Succotash Salad with Pancetta

I’d never heard of this salad before, but loved the idea of it. I love American salads and side dishes as there are SO many different areas and influences to the ingredients because of the diverse history. This was fresh, sweet, crunchy and the pancetta added another depth of flavour. Ingredients (serves 2) Directions

Salami and Black Eyed Bean Salad

This is such a good store cupboard and freezer salad. We had a charcuterie platter and there was some salami leftover. I thought I would chuck it into a salad. I always like to keep tinned pulses and jarred herbs in the cupboard as they are so handy. In the freezer I also always have…

Mediterranean Summer Vegetable Sausage Casserole

Sometimes you fancy doing something different with a sausage in the summer other then a BBQ. I love sausage casserole in the winter. I decided to make a summer version with lovely summery vegetables. The main flavour I wanted was lovely smokey sweet paprika and it worked a treat. This was light fresh healthy and…

Tuna and Sweetcorn Potato Skins

I love jacket potato as you can literally put anything on them. I love a certain brand of baked beans with cheese on top. (If they are good enough for our queen consort Camilla, they are good enough for me 😉) My hubby Paulie doesn’t like beans so I had to try something else. Tuna,…

Lemon Sole on Polenta with a Warm Sweetcorn Salsa

It’s corn as the song goes. I totally agree it’s juicy and sweet. I had a love hate relationship with polenta and stayed away from it for awhile but decided to try it again thanks to A well known yellow and blue supermarket that has themed country weeks. Yes I like it again and realise…

Chinese Leftover Chicken, Sweetcorn, Egg and Noodle Soup

Chicken roast is so simple but probably my favourite roast of all time, I always have Yorkshire puddings and crispy roast potatoes and no veg 🫣. Chicken gravy is epic too if you use the chicken juices and a good quality stock. So after my roast I had a gorgeous carcass left and I always…

Baked Southern Chicken Salad with Bloody Mary Dressing Recipe

So as the lovely summer tomatoes come to an end I wanted to make something different with them. I saw the idea for a bloody mary dressing in a waitrose magazine earlier in the year and I thought it would work perfectly in a southern style salad and it did. The dressing is sharp, sweet…

Loaded Potato Salad with Griddled Sweetcorn Recipe

Who doesn’t like a potato salad? The more in it the better for me and it is a great way to use up left over potatoes. This is filling and has really comforting flavours in it.  Crispy bacon lovely roasted sweetcorn and sweet tomatoes. I never know whether the American’s or Germans invented it, but…