I don’t often cook with pastry but when I think of homemade comfort foods, a cheeky puff pastry pie is usually high on the list. Normally there would be a jug of gravy too but the filling in the pie is really moist and juicy that we didn’t really need it, but by all means, […]
It’s getting nearer the holiday season and I’m already thinking of Christmas Dinner and what I’ll be making. It’s also close to Thanksgiving so I thought I would make a dinner table centre piece that would be perfect for both days and you can tweak it however you like to make your perfect holiday dinner. […]
Keeping in with the theme of “comfort food” I think that I can easily pop this Enchiladas recipe in that category, it’s a very hearty and filling dish and is packed full of the good stuff including kidney beans, mushrooms and mixed peppers, all great ingredients to keep us ticking over. I was going to […]
The last few times I’ve made a pizza I’ve just used shop bought flat breads or even large pitta breads as the base, but I went back to basics yesterday and made my own wholewheat dough and whipped up a hot, hot, hot pizza for Sunday movie night…. we watched The Big Wedding, which was […]
ooooooh!!!! Very excited to share this… I’ve tried to make a biryani before but it just didn’t quite turn out right, that is until last night. I took a little leaf out of my risotto recipe and made some modifications to cooking the rice and it worked an absolute treat, I am so pleased! I […]
I went crazy in the kitchen last night and could easily have catered for about 6 people rather than 3, so the boys had double helpings to get it all finished! I also made my samosa bake yesterday which we had for lunch and I made the dark chocolate cupcakes for dessert and today I’m […]