Bacon and broccoli quiche

Bacon and Broccoli Quiche Recipe

Serves 4-6 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 30 minutes and 30 minutes cooking time. This is often requested dish, and when I make it for guests I often get asked for the recipe. I enjoy it with a side salad of chopped tomatoes and celery, some salad leaves with a nice salad dressing of…

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Tuna and egg sandwich

Tuna, Egg Salad Sandwich Recipe

Makes 2 sandwiches / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 10 minutes. This is a lovely soft messy sandwich, add some cheese or a dash of hot pepper sauce to add even more flavour. Ingredients 2 brown baps or 4 slice of bread 200g tin of tuna in olive oil 2 eggs 1 spring onion Mayonnaise…

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Chicken, cheese, salad pitta bread

Chicken and Cheese Salad Pitta

Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 15 minutes and 10 minutes cooking time. There are a fair few ingredients for this pitta but the end result is worth it. I enjoy as a nice lunch served warm but you could make ahead for a packed lunch. Ingredients 300g Chicken breast Splash of Olive…

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Spaghetti bolognese recipe

Spaghetti Bolognese Recipe

Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Ready in 10 minutes. This is a quick and easy delicious classic pasta which I consider another comfort food. In Italy it’s not eaten as often as you would think and probably more loved here in England. You’ll find my recipe for the ragu sauce here. Ingredients 300g…

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Nudja Prawn Spaghetti

Nduja Prawn Spaghetti Recipe

Serves 2 / Difficulty – Medium / Prep 15 mins and 20 minutes cooking time. This is one of my favourite pastas and one of my main reasons for stocking nduja which you can buy at Ocado now. For the uninitiated Nduja has a taste similar to chorizo but it is a soft Calabrian sausage…

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Hummus & manchego cheese pitta

Hummus & Manchego Pitta

Serves 1 / Difficulty – Easy / Ready in 10 minutes. A nice alternative to hummus (you can find my recipe here) and pitta bread on its own, you can swap the cheese for your favourite but I think manchego is a perfect companion to hummus. Ingredients 1 pitta bread Manchego cheese Hummus Chard &…

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Paprika roasted salmon recipe

Paprika Roasted Salmon Recipe

Serves 2 / Difficulty – Easy / Prep 10 mins and 20 minutes cooking time. This is a low calorie easy dish that creates a nice sauce for the salmon – as lovely as salmon is cooked plainly it can get a bit boring sometimes. This sauce gives it a nice pick-me-up. Ingredients 2 Salmon…

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Sandwich with Peppers and Eggs

Makes 2 sandwiches / Difficulty – Easy / 10 minutes prep and 50 minutes cooking time. I dreamt up this sandwich after watching an episode of the Sopranos. One of the gang was handing out sandwiches and Uncle Junior looked at one of the other guys sandwiches and said to himself ‘Peppers and eggs! that’s…

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Jerk Chicken

Jerk Chicken Recipe

Serves 4 (or 2 very hungry people) / Difficulty – medium / 10 minutes prep and 45 minutes cooking time. I cook these jerk chicken thighs on the BBQ during the summer or in the oven when the weather won’t allow it. Ingredients 800g chicken thighs   For the marinade 1 medium onion, cubed 2-3…

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Tasty Tuna Pasta

Recipe for a Tasty Tuna Pasta

Serves 4 / Difficulty – easy / Ready to eat in 15 minutes This recipe came to me after having an amazing tuna pizza in Sardinia. The addition of capers, anchovies and olives makes this a very tasty dish, you can add more (or less) of these 3 ingredients based on your tastes. Ingredients 200g…

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