This beef cannelloni recipe with aubergine (aka eggplant) is a frugal and delicious dish for the whole family. I promise I will not bang on about my love for aubergines (eggplant for those in the USA!) and how they are such an under estimated vegetable ! But they are the star of this recipe and […]
When I am working on the plane, holding a dinner party for 300 passengers at 35,000 feet, I often have the chance to meet lovely tourists making there way over to the UK to start discovering what Europe has to offer. London and Scotland are always on the agenda, but very, VERY rarely is Wales […]
I just had a really strange weekend that did not involve one “I’m Bored ! ” or “I want to play on my phone !”….I kid you not ! I had the pleasure of going to Alex James Big Feastival in The Cotswolds and what a flipping fab time we all had enjoying a real […]
This crisped pork ratatouille is super satisfying and delicious! This crisped pork ratatouille dish is a perfect example of posh nosh that doesn’t need to carry a stupid price tag! You can often pay through the nose for a decent ratatouille dish from a fancy restaurant but why pay those prices when you can make […]
See what we thought of the Aldi Ready Set Cook meal kits. Move over Gourmet Meal kits with the oh so Gourmet prices… there is a new kid in town and it is gonna knock you for six! Ready to cook supermarket meals Cooking from scratch is thankfully the latest craze to hit our homes, […]
These lemon and garlic green beans are the perfect side dish for a summers day. Lemon and garlic green beans Soon the green beans will be popping up everywhere and I shall be overcome with bags given to me by my father and neighbours sharing their crop. They are fab raw and finely diced in […]
We love using our wood fired pizza oven to have a ‘takeaway’ pizza, except made at home! It is oh so good! When I told my children we would be having a pizza oven for the garden delivered, we had several air punches and happy dances. My family LOVE pizza and our takeaway of choice […]
Why not give this tasty blue cheese and spinach crumble a try today? I made this for my beautiful cousin Emma’s pre wedding dinner, and as we were all staying in a big barn conversion and we all had to take a dish each. I knew that there were several vegetarians in the group, so […]
If you love pate, then you absolutely need to try this feta and walnut pate! If you have any adventurous guests coming over or you fancy trying something new, then consider this. Again, another colourful and taste extraordinaire of a dish, it is a punch in the gob kind of taste, but it is flipping […]
This delicious and healthy Turkish kisir is always a hit in my house! Delicious and healthy Turkish Kisir. Kisir is a national dish in Turkey, and every household has there very own take on how to make it ,however, if it has bulgur and looks too pretty to eat then your on the right road. […]
Yellow Sticker Warfare There’s a lot of uncertainty in the world at the moment. The never ending battles in the Middle East, the chubby kid with a bad hair cut from North Korea (or is it South – I can never remember) whose daddy died and left him a country along with some shiny nuclear […]
If you are looking for the best summer roast potatoes, try these parmentier potatoes! These dill potatoes scream summer and are not only super healthy but also 100% delicious. Dill is like marmite unfortunately, you either love it or hate it !. The UK are not a huge user of dill, however the middle east […]