Easy Butter Chicken

Happy 2021! It’s been quite the year already, hasn’t it? These photos show why I usually post breakfast recipes at this time of year as the late afternoon light is dreadful for pictures. To be honest, I probably should have held off posting this Easy Butter Chicken until I had better photos, but I have […]

Soy Sesame and Ginger Chicken Salad

One of the first food blogs I ever followed was Like Mam Used to Bake by Rosanne Hewitt Cromwell. Sadly, this blog is no more but one of my favourite ever recipes was for her Soy Garlic Chicken which I think was inspired by a Crackbird dish. This recipe was where I learned about spatchcocking […]

Balsamic Chicken Salad

It’s a bit of a funny week here and in a way I’ll be glad when it’s all over. On the plus side, it would appear that Summer has actually arrived! Cue sunburnt skin and the smell of burning barbecues everywhere. At this time of year I tend to cook speedy, lighter meals and this Balsamic Chicken […]

Beef and Orange Stir-fry

I’m all about fast meals these days that can be made in no time but still have a big punch of flavour from them. A stir-fry is perfect for this type of meal. It can be on the table in under 20 minutes.

Crispy Duck and Watermelon Salad

I recently had a crispy duck salad in a local restaurant, Clancy’s and I was mad to try to make something similar at home. It was proper crispy, shredded duck. I was under strict instructions when making this to make sure it was really crispy. Got that? Crispy.