‘Both reassuring and nostalgic, as it ensures that the man I’ve become can still appreciate the boy that I was…’ I call this the Schoolboy Pizza only because it reminds me of the kind of pizza you’d get in the school canteen, but with a grown up twist. What I mean by that is, it’s … Continue reading SCHOOLBOY PIZZA
‘Quick. Healthy. Still heart. Sticky…’ Throwing this recipe together is an absolute breeze. The kind of breeze you’re looking for on a Thursday. Because Fridays have no business in having a low-calorie anything so this is the perfect thing to cap off your virtuous week. For a while I was sceptical of beetroot purely because … Continue reading HONEY SOY GLAZED SALMON WITH BEETROOT & ASPARAGUS SALAD
“Since I have no intention of giving speeches in Parliament, I would rather exercise my cultural embracing in the Kitchen…” This wasn’t supposed to be Scandi Mash. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. It was supposed to just be a side mash with a nice, interesting twist that you could make ahead of time … Continue reading SCANDI PARMESAN MASH
‘I’m already half way down the rabbit hole of overindulgence so why stop now?’ In the absence of meat, one must always introduce cheese. It’s the rule. Well maybe not to Vegans but any Vegan looking at Mikey and the Kitchen would be well aware by now that many a dead animal has been dragged … Continue reading BUTTERNUT BURGERS WITH CHORIZO & HALLOUMI
‘When it comes to the confines of how I disgustingly consume meat, the limit does not exist…’ Despite the fact that food is one of the single most important components of my life, I am also man enough to admit that sometimes I am busy and have other things to do. Please don’t read this … Continue reading BAKED BOLOGNESE
‘The first thing I ever cooked for a boy…’ ‘Cooking is not your forte’. That’s what he said to me after three mouthfuls of my bacon and mushroom risotto. It was the first thing I ever cooked for a boy. There he was, sat opposite me at my mother’s big dining table, spooning rice into … Continue reading CURRIED CRAB RISOTTO
Redcurrant Ginger and Mustard Sausage & Mash. When the recipe is so good you forgot to take the ‘After’ photo, you know you’re on to a winner. Damn it. This is where I’ve set myself up as a food blogger. I’ve got into a pattern of showing you the before picture as well as the … Continue reading REDCURRANT GINGER AND MUSTARD SAUSAGE & MASH
Goats Cheese & Truffle Mushroom Pizza (+ Basic Pizza Base Dough) Making your own pizza base sounds so unnecessary, doesn’t it? Like why bother? Well I’ll tell you why you should bother – because it’s 1,000 times better than any nasty Make-Your-Own you find at the back of a supermarket. That’s why. The idea of … Continue reading GOATS CHEESE & TRUFFLE MUSHROOM PIZZA
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
Simple White Loaf. I’m making a conscious effort from now on to stop referring to myself as ‘not a baker’. I bake and I bake often. There was a dark time however where the concept of mixing flour with anything and placing it in an oven would bring me out in hives, however I think … Continue reading SIMPLE WHITE LOAF
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 