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I’m a mum of 12 – here’s the £1.60 pasta dish I swear by for an easy & tasty dinner, it’s great for a leftover lunch too
MUM of 12 has revealed the “simple and delicious” budget friendly meal – a £1.60 chicken fajita pasta.
Zoe Sullivan, 46, husband Ben, 49, and their dozen children make up one of the country’s biggest families.
The couple are parents to Elisabeth, 19, Olivia, 18, Noah, 15, Evangeline, 12, Tobias, 11, Agnes, seven, Joseph, six, Florence, two, and two sets of twins – Charlotte and Isabelle, 16, and Leah and Erin, eight.
The bustling brood live in a six-bedroom house in Burghead, Moray, where they regularly document their hectic lives on their YouTube channel.
In a recent post, mum Zoe was in the kitchen preparing a dinner for her huge family.
Alongside daughter Isabelle, she cooked up her “really yummy” 12-person chicken fajita pasta.
She said: “I’m going to redo my chicken fajita pasta because I’ve worked out the measurements better”
“What doesn’t get eaten is great cold for the next day”, she added.
And like with all things, Zoe had to super-size the ingredient list to make sure there was enough to go around with the “super, super simple dish.
To make it moe manageable, the supermum split up the recipe into two six-people batches.
For each, she used five chicken breasts, 500g of pasta, four peppers, 250g of red onions, two packets of fajita mix, a 280g tub of light Philadelphia and a squirt of mayonnaise.
First up she cooks the chicken breasts in the oven for 40 minutes at 200C.
“Obviously you could put it straight in the dish, but I like less washing up” she admits.
Whilst the chicken cooked she sliced the onions and pepper, letting them simmer in a pan.
Once cooked, Zoe used a fork for pulled chicken to make it go further.
She then combined the chicken, peppers and fajita mix together in a pan.
After frying for about five minutes, Zoe created a hole in the centre of the pan adding the whole tub of Philadelphia.
Once everything is stirred, she simply combines the pasta with the sauce and adds some mayonnaise for a more “creamy” feel.
And almost all of her children like to get tucked into the home-cooked dinner.
The busy mum said that from start to finish including preparation, the meal took around 40 minutes to make.
For a serving of six, the ingredients cost £10, which is around “£1.60 per portion” the savvy mum concluded.
“It’s so easy to make and it tastes amazing”, she concluded.
Lucky punter wins life-changing €250k in latest Lotto draw as bosses reveal winning ticket location
A LUCKY Lotto player is celebrating after bagging a life-changing prize in Saturday night’s Lotto draw.
The winner has scooped a whopping €250,000.
The National Lottery bosses confirmed that the lucky punter who bagged the cash is located in Dublin.
The store where the winning ticket was purchased was Spar on Drogheda Street in Balbriggan, Co Dublin.
The ticket was purchased on Monday, January 27.
The winning numbers picked in last night’s Lotto draw were 9, 12, 15, 33, 49, 41 and the bonus number was 31.
The winner has been urged to check their clips carefully, sign them immediately and keep them safe if it’s the winning ticket.
They have been urged to make contact with the prize claims team on 1800 666 222 or email claims@lottery.ie, and arrangements will be made for them to claim their top prize in Lottery HQ.
Another player in Kerry has bagged a whopping prize of €155,382 after matching five numbers and the bonus in Saturday night’s main Lotto draw.
The winning Quick Pick ticket was purchased on Thursday, January 30, at C. Healy’s store on 86 New Street in Killarney, Co Kerry.
The winning numbers in last night’s main draw were 24, 26, 30, 35, 36, 40 and the bonus number was 16.
Darragh O’Dwyer, National Lottery spokesperson, said: “What better way to celebrate the St. Brigid’s Bank Holiday weekend than to win big on the Lotto!
“Last night saw big wins in both the Lotto and Lotto Plus 2 draws, with a Dublin player winning a staggering €250,000 in the Lotto Plus 2 draw, while a Kerry player won €155,382 in the main Lotto draw.
“We are now urging players in both Balbriggan and Killarney to check their tickets carefully as they could be holding the winning ticket!”
The lucky Kerry player bagged the €155,382 prize, but they were one number short of securing the eye-watering jackpot of €2,000,000.
