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…

Super Quick Sausage & Tomato Casserole

Alongside stir fries, sausage casserole has to be one of the most frequently made mid week dinners in my house. It’s super quick and easy to do, mega tasty and is the sort of recipe you can literally throw anything you’ve got in the fridge into. Not only do we make it so often because…

Hearty Sausage Soup with Pasta

This recipe has been a long time coming on Diary of a Saucepot. It’s one of those dishes that you begin making at a certain time in your life and adapts, develops and ages with you. The original version came from a long since lost student cookbook. It has matured, grown up in it’s own way…

Breakfast Hash

This may cause some controversy, but I have to confess, I’m really not a fan of a fried English breakfast. I don’t like fried eggs or baked beans and the whole thing just seems really greasy and sloppy to me. I’m not a huge cereal fan and whilst I often have fruit and yoghurt because…

Chorizo & Red Pepper Pasta Bake

This is a great recipe for satisfying a family full of hungry bellies, who doesn’t love cheesy, tomatoey pasta goodness with smokey meaty chunks thrown in. This is a great one for feeding the family as it’s made from a lot of ingredients you would probably usually have in the cupboards/refrigerator anyway. I’ve used chorizo…