Penang Chicken Curry ❤️

A dish I’ve tried to recreate many times using various methods and recipes. I am determined to understand this dish and the regions of Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Japan. This recipe and method was taken from Jeremy Pang’s – Simple Family Feasts. Jeremy uses a method called – The Wok Clock. A simple and…

Chicken pad Thai ❤️

New dish for me, recipe taken from Rick Steins Asian Odyssey cook book.I’ve always been put off from making this dish, however, I’m not too sure why !!3/4’s of the time is spent doing the prep….the cooking is the quick and simple part.Packed with flavours, however, I did reduce the Thai fish sauce that was…

Sri Lankan prawn curry ❤️

Hello my friends. It’s been a while I know. I’ve not felt like writing up the cooking I’ve been doing but I know I should. No matter what’s going on in my life, I’ve always found the writing of my food therapeutic which is why I started the page in the first place…..so here goes….

Full English breakfast pie 👍🏻

Who doesn’t love a pie ? Who doesn’t love a full English breakfast ? Why not combine the two together ?? Well, this superb recipe from The Hairy Bikers does just that !! This is a brilliant recipe using wonderful ingredients. This dish was a lot of fun to create. I’m al says learning about…

Smoked mackerel pâté – a Christmas must 👍🏻

This my friends is a wonderful celebration of a fish that nowadays is underused! The humble mackerel. This simple recipe combines beautiful everyday ingredients to create a bobby dazzler of a dish which is perfect as a starter for Christmas Day or as a nibble in the evening when you’re stuffed due to the over…

Rustic chicken chasni ❤️

This dish was a little trip down memory lane. Slightly different to the restaurant style version I’d previously written about. This is the ‘rustic’ homemade ‘one pot’ version. This dish holds a great deal of sentimental value to me. When I was doing my Saturday morning curries this is a dish I had on my…

Homemade pizza’s….I’m addicted ❤️

Recently I’ve been inspired with ‘home baking’. As I’ve previously mentioned I’ve always been put off as I’ve always thought it was too much phaff using precise measurements etc. but having met and purchased Rick Stein’s new cook book due to the simplicity of the recipes I now have a different view. I’ve already cooked…

My beautiful cottage pie !

I’ve recently started to challenge myself to put my spin on classic dishes. Understand the basics better then recreate with my twist. Could be anything from baking, to roasting or beautiful home cooking like this dish. Again, this dish was made from scratch after walking in from work. I’m making this point as I often…

Almond tart….so good I made it twice in two days 👍🏻

Baking frustrates me, always has done. However, this was for MacMillan coffee morning so I had to out my own frustrations aside, and I’m so glad I did. I’ve now got a new outlook on baking ❤️ What better than choose a Mary Berry recipe to get me going?? This was the first of two…