For a fantastic quick, easy and healthy one pan dinner, try this stir fried beef. We love to use sirloin as our stir fry cut of beef and always tenderise in a sauce or cornflour before cooking for at least 20 minutes. The result is beautiful, succulent, juicy meat. The sauce is quite a popular…
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Rosemary Foccacia Recipe
So my vigininty breaking regarding bread continues. My second attempt after the wholemeal loaf is this simple foccacia (Paul Hollywood Recipe). When I was making the dough I was a ittle scared as the dough was so wet compared to the dry dough I used on my first loaf. I needn’t of worried as this…
Prosciutto Wrapped Pesto Chicken Breast on a Bed of Courgette’s and Tomatoes Recipe
It’s Monday so back to healthy dinners again. This one pot tray bake is easy but really tasty. The pesto and chicken juices flavour the courgettes and tomatoes beautifully and the roasted vine tomatoes are sweet and delicious. Sometimes simple is best and this was one of the first recipe’s Paulie made me and has…
Refreshing Rhubarb, Ginger and Strawberry Sorbet Recipe
We got a bunch of lovely freshly cut rhubarb from a cottage who sells their excess produce in a trust hut. As we thought the mango and honey frozen youghurt was such a success we thought we would give a sorbet a try. This was easy to make and so refreshing perfect for a summery…
Easy Wholemeal Bread Recipe
I have been a bit of a wimp when it comes to making my own bread but Paulie found this artisan Wessex mill flour when he went shopping at the butchers so I thought I would give it a go as I saw on a programme there are up to 14 ingredients in some of…
Salt Beef with Homepickled Fennel and Baby Salad Leaves
As it is Sunday and grey we decided to have a nice big roast tonight, so for lunch we wanted something light. We are lucky to live near the weald smokery which sell lot’s of yummy smoked meat and fish. Today we had the salt beef with our homepickled fennel (recipe) it was delicious, for…
Homemade Lemon and Coriander Crab Cakes Recipe
I have been wanting to try and make these for ages, I keep seeing tinned crab in Waitrose and finally bought a tin and had a go. We were not disappointed, homemade crab cakes are so much lighter and flavoursome as you can add ingredients to your own taste and they were so easy to…
Jersey Royals, Tuna and Rocket with Lemon, Caper and Marjoram Dressing Recipe
Jersey Royals are my favourite new potato of all time. It is only the start of the season and Paulie managed to get me a bag of decent sized Jersey Royals. We have them for dinner the other night and there were a few left over so I thought I would use them up in…
Weald Smokery Salmon, Home Pickled Fennel, Watercress and Caper Salad
I love spring and summer as the salads for lunch are back! Gone are the hearty soups, it’s light fresh and healthy from now onwards, with some indulgences of course! At the weekend with had a really nice cream tea and as I am from Devon (closer to Cornwall side) I am extremely fussy about…
Most Amazing and Tasty Chinese Lamb Stew with Wild Rice Recipe
I love Ken Hom and we have a few of his books if I had to recommend one to buy it would be his Complete Chinese Cookery book. It has his best recipes and Paulie and I are enjoying working our way through the recipes. We do have some firm favourites though and this is…
Winner Winner Chicken Dinner with Black Pudding, Spinach and a Vermouth Tarragon Sauce Recipe
Chicken is so versatile and has a comforting factor about it. You can make 1000’s of different recipes. We had been to the Weald Smokery and bought some gorgeous cheese, salmon and venison which they smoke in house, they also sell proper Lancashire black pudding and I think chicken and black pudding go really well…
Warm Cavolo Nero, Bacon and Tomato Salad with Pine Nuts and Balsamic Dressing
My healthy take on a BLT. So as usual in the UK it is raining which has also dropped the warmer temperatures we have been having. On days like this I really fancy something warm so my immediate thought was a BLT sandwich but no, Paulie and I are being good so I looked in…
Low Fat Pesto Encrusted Cod with a Pea, Leek and Pancetta Fricassee Recipe
Not sure what to have for dinner but want something really healthy before the weekend? This is for you! This dish is so fresh and perfect for spring and summer. Paulie made this up and he has added no cream or carbs to make this really low fat and if you have made your own…
Healthy Noodle, Mung Bean, Raw Broccoli and Carrot Salad with a Ginger and Lime Satay Style Dressing Recipe
This recipe was inspired by a friend I visit sometimes on a Tuesday. We were talking about food and healthy living, my friend isn’t keen on lot’s of meat which gave me inspiration to try and add more veggie dishes into my diet that are healthy too. I am big on flavour so didn’t just…
Healthy Bacon, Tomato, Thyme and A Smidge of Cheese Open Omlette
Omelettes are a quick healthy and versatile back up meal for breakfast lunch or dinner. You can practically add anything to them, as I wanted mine to be healthier I used a strong flavoured hard cheese and used the parmesan grater so it sprinkled over the whole omelette using at least half the amount of…
