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Baked Meatballs Recipe

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Over the years I have searched and searched for the best baked meatballs recipe. In fact I've tried frying, steaming and baking meatballs to uncover the secret to the finest baked meatballs in the UK. I'm happy to announce that the search is now over! Who better than...

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Gougeres Recipe

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Makes: 20 (ish) gougeres Time to prep: 5 mins Time to make: 1 hr Gourgerès originate from France and are a savory choux pastry usually flavoured with cheese. The most common cheeses used for gourgerès are gruyere, comte or emmentaler however, there are numerous...

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Welsh Rarebit Recipe

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Serves: 2 Calories: loads!!! Welsh rarebit, what a recipe! Ever since I experienced by first proper welsh rarebit recipe (a couple of years ago), I have yearned to master this exquisite recipe. The welsh rarebit recipe has an interesting history dating back to 1785,...

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Quick Tandoori Chicken Thighs

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Serves: 6 Calories: (per serving): 130 kcal Okay okay, I know that you can't do tandoori chicken thigh's in half an hour, it takes preparation, marinading and perhaps most importantly a tandoor! However, last night I had some chicken thigh's and fancied something with...

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Spicy Dahl Recipe

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Serves: 2 Calories: 472 Some other info: Carbs 74, Fat 3g, Protein 32, Cholesterol 0 This is a great spicy dahl recipe. More calories than a sandwich but very filling, satisfying and with boat-loads of protein. If you're training hard then spicy dahl recipe will...

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Chicken Curry with Tomato & Honey Gravy

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Serves: 2 Calories per serving: 400 kcal (without rice) This is a really tasty meal, it take a bit of fiddling about, but believe me it's absolutely worth it! I found that 2 birdseye chillis gave it the right amount of kick, leaving a warm glow in my mouth afterwards....

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100 Calorie Omlette!

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100 Calorie Omlette Recipe serves: 1 100 calorie omlette...really? No, not really - I've managed to get it down to 101 calories but I'm happy with that! I've just signed up for a Tough Mudder event with Mandy, my wife, and a load of friends. This a 12 mile obstacle...

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3 Cheese Homity Pie Recipe

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Homity Pie Recipe Prep time: 60 mins Before we start I have to put my hands up and say that this is not a traditionally accurate homity pie recipe. A true homity pie recipe would have wholemeal flour (which half of my kids don't really like) and you would never find...

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Spicy Pizza Sauce Recipe

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Prep time: 30 min Perfect spicy pizza sauce - the holy grail. There aren't many recipes that are as fun or creative as a homemade pizza. But what's a pizza without an amazing tomato sauce. Since Dominos introduced their very spice meltdown pizza a few years ago I've...

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Loaded Potato Skin Recipe

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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Easy French Toast Recipe

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Easy French Toast Recipe French toast is something that reminds me of my school years - we used to have this quite regularly. This one is a particularly easy french toast recipe - there are all sorts of flavourings and toppings that you can use. The image used here...

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Traditional Steak and Ale Pie Recipe

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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

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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

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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

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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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