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Easter Cooking: Lamb & Tomato Curry
One of the recipes we cooked with our roast lamb over Easter was a lamb and tomato curry. Curries are often Tim’s job, as he always does well with them and gets the spice level just right. I tend to...
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All Things Chocolate At ‘Bake With Maria’
Now I’ve always loved chocolate (who doesn’t?) and I’ve cooked with it many times, but I have to admit that I didn’t have a great understanding of the whole chocolate making process. So when I was...
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Swedish Cookery Class With Västerbottensost Cheese
As you may know, I adore cheese. We even had a tower of cheeses for our wedding cake. So when I was invited to a Scandinavian cookery class using cheese, I jumped at the chance. Because while I love to...
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#FoodieFriends – Poppy’s Chocolate Orange Mousse
Next up on #FoodieFriends is my wonderful sister-in-law, Pops! Poppy does some fantastic dinner parties and is a brilliant baker. She was also a bridesmaid at our wedding – here she is looking gorge...
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Chicken Basghettilli Recipe
When I was a child, my mum used to make a chicken and tagliatelle dish called ‘Chicken Cacciatore’ – I always used to look forward to it! Looking at recipes for it online, it seems to vary quite a lot....
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All Things Cheese (and Cider!) At Royal Bath & West Show
Earlier in the week, I wrote about our trip to the Royal Bath & West Show last weekend. We were invited by Barber’s Cheesemakers, a Somerset family business which was established in the early...
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A Royal Bath & West Show Sunday Roast
Last weekend, Tim and I visited the Royal Bath & West Show – you can read a full write-up about it here. As you’ll have read in that post, we bought lots of goodies while we were there to cook...
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Moroccan Sausage Casserole with Pea & Mint Mash
The other day, I was really craving a sausage casserole, but I wanted something a little different to the norm. So I thought I’d combine European meats (sausages/pancetta) with some Moroccan/Middle...
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Sea Bream & King Prawns with Kale Recipe
During the week, we tried out a fishmongers in Tooting, which was quite novel for us, as we didn’t have anything like this on our doorstep in Bow. So we got quite excited about what was on offer,...
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Cheese & Chorizo Pie for British Pie Week
I made this pie last Summer but just hadn’t got around to posting it. British Pie Week seemed like the perfect opportunity to get it up on the blog. Sure, chorizo isn’t the most ‘British’ ingredient,...
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Moroccan Lamb with Chorizo & Chickpeas
This is something I threw together rather spontaneously the other night. We had some lamb shanks in the fridge and I wanted to try something a little different, aside from the usual roast with veggies,...
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Braised beef cheeks with pear and bitter chocolate sauce
I know you’re probably thinking, what the hell? It does sound bizarre! But Tim saw Michel Roux Jr. cooking this up on a TV programme the other day and really fancied giving it a go. I’m all for unusual...
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Blood Orange & Rhubarb Crumble
One of my favourite desserts to make is crumble – it’s so easy yet delicious, and I’ll happily tuck into it all year round, it’s such a heart-warming, comforting dish! Last Easter I made a rhubarb...
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#OrganicUnboxed – Greek Lamb Curry Recipe
This is the second of my recipes for the #OrganicUnboxed Challenge. You can read about the challenge here, and my first recipe here. For this recipe, I thought I’d draw inspiration from my upbringing...
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Pork Chops with Mango, Peach and Halloumi Recipe
Tim and I are very different cooks. He is meticulous in his cooking – he will scour our shelf of recipe books and peruse for hours (literally!) before deciding on one and buying all of the necessary...
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Quick & Easy Beef Wellington Recipe
For Tim’s birthday this year, I thought I’d have a go at making a beef wellington. This was going to be no easy feat considering his birthday was mid-week and I’d have to prepare and cook it after...
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Blood Orange Sorbet with Solerno Liqueur
Towards the end of last year I was kindly sent a bottle of Solerno, the world’s first blood orange liqueur. It’s not like anything I’ve tried before, with a zesty but fruity kick. Hand-picked from the...
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