If you've been keeping up with my 'Happier & Healthier' Series, then you'll have seen quite a few recipes that I've posted already. While those were all for healthy meals, I thought I'd share a recipe for those with a bit of a sweet tooth, like myself. Here's the recipe to a chocolate cake that I made with my sister the other day.




Ingredients

For the Cake

• 3 Eggs
• 200g of Brown Sugar
• 60g of Cocoa Powder
• 150g of Plain Flower
• 50g of Butter
• 2 Teaspoons of Baking Powder

For this weeks themed post, I thought I'd share another recipe. This one I tried out the other day, and I couldn't believe how well it turned out. I honestly think this is the best meal I've ever made - certainly better than the standard student meals that I've prepared over the last couple of years.




The pasta bake is super easy- you just need to keep an eye on a few pots at a time. And it really doesn't take too long either; within an hour you'll be plating up and tucking in.

Ingredients
400g Pasta
Broccoli
5 Rashers of Bacon
1 Pepper
1 Onion
100g of Cheddar Cheese
2 Slices of Bread

For the sauce:
50g of Butter
50g of Plain Flour
700ml of Milk
200g of Cheddar Cheese

• Start by boiling a pan of water and putting the pasta in, seasoning to your liking. 
• After chopping the onion, pepper and bacon into small chunks, throw them in a frying pan with some vegetable oil and let them fry. 
• At the same time, make the cheese sauce by melting the butter in a pan. Once melted, add the flour and stir, until it looks like a paste. Slowly add small volumes of milk at a time, off the heat and continually stirring the mixture. Once the sauce looks smooth, add the cheese while continuing to whisk it all together. 
• 5 minutes before the pasta is ready, add the broccoli, cut into small flourets to the same pan. 
• Once all the pans are cooked, add the pasta, broccoli into a large dish, then mix in the vegetables & bacon. Add the cheese sauce to the pan and mix it all up.
• Finally, sprinkle bread crumbs over the top of the mixture, and grate some cheese over too. 
• Cook in the oven (preheated to 200 degrees C) for 25 minutes. 
• And serve!