Serves 4 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 20 minutes and cooks in 5 This is a quick, easy to make evening meal which tastes more impressive than the work that goes into it. Ingredients 750g medium waxy potatoes, cut into wedges 1 head broccoli, cut into florets 250ml tub crème fraîche 2 tbsp wholegrain mustard 2…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 5 minutes and ready in 15 minutes I can never find fava beans so I use haricot which soaks up the lemon juice and olive oil just as well and makes a lovely soft to bite foul moudamas. Ingredients For the chicken 2 chicken breast, cut into…
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…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 20 minutes and cooked in 3 hours You can also swap the beef for chicken (marinade with the rub and some olive oil, then stir fry until cooked). And also make fajita’s with this recipe by simply adding a tortilla, salsa (find my recipe here) and soured…
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…
Serves 2-4 / Difficulty – Easy / Preparation and cooking in around 30 minutes This is a Rick Stein recipe that is pretty easy and very delicious. My mother in law makes a pasta all busara and if there is any sauce left over you can keep and use it to make a quick tasty…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 20 minutes and around 10 minutes cooking time For the truffle I find the Truffle Hunter brand quite good and judging by the reviews so do other people. I have tried other brands but they can be almost tasteless – the Truffle Hunter sells minced which you…
Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / Preparation 30 minutes and 30 minutes cooking time I developed this recipe after enjoying some scallops recently as a starter – and the taste transported me back 30 years to a lunch I used often have whilst working as a young art director in an advertising company. Over…
Makes 8 medium balls / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 45 mins and fried in 5 minutes I first discovered arancini existed whilst watching an episode of the Sicilian detective series Inspector Montelbano, and the episode was called ‘Gli arancini di Montalbano’, obviously arancini featured heavily and I had to know what these little balls…
Makes 4 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 20 mins and cooks in 10 With the runny yolk these are a crowd pleaser, I’ve literally had people clapping in surprise when serving these up. Great fun and much better than the shop bought eggs. You can use the Paxo golden bread crumbs but I like…