The Tree Food Challenge – Mango & Plum Puff Pie

As part of TREE AID‘s Grow Hope Appeal I’m taking part in the Tree Food Challenge. The Tree Food Challenge is helping to raise awareness of the Grow Hope Appeal by encouraging people to create recipes using those tree foods that the TREE AID is using to fight hunger and malnutrition in some of the most poverty-stricken…

Cottage Pie

As much as us foodies all love to experiment and try new things and cook things we’ve never made before, sometimes there is nothing better than making a simple home cooked classic really well. I am aware that a cottage pie may not exactly be the most summery of dinners, but when the rain and…

Have yourself a veggie little Christmas… Rachael’s Recipes – Mixed Mushroom & Chestnut Pie

Year after year, come Christmas Day most of the nation can be found sitting around the table chowing down on insane amounts of turkey. I don’t really like turkey. Well.. it’s okay, it’s fairly inoffensive, but it’s pretty boring. I’m a big fan of ‘alternative’ Christmas dinners. In my family for the last few years…

Traditional Fish Pie

Fish pie is one of my favourite dinners, I make it regularly and in so many different variations but when I decided to share it on the blog I thought I’d go down the traditional route as it’s simple, tasty and can’t be beaten. Everyone loves simple hearty home cooking done properly and this version…

Mother Mash, Soho

I can’t really remember now how I found out about Mother Mash initially, but being a great pie lover I put it straight on the list and on discovering that you can choose from six different types of mash I made sure it went to the top! Now I’ll be honest, my first experience at…

Steak & Mushroom Pie

I’ve always found one of the most satisfying things to bake is a pie. No other meal you cook will be received with quite so much enthusiasm and anticipation as a homemade pie fresh from the oven. I have two favourites that I make quite regularly and since I featured the Chicken Pie recipe on…

A Palate for Pies

I’m sure you’ve all had this in your calendar for months, but in case you weren’t aware National Pie Week kicks off today in the UK. In light of the approaching festivities Fry Magazine asked me to do a taste test and review for them, and never one to turn down an excuse to stuff…

Classic Chicken Pie

I first started making Chicken Pie when I lived at uni… we didn’t exactly eat like ordinary students in my house as we all really loved food and had a few budding amateur chefs in residence… rarely was there a ready meal or a super noodle in sight! We were a proper little family and…