers and leeks - a recipe I now use for a comfort food treat very occasionally. Will now also use this recipe with some modifications -  rashers. I think a head each of both broccoli and cauliflower is a bit too much though so will use two-thirds of each. Also, Donal used a mixture of cheese on the tv show (cheddar, parmesan and some kind of blue cheese?), so also used a bit of a mixture and topped it off with some breadcrumbs as well as cheese.
Use again? Yes.

73. Mini Molten Chocolate Puddings (Donal Skehan)

Donal Skehan: http://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/food/recipes/2012/0528/3203-mini-molten-chocolate-puddings/
Kitchen hero - great food for less
Rating: 3.5/5
Comment: Tasty but too sweet. Over-cooked the first two, then slightly under-cooked the second two, but all tasted great anyway. Hopefully will get it right next time. Also omitted the chilli but will try a little next time.
Use it again: Yes.