Angels with Bagpipes, The Royal Mile, Edinburgh

The Boyfriend and I always like do do something every year to mark the date we went on our first ever date and since this year marked five years we decided to go the extra mile and had a little mini break in Edinburgh. I will write another post about that later but first I…

Vegetarian January

Spurred on by the over-indulgence of Christmas, and a desire to generally be a better person in January, I felt a little bit of a detox was in order. Veganuary is all the rage this year and I can’t log into social media without seeing or reading something about it. However, I’ve never been that…

Greek Style Grilled Chicken with Grilled Halloumi, Beetroot, Quinoa & Spinach

This dish contains a lot of my favourite summertime ingredients. I was brought up on summertime barbecues but now I live in a first floor flat barbecues at pretty much off the menu. However grilling remains one of my favourite ways to cook a quick summertime meal, especially with my favourite kitchen gadget which is…

Sweet Chilli Chicken with Butternut Squash, Spinach & Quinoa

In recent years health food crazes have gone completely mad. Super foods, clean eating and similar trends are what all the cool kids want to talk about and everyone’s got their own take on it. I’m not knocking it at all, our health is extremely important and it’s great that so many people want to…

The Saucepot’s Lunchbox: Mediterranean Veggie Grains with Ham & Blue Cheese

If you’ve read my recent grilled tuna recipe, you’ll know that I’ve recently become quite a big fan of alternative grains. For years and years rice has been the only one on our radar, with the occasional bit of cous cous. I’m still a big fan of rice, risotto being one of my staple midweek dinners,…

Grilled Tuna with Aubergine & Freekeh Salad

As tuna of the tinned variety has become so common in our diets we often dismiss it as a bit of a store cupboard staple and forget what a nice piece of fish it really can be. Don’t get me wrong, I always have a supply of tinned tuna in the cupboard but it’s become…

Simply Cook Recipe Round-Up

Last month I wrote about how I’d been giving Simply Cook’s recipe kit boxes a go and how pleased I was with the first recipe which was one of my favourites: Jerk Chicken. I promised I’d let you know how I got on with the rest of the box. I’ve only made three out of the…

Sausages with Mixed Grains & Sautéed Vegetables

Now, I’m not usually one for pre-packed or pre-prepared food, packets of microwaveable rice take me back to my uni days before I’d learned how to cook rice without having to throw the pan away afterwards. I’ve since jumped well on board with Jamie Oliver’s absorption method and it’s never failed me. So pre-cooked rice…