Mum’s Coconut Prawns

These are the sort of thing that you snack on quite easily without realising how many tails you are unashamedly stacking on the side of your plate! 

Sourdough – King of Bread

Once the staple of healthy hippies, sourdough has quickly become the best thing since sliced bread!  The superb flavour of a finished loaf cannot be beaten with its tangy, chewy, smoky taste; this robust bread is the undisputed King of Bread for a reason.

Chocolate Mousse

2 medium eggs 65g dark chocolate 2 tspn sugar 1) melt the chocolate 2) separate the eggs 3) whisk the egg whites and add the sugar 4) add the yolks to the melted chocolate 5) fold the egg whites into chocolate mixture taking care not to lose the air you’ve whisked into the whites 6)pour…

Robbie Burns Supper

Originally posted on GastroRob:
On 25th January, we celebrate the life of Robbie Burns.  Many of us have often gone to organised Robbie Burns Nights where the festivities begin with The Selkirk Grace followed by a procession of pipes, tributes and toasts paid to the haggis before a dinner of ‘haggis, neeps and tatties’ followed…

Margarita Sweet Potato Wedges

Grill some chicken breasts and corn on the cob to make this a great mid-week family supper. But I warn you, the first time I made this I ate the entire tray of sweet potato wedges and left everything else!

Pumpkin

“The perfect pumpkin recipe to celebrate this fantastic gourd and welcome in those longer autumnal evenings.”

Churros!

The perfect Bank Holiday breakfast! When you see how easy these churros are to make, you’ll keep thinking up reasons to make them.  Admittedly, you need a moderate expertise level to put these together or a foolproof Churro Battle Plan. Churro Battle Plan Weigh out the ingredients specified below, and prep a large saucepan on…

Chocolate Easter Cake

…ridiculously easy chocolate cake that is as rich as it is dark and light as it is sinfully delicious…

Pesto

Pesto is one of the great Italian flavour combinations that works on anything from chips to pasta.  It’s delicious drizzled over BBQ fish and meat and makes a very simple supper on those days you need to hit the kitchen running.  Supermarkets sell pesto of varying prices – anything from £1 upwards.  You get what you…

Pancake Day

No matter what reincarnation of the festival you observe: Pancake Day. Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday!), or Shrove Tuesday, the idea is to enjoy one final binge on rich foods before the ritual fasting of the Lenten season.