Recipes

Slow Cooked Lamb Shanks

Melt in the mouth lamb shanks with an abundance of yummy gravy.

Salmon with a Crusted Pecorino & Pesto Topping

A perfect midweek meal from Delia with minimal effort but an abundance of flavours.

Chocolate Roulade

This is the perfect chocolate roulade from Mary Berry.

Cinnamon Twists

So damn good I am going to have to ration how many times I make these!

Buttermilk Pancakes

The pancakes you need to make this weekend.

French Onion Soup

We eat a lot of soup in this house but this one really beats the lot.

Greek Lamb

You know when the meat just falls apart and is still so nice and juicy? This is one of those recipes.

Double Chocolate Chunk Shortbread

I pretty much ate all 24 and I’m very happy with my decision.

Beef Shin Pie

I think pie and mash is my all time favourite winter meal.

Chicken stuffed With garlic, Herb & cream cheese

Mum and dad both scraped the pan clean and that just says it all.

Whole Roasted Cauliflower

This is now my favourite way to cook cauliflower.

Monkfish Piquant

A belter of a midweek meal. Super quick to make and so damn tasty.

Potato & Gochujang Braised Eggs

A nice twist on baked eggs with a hit from the Korean spices and a yummy, crisp rosti base.

Toad In The Hole with Red Wine & Shallot Gravy

One of my absolute favourite winter meals.

Creamy Tuscan Salmon

This sauce is pure magic.

Baked Meatballs

The best baked meatballs! Juicy, melt in the mouth, cheesy and rich.

Roasted Saffron Cauliflower with Date Dressing

The cauliflower dish I never knew I needed and now won’t be able to live without!

Brioche Salmon & Creamy Leeks

Juicy salmon with a brioche crust and creamy leeks. What’s not to love?!

Lamb Boulangere with Red Pepper Salsa

Ultimate Sunday feast and a brilliant way to change up roast lamb.

Chimichurri & Smokey Tomato & Pepper Salsa

Two delicious dips you could have with an abundance of meals.

Vietnamese Honey & Coconut Caramelised Chicken

You know those dishes where you just want to start drinking all the leftover sauce, this was one of those!

Vietnamese Fish Hot Pot

Nice and simple and quick to make, perfect for a midweek meal.

Beef, Prune & Butternut Tagine

The combination of all the flavours with the tender meat was so moreish.

Whole Roasted Celeriac

You know when you take that first bite and can’t help but say wow? I did that with this.

Lemon Drizzle

The perfect soft and moist lemon drizzle cake.

Sesame Seared Tuna Bites

A super quick and really delicious tuna steak canapé idea.

Roasted Chicken with Clementines & Arak

A super easy one tray dinner from Ottolenghi that has an intense but sweet flavour.

Seared Scallops, King Prawns & a Vietnamese Dressing

This dressing is so damn tasty you’ll want to start thinking up new things to lather it on to.

Lime & Coconut Gratin

A fab new way to jazz up potatoes.

Country Baked Keralan Chicken

A flavour packed chicken recipe that will leave you wanting more.

Beef Massaman

A perfect Thai Curry.

Honey Glazed Ham

This glaze from Gordon Ramsey is so heavenly we haven’t varied from it in months now

Roast Chicken with Gremolata

A really yummy way to jazz up a roast chicken, the gremolata is so tasty you’ll end up wanting to spoon it on everything.

Three Garlic Butter Flatbreads

You just know anything with the words ‘three garlic butter’ is going to be magical.

Chilli Jam

I have never really been in to chilli jam before but oh my I am converted. I now want to spoon it on everything.

Stuffed Aubergine in Curry & Coconut Dal

This was truly wonderful and well worth the effort.

Garlic & Tomato Tuscan Salmon

After how well the Tuscan salmon went down I thought I would try and create a slightly healthier version using my goodies from Seafood By Sykes.

Naan Bread

Once I started making these at home I have never looked back.

Duck Stuffed with Garlic, Chilli, Lemongrass & Ginger

The heavenly dish that transports me back to Bali

Mary Berry’s Apple Cake

A fairly simple and delicious cake, perfect for anyone starting out in baking.

