Slow cooked salt beef with a difference…
I love salt beef, a great meat to cook and I’ve just put it back on the menu, served hot this time and paired with some familiar and slightly less familiar ingredients. I get my butcher to brine the beef for me, he does it well so why make […]
A variation on a classic…
Here’s a dish I came up with based on the theme of ham and eggs with a couple of extras thrown in for good measure. I quite like playing around with old standards, on the plus side you are doing something the customer can relate to whilst adding a little twist […]
Quick and easy stir-fried prawn recipe…
This is one I could have put in my diary, it’s tonight’s dinner!! I’ve only got one night off this week so the last thing I want to do is stand in my home kitchen and cook all night but that’s still no excuse to order take out.
So I bought […]
iPhone Diary for Monday 16th January…
I suppose I should record what I am currently eating for this diary so here’s a breakdown of the meals I eat in conjunction with my weight training regime. The diet is designed to lose weight whilst maintaining any muscle I have gained during last year’s ‘bulking up’ phase.
After one […]
The French style spud basher!…
Thought I’d share this photo with you. It is probably the most old fashioned piece of equipment (after me) we have in our kitchens, a potato masher. It is a French contraption but despite that it works very well. The idea is that you place your freshly boiled potatoes […]
A photograph from a faithfull friend…
Here’s a photograph kindly sent in by blog stalwart Cid, a noble lady who has been a member of this blog’s online community since it’s creation. A keen foodie she always tries new recipes and shares her ideas and experiences for the benefit of us all.
Here’s the photo and email […]
What I’ve enjoyed reading this year..
Magazines are full of top tens of this and that at this time of year and when it comes to cookery books there is no shortage of lists. Most contain all of the usual suspects; Jamie Oliver, Gordon Ramsay etc but now and then you can find the odd gem.
There […]
It’s been a long month!….
Here’s a new dish for the winter months; roast partridge with cep ravioli, crushed root vegetables, puy lentils and black chanterelles. I love cooking partridge, it’s a fabulous game bird and one I never fail to feature during its season. It’s the one guaranteed seller when it comes to puting game […]
A variation on a recent theme…
Remember that wild rice dish I did? No, well click here please! This salad type dish got me thinking about other variations so instead of the rice I went for puy lentils and bulgar wheat. I’m quite into grains at the moment because I think they’re very versatile and open […]
An easy dipping sauce recipe for spring rolls and dim sum….
Here’s a really easy and moorish recipe for an Asian style dipping sauce which you can use with fish, meat or vegetables. At the moment I am using it with some sticky braised pork belly and seared scallops as a starter in one of the […]