With a passion for cooking world-wide cuisine, the head chef founded Food Fanatic to give back and share his recipes with the online foodie community.

Chicken Supreme

Chicken Supreme

Serves 4 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 20 mins cooks in 30 A classic English dish which is rich and creamy and comforting. Best served with some roast potatoes and broccoli which helps soak up some of the richness. Ingredients Butter for greasing Splash of olive oil 2 chicken breast cubed 50g of chopped…

Garlic and Herb Pasta

Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 5 minutes and cooked in 10 minutes This is one of my go-to lunch recipes, quick, easy and very tasty and I’d imagine quite healthy if you are on a diet and choose gluten free pasta and skip the parmesan. Adjust the herbs / garlic amounts to…

Spezzatino, Beef Italian Stew

Spezzatino, Italian beef stew

Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 30 minutes, cooked in 3-4 hours This is another Italian classic, its easy to make and is one of my favourite stews. Ingredients 400g of diced beef Flour for dusting 1 onion, chopped 1 stick of celery, chopped 1 carrot, peeled and chopped 200g of tinned tomatoes…

Fluffy American pancakes

Fluffy American pancakes

Makes 6-8 pancakes / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 5 minutes and cooked in 10 These make lovely fluffy pancakes and are best served with grilled, crispy streaky bacon and loads of good quality Maple Syrup. I much prefer them to English pancakes. Ingredients 190g self raising flour 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt…

Chicken Cacciatore - hunters chicken

Chicken Cacciatore – Hunters Chicken

Serves 4 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 20 minutes and 45 minutes cooking time This is a one pot meal that is good on it’s own or add rice to make more substantial. Ingredients One knob of butter 2 tbsp olive oil 4 chicken thighs or legs, skin removed (before or after cooking) Seasoned…

Salsa dip side dish

Salsa

Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 5 minutes The classic side dish for Mexican food and fajitas. Ingredients 2 tomatoes ½ red onion ½ lime, juiced Ground sea salt 1 red chilli pepper (optional) Method Finely chop the tomatoes and remove the white. Finely chop the red onion. If adding the red chilli…

Classic Cottage Pie

Classic Cottage Pie

Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 30 minutes and 45 minutes cooking time One of the ultimate comfort foods, this is my tasty version of an English classic. Swap beef for lamb and you get a Shepherds pie. Ingredients For the filling 250g of minced beef 1 onion 1 small carrot 1 stick…

Pasta with Broccoli and Pine Nuts

Pasta with Broccoli

Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 10 minutes and cooks in 10 A quick and easy lunch or dinner and is much tastier than you would think. Ingredients 190g of penne pasta Salt 1 head of broccoli, florets, chopped into 2cm pieces Freshly ground black pepper Small handful of pine nuts Olive oil…