Recipe: Lasagne

This is one of my go-to meals when I want something filling, scrumptious, and comforting. I absolutely love Italian food, and pasta is one of the main staples of my weekly meal plans, but I have to say, lasagne tops everything for me. Whenever I make a lasagne, or indeed a bolognaise, I like to…

Recipe: Chocolate Fudge Brownie

So this is something my family have been asking me to make again for WEEKS. Now that I have, I thought I’d share the recipe with you. Originally a Rachel Allen recipe from her book Food for Living, I’ve adapted this over the years to make it extra decadent and scrummy! Ingredients 200g dark chocolate…

Recipe: New York Cheesecake

Okay so don’t shoot me, but I’ve honestly never been a fan of cheesecake. That all changed a couple of weeks ago however when I made my first New York style baked vanilla cheesecake and LOVED it. I loved it so much in fact that I thought I’d share the recipe with you here. Ingredients…

Recipe: Sausage and Lentil Stew

Oh my god I looooovvvveeee this dish! I have to start with a slight apology for the fact it doesn’t look very appetising, but my god is it delicious! I came across a recipe for this on BBC Good Food and decided to give it a go in an attempt to give my immune system…

Recipe: Chicken Gyros

Now let’s be honest, who doesn’t love a nice bit of bread and meat every now and again, or, you know, most nights? I’ll hold my hands up and admit that I’m a bit of a garlic bread addict, but I’ve recently discovered ready-made flatbreads in supermarkets – including yummy ones in Aldi FYI –…

Recipe: Chicken and chorizo paella

I absolutely love the idea of paella, but unfortunately until recently I didn’t eat seafood, so I had to come up with a recipe for it which didn’t include the classic prawns or mussels! You can of course add them in, and I may well do that myself the next time I make it, but…

Recipe: Pork Fried Rice

This is the perfect recipe for those nights where you desperately want a takeaway but either don’t have the money or can’t let the diet slip. Next time you’re having that most annoying of internal conflicts, try this recipe for a great fake-away – pork fried rice. I use brown rice in this because I…

Recipe: Mincemeat

When it comes to Christmas cooking, I love making everything I can from scratch – and am always keen to learn a new recipe every year. For the past couple of years I’ve been working on my mincemeat recipe, and am now confident that it’s fruity, rich, and, let’s face it, boozy enough to share…