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Gougeres Recipe
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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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,...
read morePhill's Potato Salad Recipe
Potato Salad Recipe Serves 6 (as a side) Crickey oh Riley!! The sun's out after months of bleak days. We're finally getting a taster of summer. In the UK (certainly in our house) a bit of sun means that a BBQ is obligatory. We rushed up to Sainsbury's and grabbed a...
read moreQuick Tandoori Chicken Thighs
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...
read moreSpicy Dahl Recipe
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...
read moreChicken Curry with Tomato & Honey Gravy
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....
read more100 Calorie Omlette!
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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read more3 Cheese Homity Pie Recipe
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...
read moreSpicy Pizza Sauce Recipe
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...
read moreLoaded 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
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...
read moreMussels 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...
read moreFillet 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...
read moreHigh Protein Breakfast – Paprika Chili Chicken Pitta
High Protein Breakfast - Paprika Chili Chicken Pitta Serves: 1 Calories: 456 Protein: 41g Fat: 11g So I'm currently engaged in completing the Shaun T Insanity workout which, for those of you Ingredients for my high protein breakfastwho know, is seriously intense. I do...
read moreSkirlie 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...
read moreA 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...
read moreSweet 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...
read moreSausagemeat 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...
read moreQuick 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...
read moreEasy French Toast Recipe
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...
read moreRoasted Gammon in Coke Recipe
Roasted Gammon in Coke Recipe Fed 2 adults, 2 hungry teenagers and a 6 year old! Seriously? This really shouldn't work - but crickey heck it really is awesome!!! The cooking in coke gives the roasted gammon (ham!) a very subtle sweetness and tenderises it a treat!...
read moreTraditional 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...
read moreRoast Lamb Recipe
Garlic & Rosemary Roast Lamb Recipe... ...with roasted vegetables and sweet potato Serves: 4/5 Prep Time: 30 mins Cooking Time: 1hr 25mins (depending on size of meat) We had a sleepover last night with Kat, a good friend from our school days - a fitting excuse to...
read moreChilli 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...
read moreRogan 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...
read moreEasy 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...
read moreVegetarian 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...
read moreChicken 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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