Cherry Tomato Sauce

Super simple but incredibly tasty cherry tomato sauce. Using cherry tomatoes adds a really nice sweetness to the sauce that lends itself nicely to lots of grated Parmesan.

Spatchcocked Chicken

If you want juicy chicken this is the way to make it!

Roast Chicken with a Creamy Black Garlic Sauce

Black garlic is absolutely delish and used in this recipe it makes the most to die for sauce.

Soy, Ginger & Garlic Chicken Karaage Bao Buns

Heaven in each pillowy bite. The buns are nice and fluffy and the meat just melts.

Aubergine & Halloumi Rolls with a Harissa Chickpea Salad

This is a fab veggie packed lunch idea. Nice and easy to make and really filling.

Dishoom’s Chicken Ruby

I honestly believe this Dishoom curry is the best you can make at home.

Gratin of Rigatoni with Roasted Vegetables

The ultimate comfort food and one of my favourite pasta dishes at home.

Harissa-glazed Aubergine with Coconut & Peanuts

One I’ll definitely be making time and time again. The aubergine really soaks up all the flavours.

White Bean Crostini’s with an Anchovy Salsa

The flavour combination here is like nothing I had tried before and they are really fab little bites.

Curry Spiced Salmon with Seeded Pumpkin Salad

So many great flavours combined in one dish.

Fried Halloumi with a Lime & Caper Vinaigrette

A really fab idea for lunch time, or a starter with friends. The tangy dressing goes perfectly with the salty cheese.

Teriyaki Salmon Bites

This is a winner of a marinade. I think they lasted all of about 3 minutes, they were so juicy.

Chocolate Chip & Pecan Cookies

The cookies you need in your life, golden on the outside and soft and slightly chewy on the inside.

Burrata with Sticky Roasted Tomatoes, Pine Nuts & Basil

This might be one of the best things I’v ever made.

Pan Con Tomate

Perfect tangy canapé idea

Sugar Seared Salmon With Coconut Lime Sauce

An absolutely delicious, easy to make, and predominately store cupboard recipe. Well up there as one of my favourite recent meals at home.

Miso Onions

I can confirm these are the best onions I have ever tasted.

Pork Wrapped in Parma Ham with Mascarpone, Sage & Lemon

I have made this a few times and it is always a big hit. It is super simple to make and creates an incredibly moreish sauce that works perfectly with an abundance of vegetables.

Burrata with Charred Courgettes and Salsa Verde

This is fab new way to have a creamy burrata and the tangy crunchy dressing makes a great combination.

Gordy’s Asian Beef Salad

The perfect way to use up leftover roast beef. Nice and healthy, the veg can be mixed up depending on what you have in the fridge and the dressing is unreal.

Chicken Curry Korma-style

Chicken curry korma-style from Marcus Wareing’s ‘At Home’ book (now obsessed with this curry and is definitely worth the extra effort in making the paste)

Amatriciana

The pasta sauce of dreams; slow cooked amatriciana 🍝 ⁣

Padella’s Pici Cacio e Pepe

If you can’t make it to Padella this is a slight taster of how damn good they make this dish.

Ginger Shakin Beef

I have had Jamie Oliver’s ‘5 Ingredients’ book for years and never got round to making anything until recently. Now I am completely converted to how quick, easy and most importantly yummy the recipes are!

Chicken Marbella

Well this was bloody marvellous. Highly recommend; I’ll definitely be whipping this out for visitors many times to come.

Chicken with Sherry Vinegar & Tarragon Sauce

This is a lovely recipe for a family meal from Delia, great for letting everyone get stuck in and fighting over those juices.

Fish Curry with Tomatoes & Tamarind

This is really delicious, easy and healthy fish curry that is cooked in no time.

Asian-Style Sea Bass with Sticky Rice & Dressed Greens

The fish was so moist and all the juices worked so well with the coconut rice. Definitely one that will be cooked many more times.

Roasted Vegetable Quiche

The best quiche in the whole entire world.

Potato Salad

This is a potato salad recipe you need in your repertoire. Super easy, nice and tangy and a great addition to a summer spread.

Honey, Lime & Sriracha Chicken Skewers

Mum found this recipe online a few months ago via @onceuponachef and decided to give it a go as it had 397 5 star reviews (I know, that’s a lot). We loved it then, have sent it to quite a lot of friends since and cooked it a few more times since.

