Sometimes, Lentils can seem a little… healthy. You know when you are eating them that they must be good for you, but that doesn’t necessarily make them enjoyable. When they are treated well though, they make a fantastic addition to a meal. So how can you get the best out of them? For me, the …
Quesadillas are a ludicrously simple thing to make, and really versatile. The only essential ingredients are cheese and tortilla wraps. They can be made as a snack or a quick lunch and can be filled with whatever takes your fancy. You can even cut them into small wedges to create a delicious finger food – …
I am always on the lookout for ways to reduce the amount of single use plastics that pass through my kitchen, so when I learned about beeswax wraps I was keen to try them out. The Beeswax Wrap Co. claim that the wraps are all natural and totally biodegradable, being made using organic cotton, and …
This is an amazing, rich, ox cheek stew – perfect as the days get shorter and the weather becomes colder. Ox cheeks need to be cooked low and slow, so get this dish prepped and in the oven, brave the elements to work up an appetite, then head home to find dinner ready to eat. …
This quick and easy pasta recipe is a regular week night supper in my home – If you prep all of the ingredients before you start cooking, the sauce can be made in the time it takes to cook the pasta. It is another great dish for using up leftovers. Add other vegetables to the …
I feel like a bit of a charlatan calling this a recipe, but if Delia can write a recipe for boiling an egg… I am putting a recipe for beans on toast up here simply because it is a delicious way to use up leftovers. Stale bread will make the crunchiest toast and the rest …
Food waste is an ever growing concern. Huge quantities of perfectly edible food get binned for various reasons: expectation that food should look ‘perfect’, poor storage and misunderstanding of best before dates to name a few. A 2015 study by The Waste and Resources Action Program (WRAP) estimated that in the UK, 7.1 million tonnes …
In a poorly judged and frankly completely failed attempt to lose some weight, I decided to stop drinking beer (as much) this month. As you might imagine, my entirely lukewarm approach to dieting was in part responsible for the failure. The other contributing factor was that I replaced beer with cider. There was some …
At the time of writing this, ‘England’s Seafood FEAST’ is well under way. It is a two week event, running from the 22nd September until the 7th October, celebrating the wonderful array of restaurants, produce, and experiences that Torbay has to offer. When I looked at the schedule I quickly decided that the one event …
So for tonight’s ‘Drinks Friday’ I am keeping things simple: the negroni. This is a cocktail that is fairly ubiquitous right now, appearing on every hipster cocktail menu up and down the country (for the record, I was drinking it long before it was popular). But here is the secret – it is really easy …