Spanish chicken with chorizo and potatoes
Well you should know me by now, that I love to cook but I also appreciate good food that takes very little effort, especially when I am working or when I have guest’s round. I love to impress my guest’s but also love to be able to spend time with…
Honey Mustard Chicken
Whilst ironing, getting the Children ready for school and trying to rush down my morning cup of coffee I was watching the BBC News as I always do and there was a very interesting report that claimed that the typical Briton has 15 cookbooks featuring more than 1,500 recipes, but…
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…
Roast Squash and Sweet Potato Soup with Buttermilk Blue Cheese Swirl
I must confess that Gorgeous Hubby is usually the soup maker in our house, he seems to make the most tasty soup out of any old left overs, from a chicken carcass to the tops of the leeks that he has left over after making his gorgeous risotto, that most…
Healthy Fruit Tart
The weather has been glorious and we have just had another fantastic weekend. I love summer weekends, time in the hot tub, eating outside, lots of dog walks and generally just lots of time coming together as a family or sometimes just as a couple, everything is so much easier…
Spicy Mexican Lasagna
This Spicy Mexican Lasagna has quite a tale behind it and I am afraid that I am going to bore you all with a few holiday snaps, but I had such a wonderful time that I just want to share it with you all. A few weeks ago I went…
Curried Cauliflower Wraps
Things have been so busy lately, I have so many blog posts to type up and just have not had the time to do them, now we are back from Vegas, back into a routine, I decided that I would set aside some time today to at least get one…
Autumn Glow Bowl
Today I complete week 2 of being back at work, its going well and for the first time I am going to attempt to walk to work. I say walk, but what I mean is, I will hobble with my crutches and my very fetching air cast boot, but I…
Lemon Feta and Mascarpone Pasta with Grilled Asparagus
It has been a very busy, very hot and sunny but lovely weekend, from Friday evening to Sunday we just didn’t seem to stop but still found the time some how to try some new lovely meals and this Lemon Feta and Mascarpone Pasta with Grilled Asparagus was one that I…
Coq au vin
Coq au vin, simply translated means rooster with wine, now I am not sure how authentic this Bill Granger recipe is, especially as it uses chicken and not rooster, but its easy to prepare and cook, tasty and warming on an autumn evening and an all round crowd pleaser. Coq…