After attending our first wedding for I can’t remember how long, taking advantage of the free drinks plus our first night without children for four years I couldn’t think of anything better to do on a Sunday afternoon than chill out in the kitchen whipping up food, making marinades, base sauce for the week and…
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Shawarma Kebabs 👍
This dish was so simple. Again showcasing that marinating meats takes cooking to another flavour level. Ingredients- chicken thighs cubed, 2 tbsp of garlic & ginger paste, 5 tbsp of rapeseed oil, 1 tbsp of ground cumin, 1 tbsp of ground coriander, 1 tsp of allspice, 1/2 tsp of cinnamon, 1/2 tsp of turmeric, 1…
Saag Paneer ❤️
My go to dish. For many reasons. Firstly, it’s a very very tasty dish, a wonderful combination of beautiful basic ingredients. Secondly, a very healthy dish. Full of iron due to the spinach content and the beautiful paneer cheese. Thirdly, such a economic dish. This would feed 3/4 adults for under £3. Yes £3!! Unreal,…
Perfect roasties & gravy bring back memories ❤️
I love roast potatoes. If I had my way I’d eat them everyday. Nothing better than having a flavoursome roast potato with rosemary to make everything better. Especially when the rosemary and potatoes are from your own garden!! I usually finish the cooking with the rosemary, lovingly placing the rosemary in between the potatoes 15…
Roast chicken – 4 ingredients max !!!
4 basic ingredients to make a chicken so good. chicken, sea salt, ground pepper, olive oil and lemon. Olive oil, then season the bird with sea salt, pepper. Squeeze a lemon over the bird then place inside the cavity. Nothing better that a roast chicken ❤️
Chilli pork with udon noodles ❤️
I had a packet of belly pork left over, I used the same method of marinating the pork for the chilli pork bunny chow but did the marinade for 24 hours. Again, slow cooked for 2 hours to make this amazing sticky pork mix. I then stir fried garlic, peppers, red onion, and mushrooms. I…
Chilli pork bunny chow ❤️
This my social media friends was the perfect dish to put on to cook on a lazy Saturday afternoon ready for England’s game v’s Ukraine. Pork marinade – 2 bay leaves, 8 black peppercorns, 2 tbsp of garlic and ginger paste, 4 tbsp of honey, 3 tbsp of dark soy, 2 tsp of salt, 1…
Ceviche of sea bass – summer on a plate ❤️
This recipe was taken from Rick Steins – Road to Mexico cook book from his popular tv series. Everything I love on a plate. Sea bass, cooked and cooled King Prawns, tomato, shallots, lime juice, avocado, coriander. As simple as that!!!! All diced into small cubes of pleasure. What a dish when the weather is…
Red lentil & vegetable kebabs 👍
Love trying alternatives to meat. Having been a pescatarian for almost 5 years this is a dish I’d never even thought of doing. So simple but amazing!!!! It’s a simple and placing all the ingredients in a bowl, mincing well and frying in rapeseed oil!! That’s it. The hard work is in the prep! Ingredients…
Homemade Piri Piri Chicken ❤️
Really enjoyed making this sauce. I’ve never been to the famous chicken brand eatery but I know this will taste much better. This dishes has two stages. Making the Piri Piri sauce then the amazing marinating stage which allows the chicken to have a flavour party. Ingredients for the sauce – 5tbsp of rapeseed oil,…
Home Cooking for everyone. 