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
Chocolate Orange & Rum Cake. In time for Easter, I want to present to you my lazy boy’s answer to chocolate cake. Seldom do I bake. I’m a very, very lazy baker. For as much as I love cooking, baking is something I sparsely have time for purely because of its precision. I won’t go … Continue reading CHOCOLATE ORANGE & RUM CAKE
Beef Stew. Being an amateur domestic cook that just so happens to write about his culinary experiences does not come without its own reluctances. Despite my over articulated way of describing what I ate for tea, it does take a lot of courage to share your writing when you have absolutely no cooking qualifications to … Continue reading BEEF STEW
Two Pulse Casserole. Any dish with a foundation – or a ‘heart’ – that is based in pulses always seems to amuse me on some poetic level. I find it to be very economical and very satisfying, at that. It awakens some kind of frugal layer to my disposition that often times can border on … Continue reading TWO PULSE CASSEROLE
Simple Fajitas. Nature played a trick on me. I often catch myself in a maraca sound tracked daydream where I believe I could easily have been Mexican. I’m passionate about food, I cherish family and I talk very fast – traits both the Welsh and the Mexicans have in common. But in real terms, their … Continue reading SIMPLE FAJITAS
No Sauce Steak Tagliatelle with Mushrooms and Black Olives. Quality not quantity. It’s one of the most overused phrases in English dialect however in the world of cooking, it could not be more accurate. I think it’s a Kitchen rookie theory that the best recipes are the most elaborate ones. Ones that bring in a … Continue reading NO SAUCE STEAK TAGLIATELLE WITH MUSHROOMS & BLACK OLIVES
Turkey Coco Chilli with Chorizo & Borlotti Beans. The path of a recipe for me is somewhat of a labyrinth. Many a time have I started with the general idea of a recipe and ended up somewhere completely different. From plan to preparation to plate, my recipe will almost never end up the way it … Continue reading TURKEY COCO CHILLI WITH CHORIZO & BORLOTTI BEANS
Malaysian Spiced Crayfish Curry. Food culture purists gets me so nervous. I recall once telling a friend of Italian decent how I make – what I ascertained to be – a traditional lasagne only for him to verbally beat me to the pavement for my culinary vulgar Western ways. I very quickly learned that while … Continue reading MALAYSIAN SPICED CRAYFISH CURRY
Wild Berry BBQ Sauce. Everything in life is better when it’s slathered. I think there’s just something so reassuring about your food covered in sauce that it just soothes you of an evening. I attribute this to the succour that a sauce would perhaps provide me on the plates of my youth. There is something … Continue reading WILD BERRY BBQ SAUCE
I’ve made many a cheesecake in my Kitchen and despite there being 4, 200 something ways to do one – I always find myself slinking back to the one method. Naturally, this method is both the quickest and the easiest (pardon my impatience and idleness) but more so because I find this method to … Continue reading WHITE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE WITH GINGER BISCUIT BASE
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 