A really nice alternative to bolognese sauce and easy to make in bulk so you can freeze portions for another time! I’ve made this a couple of times and the two important things to remember are 1) double the amount of fennel and 2) really give it time to cook down and grow in flavour.…
I was bowled over by how tasty and dimensional this bowl of goodness was! It’s got crunch, heat, smokiness, a touch of sweetness, a sprinkling of fresh lemon, wholesome goodness of lentils, and much more. It’s also relatively low effort, although the last few minutes are a bit hectic. Jamie Oliver’s source recipe references baharat,…
I really like recipes that are flexible; where you can swap ingredients, change amounts, and come up with a different but equally delicious dish. My dinner on Friday was just one of these. The fridge was empty and the pantry bare, and the best I could come up with was something along the lines of…
This is really delicious and pretty healthy. You can vary the amount of chilli and therefore temper the piri piri-ness, but it’s great for a weeknight meal to blow the cobwebs away! The initial idea is from Jamie Oliver’s 30 Minute Meals – and took me about 45 mins to cook even when leaving out some…
This is a lovely curry that is healthy, cheap to buy for, relatively quick to prepare, and can be very easily scaled up or down depending on how many people/meals you’re cooking for. The recipe also includes a fresh kachumber salad on the side. Including the salad is a great way of helping cut down…
This is a great weeknight meal; it uses a few store cupboard ingredients, it’s a bit different, and it’s a great way to get your weekly fix of fish and lentils. The recipe I loosely followed was initially from BBC Good Food – I didn’t have any mint when I made it but will definitely…
This is a recipe that will take a bit of time and attention (unfortunately you can’t leave it cooking unattended all afternoon), but it’s one of the tastiest meals I’ve had this year, and you can easily make multiple portions. I was lucky enough to have homemade chicken stock to hand, which may have made…
This ranks highly in the all important ‘quick to prepare’ category, and, as the first fish pie I’ve ever made, amazed me in how easy it was to make – essentially having only three parts (potato topping + fish + leek and prawn filling). I always thought fish pies were complicated things with clever sauces…
This comes from the Leon cookbook and is mentioned in the context of summer, but personally I think this goes even better with autumn and winter. It tastes healthy and wholesome but at the same time has loads of flavour and if you’re especially hungry, you could always bulk it up with some fresh bread,…
I just made this for dinner and was pleasantly surprised! The salad recipe comes from thehealthychef and then I served a medium steak on top, with some sweet potato chips on the side. The biggest surprise of all was how well the sweet potato chips went with the salad. Because the salad is a bit…
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