I cooked this dish for the first time a couple of weeks ago – and its a great quick fix when you fancy a roast but simply don’t have the time (or energy) to spend three hours in the kitchen preparing one. Recipe originally from Lorraine Pascale’s “Baking Made Easy” Ingredients 3 tbsp extra virgin [...]
|
|
Despite the fact I have a not-so-secret love for James Martin which I indulge nearly every Saturday during Saturday Kitchen, I’ve never really had any of his recipe books. So downloading his iPad app ‘Simplicity’ was a bit unexpected really – it was only 69p though which seemed like a bargain. I have to say [...]
|
|
When we were offered the opportunity to try a black chicken, we had no idea what to expect; and after an email explaining that these rare breed chickens – sometimes known as Crow bone, officially known as Silkie – have black bones and flesh, we were intrigued. Provided by Humble Home Farm, the black chickens [...]
|
|
Yum Yum Thai Park Street, Bristol 0117 929 0987 Early evening, one of the few sunny days last week we were trawling Park Street looking for a quick bite before heading off to a gig at St George’s. Now my dining partner on this occasion – a good friend James, is both wheat and lactose [...]
|
|
Vincenzo’s Pizza House address: 71A Park Street, Bristol, BS1 5PB tel: 01179 260 908 Vincenzos is somewhere I’ve always walked past with a bit of a snigger, the sky blue building on the corner of Park Stret with a restaurant full of flags, doesn’t really scream “classy establishment” which is why I was surprised when [...]
|
|
A great dinner party dish to sit in the middle of the table – best of all its cheap, easy to make and goes fantastically well with red wine Recipe adapted from Reader’s Digest 300 meals in 30 minutes Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil 4 boneless chicken thighs 1 med red onion 1 clove garlic [...]
|
|
One too many tough days at work normally lead to me giving in to my guilty pleasure – chicken kievs. Today was one of those days – so off I went to Waitrose, only to discover they had SOLD OUT! And, as only a chicken kiev would do I decided to make my own! Here’s [...]
|
|
These are two of my favourite curry dishes, both are creamy and fairly mild – Best of all they’re really quick to make as came from the Reader’s Digest 30 minute cookbook so the perfect mid week meal! Chicken Korma This rich, creamy dish is really mild and has a lovely thick sauce – ultimate [...]
|
|
This is a Nigella Lawson recipe and went down extremely well when made by my friend Katie at a recent party. As the name suggests these are pretty spicy however you can tone them down by adding less chillis if you need to… Makes 8–10 chicken drumsticks Ingredients 5 long red chillies, de-seeded and halved [...]
|
|