My last blog post was about cooking a roast chicken. My family and I love roast dinners especially when we cook chicken. I buy a big organic chicken from local organic butchers. Every month I like to make a bulk …
Category: Lunch
Jamie’s Dairy Free Chicken in Milk
Jamie Oliver I have to admit, love him or hate him, is my go-to chef. When I’m in need of meal ideas or inspiration, or if I just want to check flavours will work for a recipe I have thought …
Sweet Potato Pancake Chicken Fajita
When Howard and I first started living together this was a staple meal for us. It was a quick and easy dinner that also made a really nice packed lunch the next day for work. It was a meal that …
Courgette and Black Bean Stroganoff
During the week, as I have mentioned many times before, I make Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday no meat days. So we eat a lot of vegan and vegetarian meals. As I was looking back through my recipes I noticed I …
Chickpea Meatballs with Red Pepper and Tomato Pasta
During the week we are now eating more vegan and vegetarian dinners. I decided a few years ago to cut back on the amount of meat we were eating. So I thought about where I could cut back on meat …
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Slow Cooked Chocolate Chicken Molee
As I mentioned at the beginning of the week my husband, Howard visited Mexico with his friends. While they were there they had a Chocolate Chicken Molee. Howard didn’t seem impressed with the dish. He told me, like his Dad …
Slow Cooked Fish Molee
Last week I went to the recipe books I have stored underneath my kitchen shelves. I was looking for inspiration for meal ideas. As a busy mum of one small boy I occasionally need to kick start my brain into …
Banana and Honey Quinoa Bread
Banana Bread has to be one of my favourite breakfast, snacks or even a cheeky little desserts. I love leaving a couple of bananas in the bowl on our work top to become very ripe. It means I will be …
Quinoa Fruit Breakfast Bread
In our house for breakfast we normally go between eggs, porridge and pancakes. I’m always on the hunt for new breakfasts ideas. In the past I have made a baked porridge but my son Ted was not a fan. He …
Herb and Seed Quinoa Bread
For those of you that don’t know, I really miss bread. A few years ago after giving up processed foods and sugars I started to get stomach aches. At the time they were very uncomfortable but I managed through a …