Christmas Chutney

There, I’ve said it… I’ve dropped the C word! If there is any bit of a Grinch about you, you might want to avoid this little bit of the internet for the next few weeks. I have plenty more festive recipes coming up.

Beef Rendang

  This is fast becoming my favourite curry. The first time I tasted it was on holidays in Malta. We were keen to try the restaurant Zest in St. Julians but the night we went was the one night of the month where they served a buffet menu. I was a bit disappointed at first, […]

Lamb and Pea Samosas

I recently had a craving for some good Indian food but I didn’t want anything very spicy or a curry like I’d usually go for. So I was flicking through Rick Stein’s India looking for inspiration and came across his recipe for lamb samosas. Bingo! Samosas are fried or baked pastry parcels with a savoury, […]

Vegetable Biryani

Look how pretty this is! I like nothing better than a good curry. I have one at least once a week. Unfortunately, it’s not normally a healthy choice. This recipe however, might just change that. It is such a tasty meal and it’s adapted from Gizzi Erskine’s Bollywood Biriyani in Skinny Weeks & Weekend Feasts […]

DIY Pot Noodles

I have come across this recipe a few times on various blogs and boards but when The Guardian recently put this article on Pinterest I thought I’d give it a go myself. I swore I would bring my lunch to work more often and I think I could count on one hand the amount of […]

Mini Cranberry Mince Pies

This is the first recipe I made from Nigella Christmas and probably my favourite from the book.

Jalfrezi Curry

Update July 2020  When I first posted this recipe in 2013 my only previous experience of Jalfrezi was from a jar. It has become my go when ordering an Indian takeaway but I’ll be honest, I prefer when I make it myself.