Good food without sacrifice
Who doesn’t love a good paella?! Some people are often a little dubious about making it as they think of it as something time consuming and fiddly to prepare. This recipe is anything but that. As a one pot dish, its minimal washing up and …
I’m always a fan of meals that I can whip up using the contents of my cupboards/fridge/freezer. This recipe fulfills exactly that brief as I always have chorizo in the fridge and a large packet of squid rings in the freezer. Together they are a …
Risotto is a dish that I don’t often have time to make but always feels like a real luxury dish to devour. This week, having had a craving for risotto, I decided to pair it with another one of my favourite ingredients, seabass. Having never …
A few years ago, I had the most wonderful holiday in Mexico and one of the best things about it was the food, particularly the fresh omelettes at breakfast time. Once I had sampled one of the hotel’s Mexican-style omelettes, I knew there was nothing …
I’m always keen to come up with new tasty starters which can be whipped up quickly as part of a three course meal. This one is exactly that. For only 4sp its bursting with flavour and is the perfect light start to any meal. The …
To me, chicken and chorizo are a dream combination so I always love a new way to get them involved on the same plate. This week these two ingredients were pretty much all I left in the fridge so I thought, I know, I’ll stuff …
With the majority of my family wanting to eat out in a restaurant on Saturday night, the only way I could persuade them to stay in (and therefore allow me to nicely stay in my points) was to convince them I could cook them a …
This is one of my favourite recipes to whip up for Sunday brunch or even for a late supper if you aren’t feeling too hungry. It’s so quick and simple but the flavours are amazing. My hubbie was practically licking the plate!
I love fish and when I spotted this little recipe in the Hairy Bikers ‘Eat for Life’ Cookbook, I knew I would have to give it a whirl. The recipe didn’t really suggest any accompaniments that I fancied so I put together some of my …
A few years back a friend and I went inter railing around Europe and as a result spent a lot of time throwing together lovely little picnics. This was one of our favourites lunches while we were away, and with the lovely weather at the moment …