Although there was no winner of last night’s jackpot, there were over 70,000 players who won prizes across the Lotto and Lotto Plus draws.
18 Irish players matched the five numbers and won a whopping prize of €1,447, while 31 players matched four numbers and a bonus, bagging themselves €211.
There were 70 winners of the Raffle prize, each receiving €500; the winning raffle number was 5554.
MISSING WINNER OF HUGE PRIZE
Meanwhile, the National Lottery is appealing to EuroMillions players in Swords, Co Dublin, to have another look at their tickets for the November 5 draw – which contains a huge prize.
The winning ticket was purchased at Tuthills Swords at the Pavilions Shopping Centre in Swords on the day of the draw.
The ticket contains five matching numbers for a whopping €20,949 prize.
The winning numbers that were drawn on November 5 were 1, 8, 19, 37, 50, and the lucky stars were 6 and 9.
Ticket holders have 90 days from the date of the draw to claim their prize, which means the Dublin winner has until close of business on Monday, February 3 to claim – meaning they only have two days left.
Inside UK’s ‘WORST’ neighbourhood where yobs drink on streets, openly take drugs & leave syringes and CONDOMS everywhere
TERRIFIED residents have told how they’re sick of seeing yobs openly drinking and taking drugs before leaving syringes and condoms strewn across the street.
Strict new rules are set to clamp down on extreme antisocial behaviour blighting the Fishwick area of Preston, Lancashire.
Drinking on the streets could be banned in a set of drastic new measures aimed at cleaning up the area.
The new rules will also be designed to stop people using public spaces as toilets.
Locals told The Sun how one run-down phone box, just feet away from a nursery, became a magnet for crime.
The glass box, which features a McDonald’s advert on one side, is apparently known as a drink and drugs den, prompting the council to ask BT to remove it.
Residents in ‘Inner East Preston’ – which includes parts of the Frenchwood and St Matthew’s wards – say that “intimidating” and “nuisance” behaviour is ruining the area.
Iffat Ayub, 67, said: “Drinking on the street is a big problem.
“Sometimes I see groups of men sitting down on a wall near my home.
“It can be early morning or late at night as well as other times.
“They throw rubbish down and they can be really noisy.”
Arun Raghavan, 47, said he often sees people in a nearby park who are drinking alcohol and taking drugs.
“The people who live here are very peaceful,” he said. “They’re not the problem, it’s others who come into the area.
“We’ve had empty bottles shoved under our fence.
“As there’s a lot of pubs and shops nearby, there are always people hanging around. I support what the council is proposing.
“This a good neighbourhood where people get on well with each other.
“So I want it to stay that way.”
A sign in the window of one home warns flytippers not to dump rubbish.
But a mattress can be seen lying in the road as a council workman clears up other discarded items.
In one alleyway a man urinates against a wall, unconcerned by passers-by.
Gemima Awake, 25, said: “Rubbish is always being dumped in the street.
“And I’ve seen people standing under a bridge drinking and sometimes doing drugs.
“It can be intimidating when you walk past.”
Motorbikes get ridden up and down the streets. And there’s always people hanging out on street corners drinking.I feel I’m going to have to wrap my daughter up in bubble wrap
Melissa Somers
As a result of issues in the area, Preston Council could decide to implement a public spaces protection order (PSPO).
Introduced in 2014, they are designed to tackle a wide-range of antisocial behaviour that affects the quality of life of residents.
And PSPO rules can be enforced by the police or city council officers.
A report to Preston councillors has been supported by Lancashire Police, Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, two housing associations, as well as residents who’ve reported crime and antisocial behaviour.
Young mum Melissa Somers, 24, who has a nine-month-old baby girl, said the problems have turned the area into a “s***-hole”.
“Too many young people are getting into trouble,” she said.
“Motorbikes get ridden up and down the streets,” Melissa added. “And there’s always people hanging out on street corners drinking.
“I feel I’m going to have to wrap my daughter up in bubble wrap.”
A couple, who didn’t want to be named, said their estate had been blighted by youths dressed in black with some riding quad bikes.
“They kick over bins and you can’t leave anything outside your home because it will just get nicked,” they said.
“Someone stole our Christmas wreath and we even lost a hanging basket.
“It just becomes annoying and a nuisance.”
But others believe the area’s problems have been exaggerated.
