This is not a commercial blog. It’s just a note of recipes that I have cooked and want to remember.
Chilli Mushroom Recipe
Chilli Mushroom Recipe A great video for making Chilli Mushroom, a very nice Indian recipe that can be served as a side or main dish. The main thing is that everything should be nice and chunky. Ingredients for Chilli Mushroom Recipe 1 bell pepper 250g mushrooms (cut...
Piquant Sauce Recipe
Piquant sauce is a spicy, pungent offering that can pep up just about any bit of meat. This piquant sauce recipe comes straight from cookitsimply.com. It's a quick easy way to spark up pork chops - just grill the chops for 7 mins each side, cover with the sauce and...
Turkey Fajita Recipe
Here's a great way to use up that Christmas turkey, you can use the fajita seasoning mix with beef or chicken if you prefer. Ingredients for Fajita Mix 1 tbsp cornflour 1/2 tbsp chili powder 1/2 tsp cumin 1 tsp paprika 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp garlic powder 1/2...
Simple Egg Drop Chicken Soup Recipe
Mandy's got a cold, and there is nothing more comforting, in my opinion, than chicken soup, so here's the recipe:- 1 Litre chicken stock 2 eggs half a leek - chopped 20g cornflour 1 tablespoon of sesame oil 1/2 tablespoon of chopped ginger 2 cloves of chopped garlic...
Honey and Ginger Sauce
A really quick one, honey and ginger sauce makes a great chinese marinade or sauce. It works well with chicken or lamb and is really quick and easy to throw together. Ingredients Thumb-size piece of fresh ginger (finely chopped) 3 fat garlic cloves (crushed) 3 tbsp...
Indian Biryani Recipe
This is a slightly westernised version of the traditional hyderabadi indian biryani recipe, but it still tastes amazing! I've also included a video with an old Indian master chef showing you how to create an indian biryani properly! Enjoy. Ingredients for Indian...
Mexican Salad Recipe
We discovered this whilst trying to find something non-carby to accompany a chilli con carne. It's quick, easy and incredibly tasty. Ingredients for Mexican Salad Serves 2 Quarter of a red cabbage - shredded half a large carrott - cut into fine batons 1 yellow...
Black Bean Sauce Recipe
To date I have focussed largely on indian food - the exciting array of spices and sauces used in these recipe really do it for me. My mission is now to master the art of Chinese cooking. I'm going to kick off with black bean sauce. We all need to begin somewhere - a...
Fried Indian Courgette Recipe
This indian courgette recipe is both tasty and extremely quick to make. A perfect accompaniment to any other curry dish. Ingredients for fried indian courgette recipe 3 courgettes (halved lengthwise then diced) 1/2 tsp turmeric powder 1/2 tsp chilli powder 1 tsp cumin...
Spinach Curry Recipe – Side Dish
A quick and easy side dish, this spinach curry recipe uses a blended mix of onions to give it a great consistency. Spinace curry recipe is as follows:- Ingredients for Spinach Curry Recipe 1 x 250g bag of fresh spinach 1 medium onion (finely chopped) 3 garlic cloves...
Mushroom Bahji Recipe
This mushroom bahji recipe is quick easy and low carb (so suitable for atkins). You can put this together and get it to the table in about 15-20 minutes so perfect for lunch! Ingredients for Mushroom Bahji Recipe 2 Onions (chopped) 2 Cloves Garlic (crushed) 1 tsp...
Texas Red Chilli Recipe
We're currently trying out the Atkins diet (which doesn't really feel like a diet at all! The issue we have is that there are a list of allowed and not allowed foods so we're having to be inventive with breakfast and lunch. Dinner, however, is no trouble at all. This...
Mongolian Lamb Recipe
Monglian Lamb Recipe This mongolian lamb recipe is a winner with the whole family. I used the leftovers from a Sunday roast for the lamb and a few other bits and a few other bits and pieces. This mongolian lamb recipe is very easy to do using a simple sauce and...
Greek Meze
I'm by no means an expert on Greek food but I love the idea Greek meze - a fanfare of flavours and colours - the Greek meze is my idea of a real feast. A couple of weeks ago I tried putting something together to approximate a Greek meze and it went really well...
