Chicken Breast with Mushroom Masala Sauce
A long time family favourite. Serve with some silky mash potato and some wilted greens
Baked vegetable & herb frittata
For this recipe you can use whatever veggies you have and like. I used cabbage, peas, pepper, shallots, leeks, broccoli and mushrooms. You could use 2 or more veg and variations are endless. Delicious served hot or cold and will…
Romesco Sauce
A classic Spanish sauce which is usually served at room temperature. There are many variations but mine doesn’t have breadcrumbs as I think they are unnecessary and means this sauce is then gluten free. My own personal twist to this…
Christmas Lunch Leftover Pie
Absolutely everything left over from your Christmas lunch can go in this pie. Turkey, vegetables, stuffing, pigs in blankets, ham, cranberry sauce, gravy, don’t hold back!
Meatballs with Harissa tomato sauce
Lamb meatballs would work well with these recipe but if like my youngsters, you don’t like lamb, then beef is fine. I have used just one pack of meatballs but if you are a family with big appetites, the recipe…
Tagliatelle with Roast Fennel & Lemon Pangritata
Fennel is one of my favourite vegetables and it’s the hero of this dish.
Shaking beef
The famous Vietnamese beef dish which I can only describe as heavenly. I have tweaked the recipe a little and added fresh plums to the salad which add a lovely freshness and an extra layer of sweetness. It gets its…
Caponata (aubergine stew)
Sicilian dish featuring the best of summer. Always best made the day before and can be eaten warm or room temperature is preferable. The options to use are endless, stirred through pasta, on a bruschetta, as a starter with bread,…
Tuna Tostada
Another recipe inspired by travels around New Mexico., specifically a restaurant called Medley in Taos. A tostada is a fried or toasted soft tortilla (corn or wheat) and topped with whatever you like. Don’t be put off by the long…