Spiced honey and soy salmon
These days I only tend to buy dark red wild salmon , the flavour and texture is quite superior to the pink fillets of salmon you can buy. Salmon is rich, robust fish that goes well with strong spices, and dark flavours such as soy and star anise. This recipe for salmon is very easy […]
Roast sweet-potatoes
Roast sweet-potatoes are a great alternative to roast white potatoes as they are healthier, more satisfying, and require less cooking than your standard roast spud.
Making sweet potatoes is actually quicker and easier than making roast white potatoes, and offer a nice variation for your Sunday lunch.
Ingredients:
1 medium sweet potato per person, cut into fat pieces
1tbsp […]
Honey Roast Parsnips
Parsnips are in season and go great with any kind of roast meat. Parsnips are naturally sweet and by roasting them with a little honey, the sweet flavour will become richer and more developed.
Ingredients
1 large parsnip, peeled, cored, and cut into wedges.
35g butter
1 tbsp clear honey
1 tbsp brown sugar
1. Heat the oven to 200c or […]
Apple and Ginger Soup
Apple and Ginger soup is perfect for these cold, dark, autumn evenings, and apples are in season right now so it’s a great time to have make this soup.
If you don’t have cooking apples, then normal eating apples will suffix, however you may need to check the seasoning more carefully, and possibly add a little […]
Easy Mexican Scrabbled Eggs
Scrabbled Eggs are great for breakfast, lunch, or just as a snack, and here is my favourite recipe for Mexican scrambled eggs which are sure to put a spring in your step.
Ingredients (Serves 1):
Three Eggs
100ml milk
2 tsp of Mexican spice mix
2 spring onions, chopped
1 Red Pepper, chopped into 1 cm cubes
Olive Oil
Heat the oil and […]
Toffee Apples!
Toffee Apples are so easy to make and will please both adults and kids. You can also argue that Toffee Apples are a healthy sugary snack, since by eating one you will be getting one of your five recommended fruit & veg for the day.
These Toffee Apples are so easy to make and can be […]
Roasted lamb shoulder with rosemary and garlic
Roasting a big piece of lamb is always something I consider to be a special moment. This weekend I decided that I’d roast a boneless shoulder of Welsh lamb very simply, and have it as a very rustic, country Sunday dinner.
The recipe comes from Jamie Oliver’s ‘Jamie at Home’ book where he celebrates good […]
Amazing Jacket Potato Fillings
Now that the cold weather has drawn in, and the days are getting shorter, it’s a great time to start eating oven-roasted jacket potato as they are such a great comfort food. You can use so many different fillings for Jacket potatos so here I am going to give you a few I have at […]
Your fridge owes you a great pasta dish
This weekend I didn’t get to do a decent food shop and ending up coming home last night with no plan for dinner. It’s times like this when pasta and any left-over fridge items come in to their own.
I will show you the ingredients I used for my pasta supper, but what I’m really trying […]
Apple Cinnamon Desert
It is that time of year again where apples are in season and are falling from trees ready for collection. The great thing about the apple season is that the winter is drawing in, the weather is getting cold, the evenings are getting darker earlier, so what better than do use apples in a great […]
Moroccan lamb tagine
This has got to be one my favourite dishes of all time, and although the ingredients list is pretty large, making lamb tagine is surprisingly easy as it is just a case of putting all the ingredients in an oven dish and cooking it for around 2½ hours.
Tagine is usually served with cous cous and […]
Sandwich Special : Carrot and hummus
A lot of people get stuck at what to put in their sandwiches and usually end up eating the same thing over and over again. This can be especially boring when you make sandwiches to take to lunch or school.
So in over the next few posts, I will be writing ideas and guides for different […]
Tortellini with pesto and chicken
Everyone should know that pesto is one of the most useful ingredients to have for any quick pasta dish, and here is a recipe of mine from a supper I cooked last night.
Ingredients (serves 2):
200g of filled tortellini (cheese filled preferably)
2 chicken breasts, sliced
Quarter a jar of basil pesto
Olive oil
1 lemon
Get a pan of hot […]
Spanish Potato Wedges
These Spanish wedges are great as they are so easy to, and they also go well with most kind of meats and fish.
Ingredients:
8 red potatoes, quartered (wedges) (leave skins on )
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp cayenne pepper
1 tsp salt
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp parsley, chopped
Add the potatoes to a large pan of boiling […]
Instant pancake mix
Making pancakes is fun, and here is a recipe for a perfect quick, pancake mix.
For the dry pancake mix
600g 5oz plain flour
3 tbsp baking powder
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp salt
40g caster sugar
To make the pancakes (amounts per 150g dry mixture)
1 free-range egg, lightly beaten
250mloz milk
1 tbsp melted butter
1. For the dry pancake mix, place […]
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