What a simple dish and no better way to showcase how simple ingredients can be put together to make a healthy and refreshing dish. Ingredients- 1 tin of chickpeas, drained and washed. 1/2 small red onion diced, 1/2 cucumber, 1 large tomato, pinch of cayenne pepper, salt & pepper, juice of 1/2 lemon, 1 pack…
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Chicken Vindail with dhal – belter of a dish.
Another new dish for me. Taken from my food hero’s cook book – Rick Steins India written after his successful TV series of the same name. A few reasons I was drawn to this recipe – 1. a cheap dish to make as I only needed to buy the chicken thighs on the bone which…
Tofu curry…..something different….and what a delight.
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…
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…
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…
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…
Salmon wellington with a white wine sauce – heavenly.
I wanted a challenge. This was the perfect step outside of my comfort zone. Lots of little steps which kept me busy in the kitchen on a wet Sunday afternoon. The salmon was reduced in Morrisons and as we all know you shouldn’t purchase fish from the supermarkets on a Sunday or Monday as they…
Chettinad Chicken Curry
Quite a complex dish to make. A tip….never start this in an evening after coming home from work. This is perfect for a Saturday afternoon with some really good tunes on in the kitchen working your magic. Once all the graft is done you can sit back and enjoy this dish with a few cold…
Amazing beef with bean sprouts & spring onions
Perfect dish for a Friday night. Simple dish with very few ingredients which doesn’t take much thinking about, this dish is so rewarding. This dish itself hardly takes anytime you cook, yet again more time spent on the prep so in my case gives me time to shut down after work. The good thing about…
Home Cooking for everyone. 