This is not a commercial blog. It’s just a note of recipes that I have cooked and want to remember. 

Loaded Potato Skin Recipe

When we're talking comfort food, there's not much that's going to beat a homemade loaded potato skin recipe. This is something I played with over the weekend and pretty much perfected. An interesting twist to this particular loaded potato skin recipe is the use of...

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Shakshuka Recipe

Shakshuka Recipe

Serves 2 Calories: 220 per serving Shakshuka is a traditional North African dish that I found whilst looking for a way to use the eggs that our chickens keep firing out! This shakshuka recipe may look a bit sloppy, but the subtle use of spice leaves a comforting...

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Mussels in Pesto Sauce

Mussels in Pesto Sauce Recipe Serves 1 Calories: 350 kcal Yesterday I was lucky enough to be in Sainsbury's shopping for Paella ingredients when I came across 6 small bags of mussels for 1p each!! Needless to say, we snapped them up - used a few mussels in the paella...

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Fillet a Rainbow trout

Fillet a Rainbow Trout I've wanted to learn how to fillet a fish for some time now, it just so happens that rainbow trout was going cheap at our local supermarket. I then hit Youtube and I can now fillet a rainbow trout - the proof is to the right. Not the most pretty...

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Skirlie Recipe

Skirlie Recipe We're having a Scottish evening and what better accompaniment than this quick, easy and tasty Skirlie recipe. Skirlie is a traditional Scottish oat-based dish (also called Scottish Stuffing) which is often eaten with Turkey at Christmas. This is my...

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A Basic Curry Gravy Recipe

A Basic Curry Gravy Recipe We were supposed to have a barbecue this weekend, however, it got late on Saturday before we got round to cooking so decided to have something quick and easy from the freezer. Rather than waste the meat (turkey and beef in this case) we...

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Sweet Potato Curry Recipe

Sweet Potato Curry Recipe We're on a nutrition kick at the moment having been ill for what seems like forever! Sweet potato curry seems like a great choice, a lot of indian spices have amazing healing and nutritional benefits so this sweet potato curry recipe really...

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Sausagemeat Plait Recipe

Rough Sausagemeat Plait Recipe I was looking for something quick and easy to throw together for an easy Saturday meal, and sausagemeat plait came to mind. Buy a ready made pack of pastry and a load of sausagemeat and we're away. Unfortunately, I was sidetracked by...

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Quick and Easy Chicken Thigh Recipe

Quick and Easy Chicken Thigh Recipe With Home Made Paprika Chips Fed: 4 plus a 6 year old Prep: 10 mins Cooking Time: 40 mins  This quick and easy chicken thigh recipe really is quick and easy! It took me about 10 minutes to put together and 40 minutes to cook - if...

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Traditional Steak and Ale Pie Recipe

Traditional Steak and Ale Pie Recipe We went camping in the New Forest with a load of old school friends this weekend, on the Saturday we went to pub in Nomansland and a number of us had the traditional steak and ale pie option which inspired me to find a great steak...

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Chilli Sauce Recipe

Chilli Sauce Recipe This chilli sauce recipe takes minutes to make, can be eaten hot or cold and goes with pretty much anything (I've even used it as an ingredient for salad dressing!). Ingredients for chilli sauce recipe 1 can of chopped tomatoes (450g) 1 onion 4 fat...

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Rogan Gosht Recipe

Rogan Gosht Recipe I was looking for a quick and easy curry to take round to a friends house today and came across this rogan gosht recipe from a 1970's cook book. Apart from needing some marinating time, this rogan gosht recipe is really easy and requires relatively...

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Easy Hollandaise Sauce Recipe

Prep time: 5 min Serves: 2 A stack of muffin, bacon and poached egg topped with a thick creamy hollandaise sauce has to be the ultimate in decadent breakfasting! For years I've put off making a hollandaise sauce because an easy hollandaise sauce recipe...

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Vegetarian Ravioli Recipe

Vegetarian Ravioli Recipe This weekend has been a proper blow out as it was Mandy's birthday! Chinese on Friday, after the pub - Domino's pizza on Saturday, after the pub. Struggling to deal with my excess of beer, wine, whiskey and junk food I spent the morning on...

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Chicken Jalfrezi Recipe

Chicken Jalfrezi This chicken jalfrezi is a modern take on a classic dish. Shaan Khan is a bit of a hero of mine, a down to earth indian restaurant owner who is more than happy to share his secrets with the rest of us. This chicken Jalfrezi recipe is exceptionally...

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Gypsy Tart Recipe

Gypsy Tart Recipe As you may have figured out, I'm not much of a pudding kind of guy so this Gypsy Tart recipe has been passed down to George (my 11 year old son) by my Dad. George is going to enter a competition using this Gypsy Tart recipe. It's really easy to make...

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Perfect Roast Potatoes

Perfect Roast Potatoes Perfect roast potatoes are the holy grail of all who like to cook a Sunday roast. After years of tryinig, I think I'm pretty close to perfecting the humble roast potato. I have searched long and hard to achieve this and have read many many...

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Scottish Smoked Salmon Pate Recipe

Scottish Smoked Salmon Pate Recipe This is a very easy recipe to follow from the world's youngest (and cutest) chef. We are going to be having this for lunch today :-). If you're a fan salmon pate, this recipe is for you! Of course, if you don't have access to...

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Butterflied Leg of Lamb Marinade

Butterflied Leg of Lamb Marinade Actually, a little more than a marinate - this recipe will have you stuffing chunks of garlic into a butterflied leg of lamb, squeezing juice over it then marinating it for several hours for a delicious meal. Marinade:- 100ml olive oil...

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Plate Presentation Techniques

Cooking the food is the first part of the battle, but since the 'first bite is with the eye' we really shouldn't forget to consider how it all looks on the plate. I have had a look around and found the best of the best plating tutorials here. Some Plate Presentation...

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Leftover Roast Potatoes

What to do With Leftover Roast Potatoes One of the biggest oversights with leftovers is the humble roast potato. Whilst they taste phenomenal with the roast, cold roast potatoes lose their crispy appeal after a couple of days in the fridge. Here are a few idea's that...

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Pork Escalops With Sauce

Recipe: Pork Escalops With Mustard & Cream Sauce Summary: A wonderfully hearty winter meal Ingredients 2 tbsp Brandy 1 tbsp grainy mustard 125ml Cream or Soya Dream 125ml milk 100ml water 1 tbsp Cornflour 5 Pork Escalops (beaten with a steak hammer) Instructions...

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Curried Chicken Pieces

This is another great recipe. Must be prepared in advance (because of the marinade) but incredibly tasty and very impressive as a part of a buffet or as a main meal. This great indian recipe is similar in concept the the Indian Whole Chicken Recipe (which also works...

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Indian Whole Chicken Recipe

  Recipe: Indian Whole Chicken Summary: This Indian whole chicken recipe is an excellent alternative to your standard roast chicken. George, my 10 year old son, cooked this yesterday – pretty much all on his own. It tasted absolutely great and was a hit with the...

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Zesty BBQ Chicken Kebabs with Marinade

Recipe: Zesty BBQ Chicken Kebabs with Marinade Summary: These BBQ chicken kebabs carry an amazing citrus flavor that is very strong and works beautifully as a whole meal in itself. We served our Zesty BBQ Chicken Kebabs with cold Couscous and a watermelon salad....

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