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
Baked Coriander Chicken with Fruity Wild Rice. I have been asked so many times how I come up with my recipes and 9 times out of 10, my answer is laziness. Not because I want to create an allure of ‘Oh, I just throw things together’ because that’s not always the case, there’s always a … Continue reading BAKED CORIANDER CHICKEN WITH FRUITY WILD RICE
Shredded Chicken Salad with Almonds & Butterbeans. Summer just calls for a salad, doesn’t? There’s no two ways about it. When the sun is hot and the grass is calling, a stew just won’t do. While that feels almost uncomfortably blasphemous to type as a Welsh Valleys boy, it’s true. The summer just calls for … Continue reading SHREDDED CHICKEN SALAD WITH ALMONDS & BUTTERBEANS
The Nameless Chicken. Do you ever cook sometimes and have no idea what you’re doing? I don’t mean in a scared, frantic and confused way – I mean that you have a general idea of what you want to eat but at the same time you are completely making it up as you go along? This was … Continue reading THE NAMELESS CHICKEN
Roast Chicken and Leek Pearl Barley Risotto. There is no greater feeling to me than the feeling of stirring. When people hear that a recipe requires you to be relatively stationary to the stove, they disregard it as too time consuming. Yes, your attention is fairly limited to anything other than the stirring dish at … Continue reading ROAST CHICKEN & LEEK PEARL BARLEY RISOTTO
Sage Chicken with Leeks and Asparagus. I never know whether to stand with pride or fall with shame when it comes to my recipe inspirations. While structurally I’m very good in a Kitchen and always am aware of the guidelines to get to where I need to be, when it comes to actually remaining faithful … Continue reading SAGE CHICKEN WITH LEEKS & ASPARAGUS
Honey Chicken & Lemon Roast There is nothing more reassuring during a stressful work day than knowing your dinner is resting idly in the plastic comfort of a ziplock bag in the icy coolness of your freezer. Now I know that may sound like a ‘round the bushes’ way of glorifying chucking a bunch of … Continue reading HONEY CHICKEN & LEMON ROAST
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 