Korean Steak Tacos With Kimchee Slaw

Well this was blooming marvellous. My brother made it first, followed by my parents and with them all raving about it it was my turn.

Parma Ham Wrapped Cod with Pesto

Made a nice and easy, healthy midweek dinner recently (always a good sign when you are scraping the tray at the end).

Asian Chicken Traybake

Since I started following @simplyfoodbymandy I have saved nearly all her recipes, but this one has been at the top of my ‘to try’ list and it definitely didn’t disappoint. Super tasty but even better it is so easy to make. ⁣

Salmon with Thyme & Garlic Tomatoes

When I come home late from work I normally want to eat as quickly as possible, without reaching for a ready meal. This is perfect for that; fridge to table in under 15 minutes.

Chicken with Chorizo, Rosemary & Olives

A really warming and comforting winter dinner from The Daley Plate. A perfect family dinner or a batch cooking recipe.

Mango Glazed Cod

I made this twice in one week, think that says it all. A perfect quick, easy and healthy midweek dinner recipe.

Sweet & Sour Caramel Chicken

This is a really yummy sweet and sour caramel chicken from Olive Magazine which I would very much recommend.

Pomegranate & Honey Glazed Chicken Skewers

This one had the corner turned down in the cookbook for ages and now I wish I made it sooner.

Cauliflower & Quinoa Caesar Salad

It was really simple to make and it was really really great. I even caught myself licking the bowl I poured the dressing in to.

Honey, Soy & Ginger Pork

My absolute favourite pork recipe (I think all my family / friends will vouch for this as no doubt I have cooked it for them at some point too).⁣

Spicy Roast Squash & Feta Salad

One of my favourite side dishes that I know I have been promising to post for a while and I am pretty obsessed to be honest.

Beetroot, Feta, Pesto & Walnut Salad

This combination of feta and pesto really takes the beetroot to another level.

Gremolata Prawns

How much better are prawns in the shell though?! These are the gremolata prawns from Rich Stein’s seafood odyssey cookbook – mum’s go-to for seafood)⁣⁣

Chorizo Chicken

Next time you want to jazz up a chicken breast, give this recipe from Marcus Wareing a try. Relatively simple but absolutely packed with flavour, it really transforms a simple piece of meat.

Beef Tataki

So now I don’t need to order beef tataki EVERYTIME I see it on a menu as we can make it even better at home thanks to my new favourite book by Jennifer Joyce

Chicken Gyros & Homemade Pitta Bread

Putting the new tandoor to good use last week and tried my hand at making chicken gyros. Leaving the thighs to marinade overnight is the way forward!

Asian Salmon and Papaya Salad

This is probably in my top three salmon dishes at the moment and I’m loving having it cold for lunch.

Salmon and Prosciutto En Croute

A wonderful recipe from Waitrose that wraps the salmon in prosciutto which keeps everything so yummy and moist.

Harissa and Honey Asparagus

The marinade totally transforms the asparagus and is such an easy one to have in the back pocket.

Rose Petal Lamb Chops

The first time I made these I thought surely all this rose malarkey is just for show, but hell no this marinade is 👌🏻⁣.

Bean, Feta and Marjoram Salad

Currently obsessed with this salad, so much so that I have had it twice this week which is unheard of at the moment.

Roasted Tomato Salad

An absolute gem from Delia. The type of recipe that can wake you up because it smells that good.

Rhubarb and Orange Cake

One of my all time favourite things that my mum makes for us on a Sunday.

At Home Nandos

When you can’t get to Nandos, bring Nandos to you!

Posh mushrooms with garlic and parsley

There are probably not enough descriptive words to describe the incredible smells that radiate when cooking this dish.

Melon and Ham

There is something about melon and Parma ham that just transports me to the Italian riviera (a girl can dream right?! 🇮🇹) ⁣ ⁣

Basque Chicken

Another winner from Delia!

Chicken Legs in Cider and Bacon

This is one of my favourite easy recipes that I have been making for years that I could really eat every week.

Raspberry and White Chocolate Cheesecake

I think this is my favourite cheesecake EVER!