‘Teach me how to cook’, he said. Domestic cooks will always shudder at the thought. Despite the fact that writing and sharing recipes like I do means that I do this very thing very regularly, it’s always funny when someone asks you of an evening to teach them how to cook, when what you was … Continue reading HOT WINGS WITH WATERMELON & MINT SALAD
If I told you this was my hangover food you would either think I am lying or that I need to be sectioned. I can’t argue with the latter but I cannot agree with the former. This is the meal I made for myself when I was wallowing in the fiery pits of my hangover … Continue reading SHREDDED CHICKEN & PEA BROTH WITH HERB DUMPLINGS
A good 90% of this website is chicken based. I could be a colonel. But every time you see a recipe for chicken here, you can normally count on it being roasted. You could bet good money on it. And if you want to make even MORE money, you can bet that it was also … Continue reading BEER & CARAWAY GLAZED CHICKEN WITH MINI JACKETS & BLUE CHEESE SAUCE
The gift of being a food writer is that any piece of random paper you find in my apartment will probably have some form of recipe scrawled over it. Ideas for recipes, half written recipes, trials gone wrong, old recipes revamped, ingredients I want to try, recipes I never want to try again… any given … Continue reading LEMON PEPPER CHICKEN & PISTACHIO PILAF
While there is something of a celebratory nature to eating a chicken, I’m always comforted by how easy one is to cook. I believe when people think of roasting a whole chicken, the thought of having to cook a full Sunday roast goes with it which brings on a slight sense of panic and distortion. … Continue reading ROSEMARY BUTTER CHICKEN & ROAST GRAPES
I am a very tactile eater. When faced with menu options or cooking for friends, my primitive instinct will always be to cook something I can eat with my hands. There’s just something so comforting about hand to mouth eating, it takes out the middle man maybe? It’s an independent ‘who needs a fork?!’ kind … Continue reading BUTTERMILK RITZ CHICKEN WINGS
I pride myself on being able to do good things with leftovers. This lunchbox is no different. I had roasted a chicken over the weekend (as per usual) and it’s always on the Tuesday or thereabouts that you have bits of cooked chicken lying around in the fridge and you don’t really know what to … Continue reading CHICKEN POMEGRANATE COUSCOUS LUNCHBOX WITH MINT AVOCADO DRESSING
‘A new twist on Sunday favourites…’ Finding a way to spruce up a chicken roast can be tricky as once we find what we’re comfortable with, we tend to stick to tried-and-tested methods. But this easy marinade requires nothing more than combining a few ingredients in a jug and pouring to bring new life to … Continue reading CURRIED YOGHURT CHICKEN (RECIPE CONTRIBUITION)
Sichuan Chicken Noodle Jar My recipe for this months Buzz Magazine was quite simple actually: what can I eat that makes me feel great but doesn’t make me to want to roll around in crisps and bacon fat straight afterwards? Why it’s a salad in a jar of course. The anti-hipster in me is absolutely … Continue reading SICHUAN CHICKEN NOODLE JAR (BUZZ MAGAZINE)
Chicken & Black Eyed Pea Broth with Crispy Bacon & Dates Sunday’s are meant for stirring. Unless you have committed yourself to making a roast – which is no mean feat, for sure – I truly believe that the cap to a weekend is only enhanced by the solace of stirring. People need to differentiate … Continue reading CHICKEN & BLACK EYED PEA BROTH WITH CRISPY BACON & DATES
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 