If there’s one type of cuisine I’m guaranteed to always get excited about, it’s tapas. A childhood of sunny Spanish holidays seems to have ingrained it in my blood and if there’s a new tapas popping up somewhere, it’ll shoot straight to the top of my (ever expanding) list of places to try. Such was…
Broccoli, Leek & Bacon Risotto
Risotto is one of my all time favourite dishes. It’s so simple to make and you can literally throw anything in it and it’ll be wonderful. It’s my go to dish for clearing out all the the random veggies left knocking about in the bottom of the fridge at the end of the week. Occasionally though,…
Creamy Tarragon Chicken Stew
Tarragon is such an amazing herb that in my opinion is grossly under used. It’s something I don’t often cook with myself as I tend to forget about it, but every time I do I think why don’t I use tarragon more often?! Tarragon with chicken is such a classic pairing and when I decided…
Grilled Peach & Duck Breast Salad
I have to confess I’ve always been sceptical of putting fruit into savoury dishes, in very few cases does it actually work, apricots in a Moroccan tagine for example, but if you want to start chucking strawberries in a salad I really can’t get on board with that. I will, however, admit that I can…
Apricot & Coconut Monster Cookies
I’m not going to lie, this recipe was dreamt up on a fairly average Wednesday evening when I got really bored and started rummaging through the cupboards to see what I could make. I had a load of desiccated coconut and half a packet of dried apricots lurking in the cupboard to be used up….
Pesto Chicken Crumble
I am always looking for new ways to cook basic ingredients, incorporating my favourite flavours whilst keeping the whole thing healthy and both family and budget friendly. When I was thinking about what I could do with a chicken and pesto dish that would be a little more original, I thought why not make a…
A Weekend in Edinburgh
To celebrate the 5th anniversary of our first date, The Boyfriend and I recently took a little trip up to Edinburgh for a weekend mini-break. Initially we picked Edinburgh to visit the castle but I was also delighted to discover it has an absolutely fantastic food scene! Since there were so many fantastic parts to…
Moroccan Spiced Lamb Shanks with Chickpeas
When I do a weekend shop and I haven’t quite decided what I want to cook sometimes I’ll go along to the supermarket, see what’s on sale or special offer and base my Sunday lunch around what I find. A great place to look for bargains is in the reduced section. A lot of meat…
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…
Baked Chicken Legs with Tomato & Borlotti Bean Stew
Sometimes a great dinner is more than the sum of it’s parts, a great dish can be put together from simple cheap ingredients and turned into something special. All of the ingredients in this dish are pretty basic and inexpensive and you can always swap out the veg for whatever you have floating around in…
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