These two are especially for Jane and Cam:

Chicken Pesto Pasta

Serves 4

oil for frying
1 onion, roughly chopped
500g pasta of your choice
2 chicken breasts, chopped into 2cm cubes
1 jar of pesto sauce (I use Leggo's)
50ml cream (approx)

Boil salted water for pasta in a large saucepan.
Heat oil in a large frypan over medium-high heat.
Add onions & fry till soft.
Put pasta in & cook to your liking while continuing with the sauce.
Add chicken & fry until brown or sealed.
Stir through pesto.
Add cream & simmer on low heat while pasta finishes cooking.
Stir sauce through pasta & serve immediately.

Mustard Chicken Pasta

Serves 4

oil for frying
1 onion, roughly chopped
500g pasta of your choice
2 chicken breasts, chopped into 2cm cubes
300g button mushrooms (or 1 can champignons, drained)
300ml cream
85g (1/2 jar) wholegrain mustard

Boil salted water for pasta in a large saucepan.
Heat oil in a large frypan over medium-high heat.
Add onions & fry till soft.
Put pasta in & cook to your liking while continuing with the sauce.
Add chicken & fry until brown or sealed.
Add mushrooms & fry until soft or brown (to your liking).
Add cream & mustard & simmer on low heat while pasta finishes cooking.
Stir sauce through pasta & serve immediately.

And this is something I picked up in PNG. I don't know if it will work with the ingredients in Oz, but we can only try!

Bully Beef Surprise

oil for frying
1 onion, roughly chopped or sliced
1 cup boiling water
1 packet (bully) beef flavoured 2-minute Noodles (including the flavour sachet!)
1 can corned (bully) beef

Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
Add onions & fry until soft.
Add boiling water & noodles, boiling for 2 minutes until noodles are soft.
Add flavour sachet & stir.
Add beef, breaking into smaller pieces as you stir it through.
Serve by itself as a salty snack or unhealthy meal, or as a side dish.