I don’t eat with my eyes. I’m not sure if you’ve noticed by the actual state of some of my food but it’s true. I don’t care what something looks like. If it’s easy to make and it tastes great then it’s good enough for me. The visual is just a bonus. A lot of … Continue reading SAUSAGE & RED PEPPER LENTILS
I’m sure right now we’re all in a position where we’re staring deep into the souls of our fridges and asking for answers. Now you may not find the cure to Coronavirus lurking behind that ketchup bottle and scraggly onion, but I’m almost certain you will find the ingredients you need to fling together a … Continue reading FRIDGE RAID TRAY BAKE WITH HALLOUMI & PESTO
As culturually insensitive and as culinary inappropriate as this may sound, I always think of dal as a confused bolognese. Hear me out. It straddles the line of curry… and bolognese… but is absolutely neither… but kind of both at the same time? Nothing like a bolognese in flavour or components but everything like it … Continue reading BEETROOT & COCONUT DAL WITH QUICK CUCUMBER PICKLES
Mathematics has always been something I’ve avoided. From mitching class in school to hang out in the fields to still using calculators to do basic sums. I avoid numbers as much as I can. However, I won’t need a maths class or a calculator to understand I’ve put on weight lately. I mean, I’m giving … Continue reading BROCCOLI & PEA SOUP WITH POACHED EGG
Mussels are just that thing, aren’t they? One of those things that look like a hell of a lot more posh than they actually are. Yet people are still infinitely frightened of them. Those that like cooking think they’re hard to cook and those that hate themselves hate the way they taste. How can you … Continue reading VERMOUTH & GARLIC BUTTER MUSSELS
I mean, I call this a tart because that is what it is but let’s be honest… it’s a fancy, flaky pizza, isn’t it? This tart is so permissive I can’t even stand it. You can make this WHATEVER you want. Yes I cheat with packet puff pastry (because who has the time for real … Continue reading HARISSA COURGETTE, PROSCIUTTO & MOZZARELLA TART
If you’ve read my blog over the years (which some of you have and I’m very grateful!) I have issues deeming something an ‘authentic’ recipe, when it is nothing of the sort. This stew has nothing authentically Mexican about it. There’s my disclaimer and I can’t help myself. As a food writer, I often get … Continue reading MEXICAN MEATBALL STEW
I’m about to give you a recipe for what I will loosely label a ‘side dish’. However I am absolutely not above eating a plate of potatoes for dinner. I have, I do and I shall continue. Reserve your judgement, because when they taste this good, there is justification. I believe every household should have … Continue reading BASHED PESTO POTATOES
I promise you… GENUINELY… the addition of quinoa here has nothing to do with modern cliché. I mean, I’m a bearded food blogger with a French Bulldog, I do not struggle for modern cliché material. I even have a recipe for Butterbean Blondies, for God sake. But this recipe is genuinely a product of nothing … Continue reading ASPARAGUS & PEA QUINOA RISOTTO
I’ve been baking chicken and rice together for quite some time. The comfort of knowing 2/3rds of my meal is tinkering away in the oven when all I then need to do is rustle up some veg on a stove top provides a comfort I welcome with both arms. But this version, with the spooky … Continue reading ONE PAN BAKED CHICKEN & BLACK RICE
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 