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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Spicy Pumpkin and Coriander Soup
Fright night is nearly upon us and I love to roast a pumpkin or two before the big event. When I was a kid we didn’t really celebrate Halloween. Many years ago in the UK we would celebrate Guy Fawkes …
Googie’s Kitchen presents Turkey Cottage Pie
Normally I would call this a shepherd’s pie but I have realised my mistake. Shepherd’s watch sheep so the meat is lamb. The meat we are supposed to use in the pie. Hence the name of the pie. Cottage pie …
Googie’s Kitchen presents BBQ Baked Beans
For many years I have been making my own homemade baked beans. Baked beans are a British staple and we love them with everything. When I started making my own I would cook them in the slow cooker. The other …
Turkey Cottage Pie
Normally I would call this a shepherd’s pie but I have realised my mistake. Shepherd’s watch sheep so the meat is lamb. The meat we are supposed to use in the pie. Hence the name of the pie. Cottage pie …
Googie’s Kitchen presents Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken Pasta Soup
Last Sunday we had a roast dinner. I always like to buy a bigger chicken and freeze any leftovers for another occasion. As there is only three of us this work very well. I often find I have a the …
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Googie’s Kitchen presents Apricots, Cashew Nuts and Cardamon Chocolate Slab
It’s Easter so that means we must fill our bellies with chocolate. Normally I’m the only one in this house who enjoys dark chocolate. Recently my husband Howard and son Ted have been enjoying the chocolate treats I have been …
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Googie’s Kitchen presents Basa Bites and Chips
My son Ted, who is now 10, swears that he has only ever like fish when it is coated in batter or bread crumbs. I’m sure I could find evidence of a little boy that loved fish. Now that those …
5 Curry Recipes for YOU!
In recent years I have been in my kitchen experimenting with not only flavour but also texture too. I have enjoyed using all different kinds of ingredients to make a variety of dishes. The one dish I love cooking is …
5 Sweet Potato Recipes for YOU
My favourite chips are sweet potato chips and they used to be a certain young man’s too. Ted, our son who is 7 now, used to love sweet potato. At one point in his life Ted actually preferred sweet to …
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