I don’t know why I never made a dressing with grapefruit before. I bought them for a fruit salad and had half left. I love lentils and hot smoked salmon together anyway but this dressing gave it a massive lift and made it really special. Ingredients For the dressing Juice of 1/2 grapefruit 1 tbsp…
Light Leftover Beef Goulash
This is such a good way to use up leftover beef as the sauce keeps the beef nice and moist. It’s also really easy to make as it is just a one pot. I love the flavour of the mushrooms and sour cream instead of heavy cream. Ingredients 2 banana shallots, peeled and diced finely…
Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Salad (BLT)
I do like a BLT sandwich so I decided to make it as a salad destructed. I also used the method where you toss the croutons in the juices of the tomatoes. This salad tastes so great and it’s full of yummy flavours Ingredients 1 slice of sourdough, roughly torn 1 tbsp olive oil 2…
Herb and Honey Marinated Duck Breast on a Summer Medley of Vegetables
I usually associate duck breast with asian flavours nut I fancied something different. I also had a load of vegetables in the garden so it helped used them up and I’m trying to cut down on carbs. This was a tasty and healthy little number. Ingredients (serves 2) For the duck 2 duck breast 2…
Duck Gyoza and Radish Salad with a Sizzling Spring Onion, Ginger and Garlic Dressing
I bought some gyoza from Lidl and thought I might try them in a salad. I steamed half and air fried the rest. The result was I appreciated the crispy ones more. The radish and pepper worked so well and I’ve made this sizzling dressing before it’s so mice as it makes the flavours not…
Turkey Mince and Mushroom Stuffed Baked Courgettes
I’ve been really lucky with my courgette crop this year. I have made courgette crisps and also had them on the bbq. Both were delicious. Yesterday I made these stuffed courgettes and they were delicious. I didn’t realise you could scoop the middle out like a squash and it tasted delicious. It reminded me of…
Spring Onion Pancakes with a Soy and Sesame Dipping Sauce
This is such a great way of using up spring onions, it’s quick easy and really tasty. I like my spring onions softened so rather than added them to the dough after you’ve made it I add it straight away. It’s traditional used using the green parts but I like it with the white parts…
Caesar Style Leftover Chicken Salad
So we had roast chicken last night and there was quite a lot of meat left I filled up poppy the puppy’s bowl and still had quite a bit so decided to make a chicken salad. I didn’t have any Parmesan so I used cheddar cheese instead. I always use the the Carcass as a…
Baked Sweet Potato with Avocado Smash and Cheese Topping
I love a jacket potato for lunch sometimes and my favourite is sweet potato. I saw a variation of this in a Waitrose magazine but dot all the ingredients for a fraction of the price from Lidl. In my opinion Lidl’s cheeses and charcuterie are the best and over half the price. They tend to…
Baked Stuffed Chicken Wrapped in Prosciutto with Courgettes and Tomatoes
This is really summer on a plate. I’ve had a glut of courgettes a food tomatoes which is fantastic as last year I literally only had one courgette. I tried yellow this year and they have been a massive success, the leaves were so big that I’ve had to cut some off. This is perfect…
