Recipes I crave...the basics

1. Jacket potato with beans

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The kitchen can be a daunting arena for the amateur chef. You want to cook fresh food but you don't want to set yourself on fire or poison your partner. Breeze your way to culinary competence with 4Food's best of the basics.

Jacket potato with beans
Let’s start slowly. Beans are every beginner's best friend –you can pick up a tin for 10p so it doesn't matter if they end up burned onto the bottom of a pan. But basic doesn't mean boring. Packed with fibre they’re a quick and easy meal addition – you just need to think outside the tin.

This jacket potato with spicy beans and salami recipe livens up a standard filling with a bit of Spanish sausage. And microwaving potatoes mean you'll be tucking into a hearty dinner before you can say tinned mince.