Empanada de atún: Galician tuna pie

Empanada de atún: Galician tuna pie

Empanada de atún is a traditional pie from Galicia, up in Spain’s north west corner, where I’ve enjoyed it many times. Filled with tinned tuna, onions, peppers, olives and hard-boiled eggs in a tomato sauce, the simple ingredients nevertheless create a pie that’s incredibly good. Best …Read more

Turkish Eggs with garlic yogurt (Çilbir)

Turkish Eggs with garlic yogurt (Çilbir)

Turkish Eggs with garlic yogurt, or çilbir to give its Turkish name, is a strangely addictive little dish. Gently poached eggs sit on thick and creamy, garlic-scented yogurt, topped with a drizzle of melted spiced butter. Perfect for a light meal on its own, or …Read more

Pasta with Sardines & Fennel

Pasta with Sardines & Fennel

Pasta with Sardines & Fennel is my take on a Sicilian classic, but using convenient and easily available tinned sardines. Fresh fennel, fennel seeds, lemon and garlic are joined by raisins and pine nuts. Topped with crispy mollica breadcrumbs or ‘poor man’s Parmesan’, Pasta with …Read more

Five Spice Pork Belly

Five Spice Pork Belly

Five Spice Pork Belly is a rich blend of cubed pork braised in a spicy tomato sauce. As well as Chinese flavours like five spice mix and Shaoxing rice wine, there’s a Thai influence too. The best of both worlds! Try Five Spice Pork Belly …Read more

Salsa Verde with Roasted Cauliflower

Salsa Verde with Roasted Cauliflower

Salsa Verde with Roasted Cauliflower is perfect for those who love robust flavour. With powerful ingredients like garlic, capers, herbs, & optional anchovies, this Italian cold sauce can enliven so many dishes. In this post I give you my version of Salsa Verde & I …Read more

One Bowl Meals: 12 ideas & tips for creating your own

One Bowl Meals: 12 ideas & tips for creating your own

One Bowl Meals are a great way of eating a variety of different foods including loads of vegetables.  They’re also perfect for using up leftovers plus odds and ends of veg, helping you reduce food waste and save money. Take a look at my examples, …Read more

Lentil, Mushroom & Cheese Bake

Lentil, Mushroom & Cheese Bake

Lentil, Mushroom & Cheese Bake makes use of economical, everyday ingredients in a savoury dish that’s so much more than the sum of its parts. Enjoy as part of a vegetarian dinner that you don’t have to be a vegetarian to find satisfying. Leftovers can …Read more

Chicken with Peppers

Chicken with Peppers

Chicken with Peppers is a simple, old Italian dish that needs very few ingredients but is full of flavour. The secret is cooking it gently in a covered pan so the peppers release their juices while the onions and garlic melt down. Together, they create …Read more

Roasted Cauliflower Soup with Parmesan Croutons

Roasted Cauliflower Soup with Parmesan Croutons

Roasted Cauliflower Soup is a warming, comforting delight. Made with both milk and stock it’s creamy and velvety without being cloying or overly rich. Topped with crunchy, cheesy and garlicky croutons plus morsels of cheese to melt in as you eat, it’ll chase away the …Read more

Savoury Granola, grain free

Savoury Granola, grain free

Savoury Granola, a mix of seeds and nuts toasted with your choice of flavourings, is great for quickly adding nutrition, texture and flavour to loads of different meals. Kept in a jar in the fridge, a batch will last for weeks, ready to sprinkle over …Read more

Beef & Bean Stew with Dumplings

Beef & Bean Stew with Dumplings

Beef & Bean Stew is simple comfort food for chilly days and nights. And it’s even better with fluffy suet dumplings cooked on top. As well as tender cubes of beef and gravy thickened with veg, there’s beans in this economical stew too. In this …Read more

Egg Foo Yung: Chinese Style Omelette

Egg Foo Yung: Chinese Style Omelette

Egg Foo Yung is a quick Chinese-style omelette cooked rather like a pancake. Eaten on its own or part of a larger meal, I think Egg Foo Yung is even better with a savoury, tangy super-fast sauce poured over. It’s great for using up leftover …Read more

Pork Burgers with Sage, Garlic & Stilton

Pork Burgers with Sage, Garlic & Stilton

Pork Burgers make a welcome change from the usual minced beef. Subtly flavoured with sage and garlic, I top the cooked patties with slices of creamy Stilton cheese before popping under the grill to melt. Add a crunchy, tangy apple and cabbage slaw to your …Read more

