If you want a very quick tasty dinner this is the answer. This dinner takes under 10 minutes including the prep time. I love how you get a hit of ginger, garlic and herbs in every other mouthful. The mussels were Cornish from our fishmonger and cost all of £4 and were so much plumper…
Month: September 2016
Homemade Sun Dried Tomato Whole Wheat Gnocchi, Broccoli and Cheese Skinny Bake Recipe
As I’m still trying to move away from white processed flour I thought I would have a go at whole wheat gnocchi particularly as the pasta turned out so well. As the whole wheat does have a flavour I needed something strong to go with it, I love sun dried tomato’s so I made a…
Prosciutto Wrapped Halibut on a Cannellini Stew topped with Gremolata Recipe
Halibut is such a delicious fish, as it is the largest in the flat fish family. As with other flat fish you get a wonderful flavour but also a very meaty fillet. This dish is perfect for the cooler dark evenings that have approached us. The beans are so comforting, the fish is so tasty…
Homemade Gnocchi – Pesto and Fresh Herbs Recipe – Freezable
Left over potatoes? Make gnocchi it is really simple and tastes so much better than the supermarket variety. The best thing is you can freeze them down in portions and cook them from frozen, mine made 6 boxes so that is 6 meals from one bag of spud’s! You can have them with sauce, meat…
Left Over Steak, Noodle and Watercress Salad with a Peanut and Chilli Dressing Recipe
We had some left over rib eye steak from dinner which is too nice to chuck away so I thought I would make a noodle salad. The result was delicious it is fresh, spicy, sweet, nutty and really filling. I think I will have to save a bit of my steak for the next day…
West Country Chicken Casserole Recipe
This is a perfect autumn dish as it is a light casserole. As I’m Devonian I love cider and it is great in one pot’s to create a light sauce, in the winter we tend to use red wine and beef for a more heartier option. I always think one pot dinner’s are really comforting…
Pork Chops in a Sage, Mustard and Maple Syrup Sauce Recipe
I always think pork chops are one of those comfort dinners. My sage plant is in really good condition and I have barely used any of it all summer. As the nights are getting colder and darker it is the perfect setting to make more comforting dinner’s which means I can use sage, don’t be…
Fish Friday – Haddock in a Lemon and Caper Sauce Recipe
We tend to like our fish dishes simple so you can really taste the lovely flesh. It is also such a quick, easy, tasty dinner. Milk always works well with haddock for some reason they seem to go hand in hand whether your using it for tenderising or poaching the fish in it. There are…
Skinny Whole Wheat Carrot Cake Traybake Recipe
We had some carrots left over so I thought I would make a carrot cake. As it is mid-week I didn’t want a fattening version so I tweaked a recipe to my preferred ingredients and the result was a delicious moist and creamy carrot cake you wouldn’t know there was no butter or full fat…
Halloumi, Strawberry and Basil Salad with a Blackberry or Balsamic Vinegar Dressing Recipe
I have wanted to try this salad for ages and today I was in a position to do so with summer hanging on, just! I am glad I did as the strawberries really enhanced the halloumi sweetness. It is one of those salad’s where you need to get a bit of everything on each forkful…
Delicious and Tender Braised Pork Cheeks in Cider with Black Pudding and Butter Beans Recipe
This dish was amazing and so tasty. Instead of a roast dinner last night Paulie made this stew. Pig Cheeks are so cheap, we bought them for £2 and this fed 3 adult’s and I have a portion in the fridge for when Paulie is away (can’t wait to eat this again). The cheeks melt…
Raspberry and White Chocolate Loaf Recipe
With Raspberry and blackberry season finishing why not have one last treat. This cake is easy to make but has loads of flavour. We bought some yellow and red raspberries from our local farm shop and I wanted to do them justice. Raspberries can be quite tart sometimes so the white chocolate add a lovely…
Foraged Blackberry Vinegar Recipe
Last weekend we picked a load of blackberries on our walk back from the beach. My flavoured oils have been so good (recipe’s here) that I thought I would have a go at my own vinegar’s as I like them in salad’s. After doing some research I now realise this can be used in sweet…
15 Minute Red Massaman Pork Curry Recipe
We use to buy massaman curry paste in a jar from the supermarket and use to be a quick an easy dinner, but they stopped selling it so Paul thought he would like up how to make your own paste. Let’s put it this way we won’t be buying curry paste in a jar again….
Skate Wings Baked in a Lemon, Olive Oil and Caper Sauce Recipe
This is a great Meatless Monday Supper, particularly as it has been beautifully sunny in September so far. It’s not the prettiest dish but is simple, quick and tasty. You can add tomatoes and fresh herbs at the caper stage if you want more flavour. Skate is a lovely fish it is meaty and not…