In recent months I’ve discovered the pleasure in cooking oven baked dishes. Oven baking can give you back time. An oven baked dish could be made in the morning or after lunch and left in the oven. It can also …
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Mary Rose Prawn Jacket Potato
Prawns are one of the last fish my son Ted who is eleven will now eat. I always knew this day would happen but I wasn’t sure when it would. Nowadays to have a fish meal with Ted it must …
Southern Spice Porridge – Video Version
Porridge is my favourite breakfast. Well porridge and eggs are my favourite. Therefore a little while ago I decided to add the two together. I normally make a sweet porridge for breakfast but I decided to make a southern spice …
Honey, Tomato and Ginger Roast Gammon Ham
My husband Howard and son Ted love cheese, ham and pickle sandwiches. Honestly I don’t begrudge them eating these sandwiches either. Although, I have noticed the ingredients that go into the ham. Personally I’m not a fan so I decided …
Southern Spice Potato Omelette – Video Version
Eggs are an ingredient that you can add lots of flavour too. That is exactly why I love oven baked omelettes. They are easy but can be made very flavoursome. Recently my husband asked for southern fry chips. I’m not …
Rosemary and Garlic Scotch Eggs
Eggs are a very versatile food. They can make a delicious breakfast lunch, dinner or snack. Plus eggs can be ingredients in cakes and biscuits too. Somebody, somewhere one day decided to hard boil the humble egg, peel the shell …
Southern Spice Quinoa Loaf – Video Version
Quinoa is the seed of a grain that is very versatile. When mixed with other ingredients it make can a delicious bread. As I discovered a few years ago. I have not made a quinoa loaf in such a long …
Flat Rosemary and Garlic Pork
My son Ted, who is almost 12, absolutely loved this dish. I have made this before as a beef meal and Ted enjoyed it just as much as then as he did with this dinner. When I told him what …
Mango Salad with Chili and Lime Dressing – Video Version
Summer is nearly upon us and during this season I love to eat salads. In recent years I have become a bit bored of the same lettuce, tomato, cucumber combination. Last month I read Hugh Fernley Whittingstalls book called Vegetables. …
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Roasted Mango
Mangoes are a versatile fruit that can be tasty on it’s own or added to dishes. They also are delicious in smoothies, porridge, chutneys and as I have recently discovered, in salads too. I have never a cooked mango before …