We love hosting a party in our house and I always do the cooking (some guests demand it!). Finding something that pleases most people but is easy to put on and doesn’t spoil your own fun can be tricky. My chilli always goes down well and it’s slow cooked so you can do the prep…
Category: Savoury
Recipe – Simple Family Fishcakes
The staple of many a family meal, together with their finger counterparts, fishcakes are a great meal centre and they really are very simple. The recipe below uses cheap, frozen Pollock but you can use fresh or mix it up and use salmon or a smoked fish. For 6 fishcakes, you will need: 500g potatoes…
Recipe – Leftovers Turkey (or Chicken) & Ham Pie
Who doesn’t have a load of turkey left after Christmas? Even after your have countless snadwiches I bet there is still enough for a pie… Don’t forget that the dark meat actually makes a fantastic pie, so don’t chuck it out, make a pie instead! The below is a recipe using cooker turkey but you…
Recipe – Chicken Liver Pate with Brandy and Orange
Pate. It’s a bit like Marmite, you either love it or hate it. Our house is split down the middle as I love it but Samantha really doesn’t… but that doesn’t stop us having some for Christmas for the rest of the family. This year, I thought I’d have a go at an indulgent homemade…
Recipe – Sage & Onion Stuffing (Vegetarian)
This is one of those things that is a default ‘packet’ part of your cooking but is relatively simple to do yourself and tastes so much better! I swear, once you try it, you’ll never go back to a packet 🙂 To serve 4-6, you will need: 6 slices stale white bread with crusts removed…
Recipe – Ham & Cheese Mini Frittatas
Quick and easy ‘throw together’ family meals are a wonderful thing, especially if they use stuff you probably have knocking about. These are great kid-friendly meal centres which are easy to do and you can mix the ingredients to anything your kids like. To make 6, for 2 grown ups and 2 kids, you will…
Recipe – Slow Cook Family Chicken Curry
Curry is apparently now our favourite food, it’s certainly mine! This is a scratch-cook curry so you will need all the spices but it is worth it for that authentic taste. You can swap chicken for lamb shoulder for a deeper, more rounded flavour. It is medium in strength, halve the starred items if you…
How To – Roast Pork
Roast pork can be lovely, actually lower in fat than beef or lamb but unfortunately it can be roasted in such a way that makes it feel really fatty. This is how to roast a simple joint for succulent meat, little fat if you don’t want it and good crackling if you do! Pick your…
Recipe – Cauliflower Cheese
This is one of those things that many people feel is best left to ready-meal territory; too hard to make yourself or a bit of a faff. Actually, it’s not that tricky and can easily be fitted into doing a roast. You will need: Head of cauliflower 200ml milk 25g plain flour 150g Cheddar cheese…
Recipe – Family Fish Pie
Fish is so good for us all, especially kids. The right fish can be full of Omega 3 and ‘good oils’, making it proper bones and brain food! But how to get your boys and girls to eat fish without resorting to fish fingers?! This fish pie recipe will suit the whole family, a good…
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