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Prawns in Coconut Sauce
I'm not sure where this stands on the type of cuisine and what to pair it with. I did it with Mexican rice but on eating I feel like it...
Feb 20, 2025


Authentic Mexican Rice
This is a none spicy Mexican rice. I have never freid rice until brown before cooking it before, it make it retain and certain amount of...
Feb 20, 2025


Pastrami Carbonara
One of the quickest pastas you can make and super tasty. A nice change from standard carbonara as pastrami has a bit more kick. ...
Feb 12, 2025


Chicken Supreme with Mushrooms and White Wine Cream Sauce
A hearty, warming week night meal. Next time I wouldn't faff around removing the garlic and mushroom prior to the roux. Waste of time...
Jan 30, 2025


Italian Chicken Sausage Pasta
I don't normally buy chicken sausage but they came free with an order and I wasn't sure what to do with them, the idea of normal sausage...
Jan 29, 2025


Honey King Prawns
Lovely, crispy, sweet and savoury. Also really easy. Ingredients For the prawns 450g king prawns, peeled and deveined 4 egg whites ¼ tsp...
Jan 27, 2025


Crispy Seaweed
My favourite thing from the chinese and it's getting so expensive so I was determined to master at home. First bits went brown...
Jan 27, 2025


Big Mac Pizza
Yes you heard correctly. Finally found something to do with the left over big mac sauce when we have burgers. It was actually...
Jan 21, 2025


Braised Lamb Shanks
This is a great recipe for braising lamb that lets you swap out the spices to suit, it falls off the bone. I did this one with butter...
Jan 21, 2025


Steak Fajitas
For this I used my carne asada recipe for the steak marinade to give the dish a bit of extra flavour. This is such an easy recipe but...
Jan 20, 2025


Toad in the Hole
Pimp up your Yorkshire with a sausage or two! I like mine with creamy mash, onion gravy and maybe something green. Ingredients Sausages...
Jan 15, 2025


Marry Me Chicken Orzo
I love marry me chicken recipes in all forms - original , pasta, pie - and this is my new favourite. Ingredients Chicken thighs (about...
Jan 6, 2025


Black Pudding Meatballs
This is a great take on a meatball, with the black pudding giving the meat and the sauce a bit of a kick. It's a bit stew-like and I...
Jan 2, 2025


Bolognese version 3 - with red wine
I continue on the hunt for the best bolognese. This version is from An Italian in My Kitchen and uses red wine whereas previous recipes...
Dec 24, 2024


Yorkshire Puddings - the best recipe!
I can't belive it, after hundreds of Yorkshiore puddings from various recipes (you did me dirty James Martin) the best one was - the one I was using already!!! BUT I was getting it wrong in the oven. The fan was flattening my puddings and the temp was burning the tops. Here is my final recipe and method. I used flat muffin tins (about 10cm each). Ingredients Beef dripping EQUAL PARTS - in bulk, not weight: Eggs Plain Flour Whole Milk Pinch of salt Measure out the flour, e
Dec 18, 2024


Yorkshire Puddings - Serious Eats Version
My old Yorkshire Pudding recipe began to fail me so I feel out with them for a long time, but in aid of Christmas I am back testing recipes. The first one is by Serious Eats (Amercians too!). Next up will be good old Yorkshireman James Martin. Did one batch after resting the batter for an hour, the other overnight and overnight was much better. They worked well in lower, wider tins. The higher muffin tin versions we a bit too doughy. Would make again in the wide tins. I
Dec 11, 2024


Irayna’s Ginger Cake
I don't like Christmas cake. Or Christmas pudding or mince pies or pretty much any festive dessert. One of my best best friends used to...
Dec 9, 2024


Festive Nachos
Not so much a recipe but a cool spin for Christmas. Also good if you're making festive parmos as it's lots of the same ingredients. ...
Dec 5, 2024
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