Coupa Café, Palo Alto

One of the great things I’ve discovered about eating out in America is that they really know how to do a good breakfast. I’m not talking piles of pancakes covered in bacon, ice cream and maple syrup  to start your day off (although you certainly can get that if you want it!) but proper, nice,…

Quick Creamy Courgette & Broccoli Pasta

Regular readers of the blog will know how big a fan I am of simple, quick and easy pasta dishes. They make great mid week meals and they’re perfect for knocking up something from nothing when the cupboards are pretty bare. I always use pasta dishes as a great excuse to eat as many different…

Sundried Tomato Pearl Barley Risotto with Trout & Steamed Broccoli

Risotto is absolutely one of my favourite things to eat, it’s so creamy, indulgent and delicious that it’s simply impossible not to love. Eating risotto however proved rather problematic when I decided to go on a diet. The abundance of carbs and high calories in the arborio rice when teamed with lots of cream and…

Jamie’s Sea Bass & Crispy Pancetta with Sweet Potato Mash & Asian Greens

Having cooked a lot of pies and meaty dinners lately, this weekend the boyfriend requested fish. I regularly fry some fish to have for dinner with some veggies or do a salmon stir fry but I like to do something a bit more special on a weekend. This is when I realised there’s not a…

Brigade, London Bridge

For a catch up dinner with my school friends, I actually ventured outside of Soho for a change and went out in London Bridge this week. It’s been a while since I’ve been in the area and upon exiting the station I got immediately lost amongst all the engineering works that definitely weren’t there last…

Chorizo & Chilli Pepper Ravioli with Torn Chicken & Char-grilled Tenderstem Broccoli

A friend of mine has just recently returned from travelling the world for the eight last months and so when we finally managed to get together for a catch up Emma insisted that I cooked her a home coming dinner. Ordinarily I would make her my famous chicken pie as it is one of our…