As a family we are used to meat substitutes. We’ve taken on ‘non meat months’, along with ‘no meat weeks’ plus I’ve been a pescatarian before ( three years) removing meat completely from my diet as a way of trying to improve my overall health. With the cost of living being the buzz word at…
Tag: healthy living
A winter warmer – Beef stew .
As the days become darker and colder I decided to spend the afternoon in the kitchen making this winter warmer. With the mens footy on the international breaking I had the WSL on my phone via SKY (Chelsea v Man City) and Paul Weller on Vinyl…what could go wrong, sounds great yeah??? Wrong. Sadly you…
Heathy eating – A nod to Joe Wicks.
As costs are sadly increasing as is the waist line as we become older we’ve been looking at cost effective cooking which is healthy. My partner picked up a book by chance from a charity shop by Joe Wicks. Needless to say, we now have 6! Ok many of the recipes are duplicated but if…
Chicken ruby – a dish made famous by Dishoom
Having received the Dishoom book for Christmas 2021 I was hooked. I’d seen Dishoom in India on tv and I was fascinated by the food and the theatre of the restaurant. I have been fortunate to eat at the Birmingham restaurant once but for me it’s a place I can only visit rarely due to…
Chinese – beef with beansprouts and spring onions.
Controversial…at times I do find Chinese cooking bland and a little to samey! This doesn’t put me off from trying to cook it. The attraction for me is making quick meals with very few ingredients which creates cost effective dishes. This dish cost me £5.75 last night. Ok I had virtually all the ingredients in…
Chicken Pathia – brilliant food memory ❤️
This my friends way back when I was 19 (1997) was my first experience of Indian food. Having been out on the road all day repping I was starving. Having not left my torn my ACL for the first time I was conscious of eating too much during the day and being sat in a…
Homemade tomato soup….straight from the garden ❤️
Again, this year I’ve tried to grow a number of items in the greenhouse and little vegetable patch I’ve created…..and yet again I’ve failed miserably. Every year I start with great intentions and every year I do not give it my full focus sadly. Each year I look back and I think exactly like my…
Kashmiri paneer & mushrooms – a delightful dish
This is a delightful dish that the taste buds thank you for!! More importantly, a simple and quick dish if your challenged with time. A dish that can be made and left unsupervised which enables you to carry on with other jobs, or like me, enjoy a wine !! The original recipe was taken from…
Chicken katsu curry
One of my first memories of Wagamama was the katsu curry which I had in Sheffield. This dish for me was a pivotal moment with bringing amazing flavours together. The Wagamama cook books are brilliant. So simple and very easy to follow bringing their amazing dishes to your dining table. The sauce is a simple…
Jackfruit & aubergine curry.
Sustainable foods. Many people over the years have turned their noses up even considering alternatives to meat. Having been gifted the new cook book for my birthday by Atul Kochhar – Curry everyday. 100 simple vegetarian recipes. This book my friends has opened my eyes for sure. I will blog about this in my next…
Home Cooking for everyone. 