Chili is a great way to warm up on a cold winter’s day. It’s also a delicious meal to make a loved one on Valentine’s day. Occasionally I don’t always want to eat a beef chili. As I’m getting older …
Category: Lunch
Mint and Tropical Fruit Soup
Even in winter I love to eat summer fruits. We always buy bags of frozen fruit from our local supermarket. When we buy the frozen tropical fruit it always reminds me that summer is on the way. Yay! In winter …
Strawberry Soup
One of the fruits I associate with summer is strawberries. Nothing beats a beautiful British strawberry. We try to buy fresh strawberries in the summer but we buy them frozen in the winter. As I think of strawberries as a …
Orange, Honey and Soy Roast Chicken with Veggie Rice (Video version)
The other week I made easy roast chicken and rice which was very nice! I thought about cooking this dish again. It was Sunday and I was craving more roast chicken. However I decided to adapt the recipe by adding …
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Oven Baked Chunky Beef Chili
In past recipes I’ve made chilies with mince beef, pork and even prawns. I have never thought about beef stewing steak until now. It’s easy to prepare and cook. The only time we used to eat beef stewing steak was …
Pancake Burgers (Video Version)
Now I know pancakes and burgers aren’t really mean’t to go together. Plus the British who read this blog will probably be wondering why this post is not published on Pancake Day. Well, I have a slight gluten intolerance and …
Oven Baked Chunky Beef Spaghetti Bolognese
Spaghetti Bolognaise is a classic that I just made chunky and it was delicious. I normally make a bolognaise sauce with mince beef or pork. This time I decided to cook the sauce with beef stewing steak. I wanted to …
Slow Cooker Pasta Sauce and Oven Baked Meatballs (Video Version)
Nowadays many people don’t have a lot of time to cook dinner. The average amount of time a British person spends cooking dinner is twenty. I think this is sad but I really enjoy problem solving. For me, if I …
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Slow Cooker Stewing Steak Cottage Pie
Normally I always make a cottage pie with mince beef. I have never tried making it with stewing steak. Nor have I tried cooking the filling in my slow cooker pot. Therefore I decided to try both of these methods. …