Chicken Chilli

Chicken Chilli

Chicken Chilli is a lighter alternative to many traditional chillies, whether meat or veggie. Instead of a tomato base this is a ‘white’ chilli with sweetcorn and white beans as well as chunks of chicken. The spicy mix, with as much chilli as you like, is …Read more

Chicken Croquettes, Italian Style

Chicken Croquettes, Italian Style

Chicken Croquettes, creamy on the inside with a hint of Parmesan, crunchy on the outside, are a great way of turning leftover roast chicken into irresistible fried morsels. Serve with potatoes and salad or vegetables, or with similar little dishes in an Italian style fritto …Read more

Green Bean, Tomato & Coconut Curry

Green Bean, Tomato & Coconut Curry

Green Bean, Tomato & Coconut Curry is full of spicy flavour. The creamy coconut milk in the sauce is balanced by tomatoes and a final squeeze of lime. Use fresh or frozen green beans of any kind in this easy, completely plant-based curry. This curry …Read more

Tahini Miso Vegetable Slaw with Crispy Chickpeas

Tahini Miso Vegetable Slaw with Crispy Chickpeas

Tahini Miso Vegetable Slaw with Crispy Chickpeas is a big, satisfying bowlful. Crunchy shredded vegetables with a dressing based on creamy tahini, full flavoured miso paste and as much chilli heat as you like are joined by chickpeas roasted until crispy and moreish. A hearty, …Read more

Roast Beef Salad with Horseradish Dressing

Roast Beef Salad with Horseradish Dressing

Roast Beef Salad is undoubtedly a sensible way to use up leftovers from the Sunday roast. But, made with quality beef sirloin, I think it’s so good it’s worth roasting a joint specially to make this satisfying plate. With little salads of roasted carrots, garlicky …Read more

Aubergine & Chickpea Curry

Aubergine & Chickpea Curry

Aubergine & Chickpea Curry, full of rich, spicy flavour, is so simple to make. Apart from the aubergine, most of the ingredients, including tinned chickpeas and tinned tomatoes, are fridge and kitchen cupboard staples. Which makes this tasty, nutritious curry perfect for a weeknight dinner. …Read more

Black Bean Chilli with Peppers & Corn

Black Bean Chilli with Peppers & Corn

Black Bean Chilli with Peppers & Corn is a tasty, easy dish. Combining convenient tinned black beans, tomatoes and sweetcorn with fresh peppers, coriander and a host of store cupboard spices, it’s perfect for a healthy, midweek meal. And forget boring old rice with your …Read more

Quinoa Salad with Peas & Broad Beans

Quinoa Salad with Peas & Broad Beans

Quinoa Salad with Peas & Broad Beans includes some of the best ingredients of Spring and Summer. But you don’t have to wait until the new season’s peas and broad beans are available to make it. That’s because frozen versions, available all year round, can …Read more

Miso, Ginger & Sesame Vegetable Salad

Miso, Ginger & Sesame Vegetable Salad

This Miso, Ginger & Sesame Vegetable Salad is a real favourite at our house. The sweet and tart, zingy dressing is made in about five minutes. All you need to do then is decide what crunchy veg you want in the salad. I love carrot, …Read more

Sriracha, Soy & Honey Glazed Salmon

Sriracha, Soy & Honey Glazed Salmon

Sriracha, Soy & Honey Glazed Salmon is one of those dishes I’ve been making for a good few years now. Full of spicy hot, sticky sweet and tangy flavours, who wouldn’t love it? This glazed salmon is really easy to put together and cooks so …Read more

Matar Paneer

Matar Paneer

Matar Paneer is one of my favourite vegetarian curries. With browned cubes of Indian paneer cheese plus peas in a thick, spicy tomato sauce freshened with mint, I think this Punjabi dish is utterly delicious. With a good stock of whole and ground spices in your …Read more

Courgette & Chive Pancakes

Courgette & Chive Pancakes

Courgette & Chive Pancakes are incredibly simple but so good. Crispy at the edges, soft inside, and with a subtle taste of chives and Parmesan cheese. Put together in minutes then shallow fried, they make a great breakfast or brunch topped with eggs or a …Read more