I love comfort food and dishes that satisfies you the night you eat it but also freeze’s down and tastes better second time round. Paulie’s chilli is one of those recipe’s. This served us for dinner last night, we have another portion for us both as well as a single portion if one of us…
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Baked Spicy Cauliflower and Pea Samosa’s with a Yoghurt Mint Dip Recipe
I was a little scared about trying to make my own samosa’s as they look so complicated and I still believe there is an art in the folding and how much filling to use. I was really proud of how mine turned out, not perfect but still a triangle shape, nice and crispy on the…
Bank Holiday 6 Hour Spiced Pulled Lamb Shoulder Recipe
It’s Bank Holiday Monday in the UK today and guess what, yes, it’s raining! What better way to cheer yourself up than making the most amazing and comforting food. This recipe is from the River Cottage cookbook. The book has lot’s of yummy recipes but this is our favourite. The merguez spices soak into the…
South American Inspired Mocha Rubbed Slow Cooker Beef Brisket Recipe
Do you love flavour and fed up of the same old brisket recipe and what to try something new? Try this! We haven’t used a dry rub as a sealant on a brisket before, we usually seal the meat first in a pan before pot roasting so this was new for us. I also haven’t…
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…
Homemade Pickled Fennel with Star Anise and Orange Recipe
So Paulie and I have been pickling again this weekend. We have pickled some veg to spruce up our salad’s. Check out the cauliflower recipe too! Ingredients (makes the 3 jars in picture) 6 bulbs of fennel, trimmed and sliced into very thin rings 3 medium orange’s ( or 1 per jar) 4 cups white…
Homemade Pickled Cauliflower with Dill and Spice Recipe
If you read my salad post’s you will know that we add pickled items such as capers or gherkins to spruce up and add flavour to our salads. We decided to have a go at our own and we are so pleased with the results. It is so cheap to do it yourself and they…
Homemade Borough Market London Sundried Tomato Paste/Dip Recipe
Paulie and I treat ourselves a few times a year by going to Borough Market at London Bridge and stocking up on the goodies they have to offer. I could easily spend £500 in that place. The artisan’s who sell there are delightful and as I like to try everything I never have breakfast as…
Homemade Flavoured Olive Oil Recipe
Making my own flavoured olive oil was inspired by my friend Jess. I went to her place for dinner and she had made her own infused garlic oil, made with garlic her dad had grown and the flavour was delicious. Paulie and I always have a drizzle over our salads, pizza and pasta and we…
Easy Peasy Dukkah Dip Recipe for Bread and Oil
If you want to add a yummy kick to bread, oil and vinegar, this recipe is the one for you. I believe it is originally of Egyptian origin but I first tried dukkah when Paulie brought some back from his visit to Australia. I love spice and mixing up my dipping, sometimes I dip the…
Easy but Amazing Slow Roast Chinese Pork Shoulder
This recipe is amazing and would be fantastic for this Easter weekend, it is like pork ribs but you get loads more meat and less fat! It is so worth the 4 hours cooking time as it melts in your mouth and dipping the meat in the extra sauce is finger licking good. Me and…
Lightly Spiced Veal Cottage Pie
Growing up I had 2 favourite dinners, roast and cottage pie. My sister and I had to take it in turns with mince as she liked lasagne and I like cottage pie. I must say as you get older your palate changes and I tend to like stronger flavour’s so Paulie has mastered the spicing…
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