Recent Posts
Chicken with Ginger & Spring Onion
Classic Chinese stir fry. Great mid week meal. Ingredients – Serves 2 For the sauce – Whisk together in a small jug or bowl and set to one side. 1 tbsp hoisin or oyster sauce 1 tsp fish sauce 1/2 tsp Maldon salt (if using finer salt reduce this to 1/4 tsp) 1/2 tsp cracked […]See Full Recipe »
Beef, Pork & Black Pudding Meatballs
Ingredients (makes approximately 42 meatballs) 500g beef mince 500g pork mince 150g black pudding 2 large onions, finely chopped 5 cloves garlic, minced 100g breadcrumbs 60g parmesan, finely grated 25g fresh parsley, washed and chopped 1 tbsp dried oregano 2 eggs 1 tsp each of Maldon salt and freshly ground black pepper Method Mix all […]See Full Recipe »
Slow Cooked Lamb Shoulder
This lamb recipe is astonishingly easy to make. You just need to prepare it well in advance, all the work is in the cooking time. Ingredients 1kg lamb shoulder 2 onions, sliced 4 garlic cloves, minced 250ml red wine 1 tbsp rosemary, leaves picked and chopped 1 tbsp tomato purée 2 x 400g tinned tomatoes […]See Full Recipe »
Chorizo & Sweetheart Cabbage Stew for Two!
This is a great mid week meal, easy to make, really tasty and it’s actually a keto meal too. A pleasing winter one pot stew which you can top off with a fried egg if you like that kind of thing. Ingredients (serves 2, ingredients grouped into sections to prepare in advance) 1 large onion, […]See Full Recipe »
Chicken, Bacon & Leek Pie
What self respecting carnivore does not enjoy a chicken pie?! 😉 Served with broccoli, spinach and carrot puree. Ingredients – Serves 6 500-600g boneless chicken thigh fillets (excess fat cut away and chopped into large bite size pieces) 100g smoked bacon lardons 2 leeks washed and sliced into discs 50g butter 1 tbsp English mustard […]See Full Recipe »
Lamb Methi
Super tasty spicy lamb curry. Well worth a bit of time preparing the ingredients in bowls first to make the cooking process easy and the results are phenomenal! I wouldn’t bother halving the quantities if you’re only cooking for one or two. Like all curries, the flavours develop when left overnight, so make the full […]See Full Recipe »
Lamb & Black Pudding Shepherd‘s Pie with Spring Onion Mash
Vegans look away now… This is ultimate comfort food. The addition of black pudding to this traditional dish is delightful. It makes the gravy incredibly rich and full of flavour. Ingredients Makes one big pie in an approximately 9″ squared dish, and two times 6″ x 4″ foil trays for freezing. For the filling 1 […]See Full Recipe »
Baked Harissa Chicken
More use for your harissa paste Ingredients – Serves 2 2 chicken breasts 1 onion sliced 2 peppers sliced (whatever colour you have in the fridge) harissa paste rapeseed oil salt and pepper to taste Method In a lidded casserole dish layer the onions, peppers and place the chicken breasts on top. Spoon over a […]See Full Recipe »
Summer Lamb Stew
Quick and easy lamb stew that we take camping for that first night when you need something quick once you’ve pitched your tent. Ingredients – serves 4 4 lamb neck fillets cut into large pieces approximately 2cm cubed 3tbsp rapeseed oil 2 aubergines cut into large cubes/pieces 2 large onions sliced 2 garlic cloves crushed […]See Full Recipe »
BBQ Chicken Skewers, and Halloumi & Courgette Kebabs
Simple BBQ ideas We love a BBQ in all weathers but nothing is better than the British summer time BBQ in the garden. Spicy Mediterranean Chicken Skewers These skewers are packed with flavour and are always very popular. They can be made well in advance and left to marinade in the fridge over night or […]See Full Recipe »