Nigella's Cheesecakelets

From Nigella's Feasts, Epi Breakfast All hours, from Food Network

Serving suggestion: (makes 15 cakelets)
2 cups strawberries, chopped into quarters
1/2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar
1/2 to 1 teaspoon sugar
3 eggs, yolks and whites separated
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon best-quality vanilla extract
1 cup cottage cheese
1/3 cup all-purpose flour

1) Put the strawberries into a bowl and sprinkle with balsamic vinegar and sugar. Stir before covering with plastic wrap and leaving to steep while you make the cheesecakelets.
2) Mix the egg yolks with the sugar, beating well. Add the vanilla, cottage cheese, and flour.
3) Then, in another bowl, whisk the whites until frothy with a hand whisk and fold into the cottage cheese mixture.
4) Heat a smooth griddle or nonstick skillet and dollop the batter onto it make cakelets of about 3 to 4 inches in diameter. Each cheesecakelet will take a minute or so to firm up underneath, then you should flip it and cook the other side, and remove to a warmed plate when ready.
5) Turn the strawberries in the ruby syrup they've made and squish some pieces with a fork at the same time.
6) Serve with the hot cheesecakelets.

Cheat's Potato Soup

I accidently stumbled across this recipe when I was using an instant mash potato mix and ended up with waaaay too much water. It resulted in a soupy potato base, which can serve as the base for a lot of quick and easy soups!

Start with twice or 3 times the recommended amount of water stated on the instructions of the instant mash packet (u can use water, milk or be totally decadent and use double cream!)

Corn and potato soup
Add several tblsp canned corn.

Onion and potato soup
Saute 1/2 chopped white onion until it carameralises and add to the soup base.

Leek and potato soup
Saute 1 chopped leek slowly and add to soup base.

Bacon and potato soup
Fry chopped bacon until crispy and add to potato soup.

In all instances, always add salt and pepper to taste.

The possibilities are endless and it depends on how hardworking (ie how much frying/sauteing/cooking) you want to be or how lazy (just add milk or cream) you want to be!