Tenderizing Meat
Tips for Tenderizing Meat 1. Beat it with a tenderizing hammer. The reason tenderizing meat in this way works is because by battering it with a tenderizing hammer you are beginning the mastication process and breaking down the cell structure of the meat. A small...
Resting Meat
Why Rest Meat? Always rest meat before serving, this allows the meat juices to be reabsorbed back into the meat. If you cut into the meat and the juices (and incidentally the flavour) flood out onto the plate then you’re probably not resting the meat for long enough....
Sharpening a Knife With a Steel
How to sharpen a knife with a steel A sharp knife is critical to preparation of good food. A good steel can be bought for around £5 and I can say it's probably the best investment I've ever made. Obviously it's one thing to have a steel, yet another to know how to use...
Beef Kofte Kebab Recipe
Ok, the first thing to say is that this is not an authentic kofte kebab recipe. I had a pack of minced beef that was due to expire so put this dish together based on the wealth of information out there and a wing and a prayer! Interestingly it turned out really well!...
Lamb Neck Fillet with Redcurrant and Rosemary Sauce
This something I threw together for valentines day. I had just started shopping and they called 'last orders' so I had to leg it round the supermarket and grab what I hoped were complimentary ingredients for a valentines dinner. As it turned out it worked! More luck...
Chicken Vindaloo Recipe
Chicken Vindaloo Recipe I always thought that vindaloo was supposed to follow 16 pints and a long night out. My only real experience of this, until recently, was when our youngest was a week and a half overdue. As a last ditch attempt to help nature take it's course...
Chicken Pasanda Recipe
Chicken Pasanda Recipe A nice and easy curry that's just yummy:- Oil (vegetable) 2 onions - chopped 1 tsp cinamon 1 teaspoon coriander 1 teaspoon chilli powder 1 teaspoon turmeric powder 5 cardamon pods (husks removed - seeds retained) 2 inch lump of fresh ginger ...
Home made stuffing
Home Made Stuffing Recipe This home made stuffing recipe is another of my Dad's excellent recipes. My Dad has a way of making complex tasks look easy but this one really is as simple as adding stuff to a blender and the taste of the resulting stuffing is absolutely to...
Sausagemeat Stuffing Recipe
Sausagemeat Stuffing Ok, this is really cheating! It's more a quick tip to enhance your packet stuffing than a recipe. Stuffing is definitely a must for any english roast dinner, since actually stuffing a bird is now considered dangerous, we're missing out on all of...
Honey Glazed Roast Parsnip Recipe
Honey Glazed Roast Parsnips A nice twist on the traditional roast parsnip recipe, under normal circumstances I would heat some oil in the oven, chuck the parsnips in the pan and roast for about 45 mins on high, however, having spent a life time easting roast dinners...
Chicken & Pepperoni Casserole Recipe
Quick Chicken and Pepperoni Casserole An unbelievably easy yet flavourful recipe - it took less than an hour to prepare and cook yet tasted absolutely divine. Here are the ingredients:- 3 Chicken Breasts chopped into chunky bits About 10 bits of pepperoni A handful of...
Microwaved Onion Pudding
Microwaved Onion Pudding I always remember a highlight of the roast dinners we used have at home was my dads microwaved onion pudding - it was always moist, filled with flavour and left me wanting more. I remember a feature was that you could microwave it in around 5...
Really Quick and Easy Raan Lamb – A Cheats Guide
Ok, first we need to get something straight - this is NOT a recipe for Raan Lamb, the Indian classic Raan lamb will take in around 3 days to prepare correctly, if that's what you're looking for then there's an excellent howto (with pictures and everything!) right...
Sauce recipe for fish
Last night we were having some rather unappetizing frozen salmon steaks with new potatos and vegetables, we threw together a bit of sauce and it gave the meal another dimension (kinda high calorie though!). 100g butter 2 x egg yolks half teaspoon of basil 3 dessert...
Steamed Thai Sticky Rice
Another nice easy recipe. All you need is rice and a steamer. We used Basamati, but you can use any glutinous rice. Just boil the rice for 5 minutes, chuck it in the steamer and steam for 30 minutes - job done!
Thai Potato Cake Recipe
Something we whipped up yesterday. Give it a go! We reckon it's about 350 calories (mainly because it's fried) we made it to go with a Cheap Thai Fish Recipe. 4 medium potatos 1 red chilli chopped small half handful of chopped corriander chopped up Good knob of...