This is a recipe handed down from generation to generation, from flatmate to flatmate (e.g., I got it off my flatmate who got it off her ma’). I was bored out my mind on Tuesday and fancied doing some cooking, on the cheap, nothing special. I was sitting there, pondering what to make, when I ...
I kind of made this one up based on various things I’ve seen on the telly, it took me three tries to perfect it, the first time was lush, the second time was a right mess (I got distracted by the internet and hollyoaks and the soup turned into a sauce) and the third time was fantastic. It’s a nice creamy soup, without being thick, packed with flavour and takes no longer than 15 minutes from opening up the packets of ingredients to taking your first bite. You can make it spicy-hotter by chopping up more of the chilli and adding that, or sprinkling more at the end, or you could make it weaker by leaving that bit out. What I made was just right for me. This is the first time I’ve used fresh herbs or limes before in cooking, and it really does add something to it.
I’ve never understood Britain’s passion with pies, at least, until now. Gingsters, Pukka, Supermarket-own-brand, it’s all weak flavoured filling in clangy pastry that holds no appeal to me what so ever. But I do see so many people enjoy them, and I want in on that. And now with this, I can see exactly why a good pie is just, gosh darn it, one of the nicest things I’ve ever made. I admit, the pastry part of the pie is irrelevant to me, it’s just as good as a stew with a bit of mash, but it does make it look pretty.
I really like Roast Beef. I grow up not having it, I don't think my mum ever cooked it for me, but when I go to the likes of a sandwich shop, a roast beef and horseradish sandwich is one of my favorites. My mum did make Salt Beef, which I'll try to make myself ...
I’ll admit to it, I hate cooking with rice. I can never get it quite how I like it, it’s eaither over or under done. I’ve not gotten around to buying a metal strainer eaither. I like eating it, just hate cooking it. I was sitting at the doctors, going through the “20 minute meal” Jamie Oliver app, and he showed me how it’s done. It looked a bit of a palarava, but I was determind to try it, and it turned out good (the second one, the first one I wasn’t keen on.)
Have I come up trumps, or have I come up trumps. Oh boy, this is a great recipe. There was a bit of flaffing about, cutting up all the vegetables (and braving ASDA a few days before Christmas), but I think this one is worth it, and it makes so much that if you give 3/4 of it away as a gift, you’ll still have enough to last you a good while. There is a Sweet Chili sauce I buy from the local butchers, “So!Go sweet chili”, it’s about ÂŁ4 a bottle, and although it lasts a little 200ml bottle. It’s great stuff, but if I was charging that for this stuff, I’d be a millionaire after the 5th batch, and let me tell you, it’s a damn sight better.
Pad Gonz, it's like Pad Thai, only not quite. The whole thing was easy to make, took less than 10 minutes, most of the stuff I already had in the fridge. I'll be honest with you, I forgot a few bits as I was cooking it, I was going to incorporate Peanut Butter to give ...
It was cheaper for me to buy chicken fillets with the skin on, than to have them with the skin off. I didn't need them in what I was cooking, and didn't what to just chuck them away. When having a roast chicken, the best bit is the crispy skin... so can I do this ...
I've got the most fabulous and lovely Rose coming over for dinner tonight, so I'm going to try and re-create Ma's Home Made Chips & Rib-eye Steak. I'm not sure exactly how many potatoes I needed, so I bought 6. I was bored yesterday so I cut them up, but to stop them browning in ...
This one is in honour of how much I hate ASDA. I had all the bits I needed for a lovely meal, but ended up getting so wound up in ASDA that I left and went to my tescos-local and got most of the stuff anyway. It’s good stuff, a nice tomato’y sausage’y Spanish stew thing.
Delicious