Stuart Halliday, 46, who’s lived there since he was 15, said: “It’s not as bad as it used to be.
“They put up security cameras everywhere before, but most of them don’t work now.
“I know some people don’t like to see drinking in the street.
“But it doesn’t really bother me.”
Stuart said that it was mainly groups of Polish or Romanian men who drank in the streets, but for them it was “normal” and part of their way of life.
A nearby church put up railings to stop people drinking on its walls, he added.
A Preston Council spokesperson: “The matter went before Cabinet as it is a significant decision relating to implementation of legal powers which if implemented will affect people within in two wards.
“The PSPO is being considered due to the nature and number of complaints regarding anti-social behaviour.
“The PSPO consideration is a measure which members of the public and their representatives have requested to address some types of anti-social behaviour.
“There is a requirement for consultation before it can be implemented and the decision to be taken by Cabinet is to agree to the consultation being carried out and the details which support this.
“Following a consultation, the matter will return to Cabinet for a decision on whether to implement the PSPO and the conditions based on the consultation’s findings.
“This will be a decision on making the PSPO, the area to which it will apply and the conditions to be applied.
The council’s cabinet was due to meet this week to consider approving the launch of a public consultation into the plans.
THE PROPOSED RULES
- No persons shall consume alcohol or have an open alcohol container within the Prohibition Area after having been requested by an Authorised Officer to cease consumption of alcohol or hand over the container (unless in an otherwise lawful premises).
- No persons shall ingest, inhale, inject, smoke, or otherwise use intoxicating substances within the Prohibition Area.
- No persons shall urinate or defecate in any public place (other than a public toilet) within the Prohibition Area.
- No persons shall discard hypodermic needles or syringes in any public place within the Prohibition Area (except in an appropriate sharps container).
- No persons shall discard used condoms in any public place within the Prohibition Area (except in an appropriate closed container).
- No persons shall obstruct a building entrance or exit, stairwell, or highway in the Prohibition Area after being asked to move by an Authorised Officer.
- No persons shall act or incite others to act in an antisocial manner likely to cause harassment, alarm, or distress to any person within a public space within the Prohibition Area.
- No persons shall refuse to provide their genuine name and address to an Authorised Officer for the purposes of enforcement of the Public Spaces Protection Order.
Dancing on Ice star quits ITV series just hours before live show after devastating injury
A DANCING on Ice star has been forced to leave the ITV series just hours before tonight’s live show after a devastating injury.
The ITV programme has already seen comedian Josh Jones withdraw from the competition after sustaining an injury in rehearsals.
And now in a further blow to the 2025 series, pro skater and former champ Vanessa Bauer has also had to quit the series due to injury.
Vanessa took to her Instagram page on Sunday to share a video announcing the sad news.
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Miss Austen could be the BBC period drama we’ve been missing – but here’s what new show needs to be a regency hit
GIVE me period drama, historical fiction or anything that isn’t set in the modern day and I will be glued to it.
I’ve got my sights set on the latest BBC drama to take on a different historical era, with Miss Austen about to become the highlight of my Sunday nights but it’s got a lot to live up to.
The new Miss Austen drama, which begins tonight (Sunday 2 February), has already been hailed as feeling like ‘a new Jane Austen story’.
We’ve had Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility as well as Emma done numerous times, from Hollywood versions to ITV and BBC both taking their turns.
So the promise of a new period drama is exciting, but it needs to bring a lot to the table – especially with a Jane Austen link.
The new series is based on the book by Gill Hornby and focuses on the mystery of why Cassandra Austen notoriously burned her famous sister Jane’s letters, and it’s something that nobody has ever truly worked out why.
I already have high hopes for the drama as it brings in two storylines, one of a younger Jane and her sister Cassandra as they try out love and navigate society but also because it tries to give us an answer to why Cassandra did burn her sister’s letters.
With an exemplary cast, the storyline promises family mystery combined with romance and restrained passion.
If Mr Darcy is your ultimate romance hero, then this sounds like it could be the perfect fix with the younger storyline bringing in heartbreak and young love, as well as sisterly love that is promising to have us feeling emotional by the end.
For those unfamiliar with the story, the drama begins in 1830, many years after Jane has died where we get to see Cassandra (Keeley Hawes) visiting Isabella (Rose Leslie), the niece of her long-dead fiancé.
