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Swaledale Butchers – Review
Swaledale Butchers sent me the products below for the purpose of this review. When I was looking on the Swaledale website to choose some of their meat to try I found it very difficult to choose, it
Paprika Pepper Pasta
Life is busy. I have a toddler. Dinner that can be ready in a flash is what it's all about in my house. This paprika pepper pasta is a dish I keep coming back to, and variations of it, because it's so
Review: The Crown and Anchor at Ham
This was a gifted meal. At the centre of the beautiful village of Ham, The Crown and Anchor is a pub worth taking a trip to. It has featured in The Times in their ‘good walk’ piece and also voted
Salmon Nicoise Quiche
This quiche is full of vegetables and that is a great way to disguise the fact it's actually got double carbs in. Potatoes AND pastry; who doesn't love that? My salmon nicoise quiche is a great way to
Thai Vegetable Noodle Soup
I am still making an effort to have interesting lunches. Soup is perfect at this time of year as it freezes well and just needs heating through for an (almost) instant lunch. This is my Thai Vegetable
Five Minute Salmon Noodles
I blinked and it is the end of January! I can't believe this is my first post of 2021. But these five minute salmon noodles are quite an apt recipe for now. I've been working from home and the appeal
My Favourite Recipes To Use Up Leftovers
At the end of the year and the beginning of the next I like to have a big clear out of my fridge, freezer and cupboards. For two reasons. First, and I think this is true for many people in December,
Smoked Salmon and Broccoli Quiche
I used to think of quiche as a dull, beige pastry which got wheeled out from old cookery books from time to time and no one was particularly fussed about it. Turns out I was wrong. It's a most
Coconut and Lime Biscuits...
It's February, apologies for stating the obvious. To me, February is the interim month; not as fresh as January when I'm enthusiastic about the New Year and not as good as March when you know that spring has pretty much arrived. So as far as I'm … [Read More...]
Caribbean Spicy Bean Burgers with Pineapple Chilli Sauce
I have been thinking for a while about posting some 'themed' recipes on here. The food I eat at home is rarely expensive so I know that almost everything I cook is reasonably priced. This means I can then buy the organic or free range versions of … [Read More...]
