Cooking the books: good eating – suggestions for wartime dishes
I’ve just managed to squeeze Cooking the Books in before the calendar ticks into a new month. June has been a bit up and down here, with lockdown taking its…
Pie
Cheese and onion pie with winter slaw
I’ve always loved a pie. In fact, my first ever blog post back in 2012 was about a pie. Perhaps it’s because I just love comfort food or perhaps it’s…
Brunch at Pieminister, Bristol
You most likely know if you read my blog often that I’m no good at breakfast. It stems from the fact that I’m just not a morning person. Brunch though,…
Pieminister, Stokes Croft, Bristol
Have you heard of Pieminster? If not, where have you been? This brand of what are essentially ‘pie and mash’ shops with a large sprinkling of cool urban styling, is…
Chicken and asparagus pie
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged and for one reason and another I’ve hardly been cooking of late. Cooking is how I relax and so, having not been able…
A Lovely Lentil & Spinach pie
I can’t take the credit for this lentil and spinach pie, it’s a recipe from Nigel Slater’s Kitchen Diaries II. Such a gorgeous book full of lovely simple recipes and…
Mary Berry’s easy key lime pie
Everybody loves key lime pie – or at least, they should! For me, its a perfect pud – not too sweet, refreshing and light. This is a cracking recipe which…
Leftover cheeseboard pie
This is basically a lot of odds and ends of cheese, some filo pastry, potato slices and onions, resulting in the most wonderful leftover cheese board pie. It’s most definitely…
Pastry Topped Fish & Leek Pie
As part of my Saturday batch cooking I made these individual fish pies. They are relatively quick to make and don’t take too much effort. The recipe came from one…
Salmon and leek filo pie
Time for a quick Salmon and Leek filo pie. The recipe is pinched from my library of old Olive magazines, this one is from Aug 2010. The recipe is so…