Isabella faces potential ruin as she is about to lose her home following her father’s death.
Whilst we see Cassandra is there to help Isabella, it’s clear she has a different motive and she wants to find a hidden bundle of letters that could impact the memory of Jane.
With flashbacks to Cassandra and Jane’s childhood, played by a young Cassy (Synnøve Karlsen) and Jane (Patsy Ferran) it’s giving us a period drama with romantic infatuations, family feuds and dashed hopes.
If you’ve ever been a fan of Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice or Sandition (based on Austen’s last unfinished novel) then Miss Austen looks set to deliver more of the lingering looks, duty tangled up with love and hopeless romantic scenes we’ve come to expect from the drama.
The series is directed by BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Aisling Walsh (Maudie, Elizabeth is Missing) and produced by Stella Merz (Gentleman Jack, Renegade Nell) so it has clear form for producing masterpieces set in a different era.
With everything set to make Miss Austen a stand out piece of television drama, I’m keeping everything crossed that it’s a hit and not a flop when it airs on screen.
Miss Austen airs on BBC One and on BBC iPlayer from Sunday 2 February.
BBC crime dramas
The BBC is reopening case files on an all-star line-up of crime dramas this summer.
Here’s a refresher on the popular programmes which span six decades.
- Campion: Aired from 1989 to 1990, this detective drama series was adapted from novels by Margery Allingham and stars Peter Davison.
- Dalziel And Pascoe: A gritty detective drama series about a mismatched pair of policemen, based on the award-winning books by Reginald Hill. Aired from 1996 to 2007.
- Death In Paradise: A misanthropic detective inspector is assigned to a Caribbean island against his will. Premiered in 2011 and is still on air to this day.
- Happy Valley: Created by Sally Wainwright, this northern noir follows Sarah Lancashire as Sgt Catherine Cawood – tough, defiant and facing her traumatic past.
- Hinterland: Welsh drama starring Richard Harrington. Brooding DCI Tom Mathias uncovers secrets – and links to his troubled past amid mountainous terrain and close-knit villages. Aired from 2013 to 2016.
- Inspector Lynley Mysteries: Based on the novels of Elizabeth George, this drama series is about upper-crust DI Thomas Lynley and working class DS Barbara Havers. Aired from 2001 to 2007.
- Jonathan Creek: Starring comedian Alan Davies, this comedy-drama series follows a inventor of magic tricks who is often called in to solve puzzling murders. Aired from 1997 to 2016.
- Law & Order: Originally broadcast in 1978, this four-part drama series is about the British judicial system. Stars include Peter Dean and Derek Martin.
- Life On Mars: Beguiling science-fiction police drama following a Manchester policeman who travels back to 1973 following a car accident. Stars John Simm and Philip Glenister. Aired from 2006 to 2007.
- Line Of Duty: Created by Jed Mercurio, this drama follows the investigations of AC-12, a controversial police anticorruption unit. Stars Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar, aired from 2012 to 2021.
- Luther: Crime drama series starring Idris Elba as DCI John Luther. Aired from 2010 to 2019, with a follow-up film released in 2023.
- New Tricks: Warm-hearted drama following an eccentric group of old-fashioned detectives. Starring Dennis Waterman, Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong and James Bolam. Aired from 2003 to 2015.
- Sherlock: Benedict Cumberbatch stars a modern day Sherlock Holmes, teaming up with Martin Freeman‘s war veteran Dr Watson to solve impossible crimes. Aired from 2010 to 2017.
- Shetland: Detective drama starring Douglas Henshall, Ashley Jensen and Alison O’Donnell, showcasing the dark side of one of the most beautiful places on earth. Premiered in 2013 and is still on air to this day.
- The Cops: Set in the fictional northern town of Stanton, this acclaimed, provocative police drama stars Katy Cavanagh, Rob Dixon and John Henshaw. Aired from 1998 to 2001.
- Waking The Dead: With a cast including Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston and Wil Johnson, this series follows a cold case team who unearths sleeping secrets, but sometimes the past is best left buried. Aired from 2000 to 2011.
- Wallander: Starring Sir Kenneth Branagh, Kurt Wallander is unable to unsee the dark crimes he’s tasked to investigate while Wallander’s job comes at a cost to his family and relationships. Aired from 2008 to 2016.
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