I love anything Italian, everyone knows that and I love to cook Italian food. The one thing that I have never cooked or I don’t think I have even ever tried is polenta! I have promised to try and cook lots of different things, trying lot’s of new methods and…
Roasted Sweet Potato(Butternut Squash) Risotto with Wensleydale
I have exciting news, I will be appearing as guests on the new series of Market Kitchen with Matt Tebbutt, terrified, excited and nervous are only a few words to describe how I am feeling about this. This all came about because I follow Market Kitchen on Twitter and…
Parmesan-crusted blue-eye and braised potatoes with peas
As you know it was Hubby’s birthday and I cooked him that mammoth birthday cake and afterwards I still had his birthday dinner to cook. I was going to do one of his favourite dishes which would include steak of some sort but decided that it would be better doing…
Garganelli con verdure di stagione – Pasta with spring vegtables
On reflection, taking a close look at the Blog, taking into consideration my Boss’s comment about the bias towards cakes and desserts, I have also realised that I am ignoring my vegetarian friends & family. After Stephen decided to cook a vegetarian meal for Lizzy last week, I thought I…
Ragu alla toscana (meat sauce)
I love this picture of Luca & Hubby in Tuscany, you can see the beautiful landscape behind them and they look so relaxed and happy, they are a funny pair together and love each other to bits, bless them. And so to the reason that I have decided to…
Rocket Pesto – homemade by Hubby
My Hubby loves his job, boy does my Hubby love his job, sometimes I think that’s all he lives for, but I jest, as I know that he works as hard as he does, not just because he loves his job but because he loves us and he wants us…
Beef and Marsala Stew with Horseradish Dumplings
Now you may be thinking what a strange choice of picture to go with this recipe, well what can I say, apart from I don’t have a photo of this dish and there is a reason behind my choice, that does I hope make a little sense, once explained. …
