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Butter-Braised Cabbage
This is a nice dish to switch up your Sunday roast veg. Yes mum - another one full of butter! People don't need a recipe for salad...
Jun 2, 2020


Balls! Well, Balsamic Pearls
Not a recipe but I just bought these and they are fantastic! Also fun. These are little pearls of balsamic vinegar which are great for...
Jun 1, 2020


Macaroni cheese
Goes with everything, even just on it's own. Gotta love Mac & Cheese! Note, the final serving in my pictures is a bit dry because I...
Jun 1, 2020


Chorizo carbonara
Third version lucky on this one! Surprisingly ease to ruin. I found a recipe for chorizo carbonara which differed a lot from the way I...
May 28, 2020


Pork Belly with Sloe Gin - cooked by Alix
Featuring a hair dryer. The crackling on this was so good, I dream about it. This is a weekend dish as the cooking time is lonnnng. The...
May 26, 2020


Mushroom Soup
I love mushroom soup in the winter served with warm crusty bread. Ingredients 2 onions, finely sliced 60g butter 2 cloves garlic, minced...
May 25, 2020


Takeaway Style Chicken Chow Mein
Part 1 of 2 chow meins. A friend has sent me an amazing sounding recipe for chow mein but I don't currently have all the ingredients I...
May 22, 2020


Chicken and sweetcorn soup – just like a take away!
UPDATE! I read somewhere that creamed sweetcorn makes a difference in this. I've always used standard so I gave it a go. Game changing!...
May 21, 2020


Potato Salad
I love making this for BBQs. Some of it even makes it to the table. I don't believe in complex recipes for potato salad with yogurt and...
May 20, 2020


Freezing Foods
Not a recipe, just my musings on freezing ingredients. The great lock down of 2020 made me super aware of not wasting food. It also...
May 19, 2020


Rice Pudding
Sunday today so I decided to make a homely recipe that reminds me of my childhood. I didn't think there was enough rice to liquid in this...
May 17, 2020


Roasted Butterflied Tiger Prawns in Garlic Butter
A fairly simple starter or makes a nice main course when served with with bread/garlic bread. Ingredients Raw, shell-on large tiger...
May 15, 2020


Chicken Kievs - a Facebook Experiment
This isn't a recipe, it's a thing we saw on Facebook which actually worked! No judgement. So we saw a post on Facebook suggesting that...
May 15, 2020


Pasta Omelette (yes, really!)
This is a very odd recipe that I created for Alix because, when hungover, he craves pasta for breakfast. I can't be making bolognese at...
May 14, 2020


Creamy Tequila Chicken Pasta
Got this one from http://twochubbycubs.com/ who I'm a little bit obsessed with. Originally a slimming world recipe but I've put some...
May 13, 2020


Mr T's Go at Aligot - Alixgot (sorry)!
On our trip to Paris by far the most memorable thing for Alix was the aligot so he decided to recreate it at home. He faced a few issues,...
May 11, 2020
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