Sausage & Mushroom Penne Pasta
This is a really simple and comforting dinner and something you can throw together without needing too many fresh ingredients so its a good one for end of the month…
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Meatball & Red Pepper Pasta Bake
This recipe not going to win any awards for creativity and its certainly not a gourmet creation but using meatballs in a bake makes a change from spaghetti bolognese and…
Beef Loc Lac with Tuc Merik
This is a great recipe from Gordon’s Great Escape: Southeast Asia. Its one of my favourite food perve books, one which frequently comes off the shelf for a read but…
Chorizo-style Sausage & Rigatoni Bake
I’ve always scoffed at ‘pasta bakes’ – they are the stuff of jars and preservatives…aren’t they? Perhaps its because its something we never had at home growing up – but…
Co-op Wine Club & Slow Cooked Beef Ragu
I like wine (as you may have noticed) so I was pleased when the Midlands Co op told me they were launching a new wine club called We Like Wine.…
Slow Cooker Lamb with Red Wine Gravy
Having never owned a slow cooker, I was very pleased when Appliances Direct recently sent me a Crockpot slow cooker to try. I’ve slowly roasted joints in the oven but…
Brian Turner’s Sausages with Fried Potatoes & Onions
Any one who reads this blog frequently will know that I love sausages.. in fact, I’m thinking of adding a ‘Sausages’ page there are that many recipes on here! So,…
Chorizo, Pepper & Olive Empanadas
Last week Fragata sent me a box of goodies which included piri piri chillies and some beautiful juicy olives with sun dried tomatoes and peppers. Being a Spanish company I…
Budget Friendly Spicy Sausage Chilli
The recent first episode of The Great British Budget Menu got me thinking about how much we spend on food and actually, how much we waste. I feel very lucky…
Tom Parker Bowles Mexican Beef Stew
Here’s comfort food with a kick. Taken from one of my less used books The Market Kitchen Cookbook, this is a Tom Parker Bowles recipe which brings together the homeliness…