Spiced butternut squash soup
Sometimes all I really want is soup. Today, all I really wanted was soup. So I made some. However, I couldn’t be bothered to brave the cold and visit the…
Vegetarian
Prashad’s Indian Vegetarian Cooking
We are big meat eaters but I do like to cook vegetarian dishes at least once a week to try and balance our diets. This vegetable handi recipe is from…
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…
Prashad’s Aloo Gobi & Jeera Baath
Prashad is a small family run Indian restaurant in Drighlington which is near Bradford in West Yorkshire. You may have heard of them as they won Gordon Ramsay’s Best Restaurant…
An easy summer coleslaw
Last week my mum and brother joined me for dinner. The hubby was out so it was just the three of us and seeing as it was a weeknight, and…
Rachel Allen’s couscous salad
I do try to cook vegetarian meals occasionally and recently I’ve been thinking that perhaps we should have more meat-free meals in our diet. So, I’ve decided to make a…
Easy Chickpea & Carrot Curry
Here’s a recipe which appears on this weeks meal plan for Thursday night. Actually, due to an impromptu plan to eat out with friends at a new place in Loughborough,…
Day 6: Olive Magazine 7 Meals for £30 – Take Two!
Ok, I apologise for not doing these in order – we had an Easter interlude and now another days interlude as I was down in London with work! So, its…
Day 5: Olive Magazine 7 Meals for £30 – Take Two!
Sorry for the brief Easter interlude, tonight we are back on the 7 meals with Day 5. We’ve had a lovely time away, staying in a fantastic hotel in the…
Smoky Black Bean Chilli Soup with Lime Yoghurt
I followed the Olive magazine 7 meals for £35 back in October (read it here) and since that time it has been my most popular post. This month, in the…