Here's a few of his favorites:

Easy Orange/Banana Parfait

1 pkge Lite Orange Jello (no sugar) 2 cups vanilla yogurt (fat free, no sugar but artificially sweetened) 1/2 tsp vanilla 2 tsp Splenda 1 banana 1/8 cup Lite cream cheese Makes 4 servings

Prepare jello per package directions. When it is partially set, slice and drop your banana pieces into jello and mix gently so banana pieces are covered by jelly. Leave to set firm in refrigerator.

Beat remaining ingredients well together and set aside in fridge.

Just before dinner put your dessert together. I use parfait glasses, they add to fun and look of dessert.

Drop a dollop of yogurt mixture into bottom of each of 4 dishes and a scoop of jello and then yogurt mix again and so on to top.

Shepherd's pie (or 'cottage pie' it should more properly be called - real 'shepherds pie' is made with lamb!) is one of all-time favorite 'comfort' foods. On a cold winter's night, nothing is as welcome as a big plate of well made shepherd's pie, with some crusty bread - or at least that's what we believe here at www.helensrecipes.com !. And making it is nowhere near as difficult as you might imagine - in fact, I actually know MEN who can make a passable shepherd's pie! :-). Let's begin with ingredients.

500g Leaned Beef Mince 1 white and 1 red Onion - diced Carrot, washed and diced Portobello Mushroom, 1/2 large diced Worcester Sauce - few dashes are needed Ketchup or tomato puree - 1 table spoon Tabasco sauce - few drops Stock Cube x 2 Beef in 1pint hot water Salt & Pepper Mash Potato for topping - Check out our rustic mash potato recipe!