Brown rice is packed full of vitamins and dietary minerals.These are normally lost with white rice. White rice is brown rice with the husks removed. When the husks are removed from the brown rice so is lots of the nutrition …
Category: family meals
5 Quinoa Recipes for YOU
My husband Howard is not a great fan of plain quinoa, but he does enjoy it when it’s cooked like a risotto. Ted, my son who is 7, is a big fan of plain quinoa but doesn’t enjoy it when …
5 Pasta Recipes for YOU
Most people are under the impression that pasta originated in Italy. Actually this isn’t strictly true. It was brought across from China during the 13th century. China brought to Italy noodles which they turned into pasta. In recent years I’m …
5 Prawn Dinners for YOU
When I tell my son Ted we will be having prawns for dinner anyone would have thought it was his birthday. I like variety in the meals we eat so we don’t eat prawns that much. As I said when …
5 Cod Dinners for YOU
As I have mentioned in many posts before, my son Ted and I love fish. I always try to include two fish dishes in our meals each week. Ted has always enjoyed fish dinners so I want to keep encouraging …
5 Salmon Dinners for YOU
My son Ted and I are huge fish fans. The other day I noticed I had a lot of salmon dinners on my blog. So I thought I would write down five of our favourites for you. I’m very pleased …
5 Pork Dinners for YOU
Meat is a treat we eat at the weekend in our house. I like to buy our meat from a local butchers. The butchers are not organic but the cattle are fed on grass and herbs. It’s more expensive to …
Googie’s Kitchen presents Cough Medicine Soup
By the time my son Ted had spent his first term at preschool, he had come home with a cough and cold. So I made cough medicine to help with his symptoms. However, Ted really didn’t like the taste of …
Spicy Sumac Bacon Risotto
Ever since my son was born I have always tried to introduce new flavour to him. In recent years I’ve been introducing my son Ted, who is 7, to more spices in his food. Ted is not a great fan …
Prawns in a Tomato Rice
My son Ted loves fish, especially prawns and my husband Howard doesn’t mind rice when it’s cooked in a tomato sauce. Howard isn’t so keen on fish but he doesn’t mind a prawn or two. The other day I was …
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