Can’t wait to get the BBQ out! Actually, I won’t be touching the BBQ. Chris won’t let me (I’m good with that!). But I can’t wait to eat BBQ food like these chicken skewers (or these Thai fish cake skewers or these lamb souvlaki kebabs, or even the chicken tikka masala that Chris cooks on the BBQ < bbq’d chicken tikka is another level!). These honey garlic chicken skewers are an absolute favourite with everyone....
Sometimes I share recipes with very few ingredients, like my 5 ingredient Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin, 5 ingredient Honey Garlic Salmon and 3 ingredient Shortbread Cookies. But I never force or recreate recipes to make them with less ingredients. They are just great as they are. Like my mum’s homemade Teriyaki Sauce Marinade. A real Japanese recipe, it’s only got 3 ingredients (I get water for free!). And that’s the way it is supposed to be made....
As long as you use ground thighs and add a creamy ingredient such as mayonnaise, your burgers will be nice and juicy. I have many beef burger recipes on this website (these baked hamburgers are a big hit with readers), and I make them quite often for my family. But sometimes I feel like making something a little different. Beef is great, but even if you love it, variation is, after all, the spice of life!...
An easy 20-minute recipe, this is a dinner that everyone in the family is going to love! I love pork chops. They are filling, flavorful, and very affordable. Simple baked pork chops are excellent, and that’s my default recipe. But when I’m willing to make just a little more effort in the kitchen, I treat my family to these very flavorful keto-fried pork chops. They are coated in pork rind “breadcrumbs,” then fried in olive oil until wonderfully golden and crispy....
Ready in just 30 minutes and using simple everyday ingredients, this easy keto recipe is perfect for a weeknight dinner. Canned tuna is one of my favorite ingredients. It’s tasty, filling, and very affordable. And just as important - I always have it on hand, making it the natural choice when the fridge is otherwise bare. I use it to make tuna cakes and tuna salad. I also use it to make this tuna casserole....
I’m very fussy when it comes to meatballs. Not only have they got to be juicy and flavourful, but they’ve also got to be perfectly browned, with a light crust on the outside.I thought the only way to do this was to either fry them separately or cook them in the oven. When I finally realised (with this meatballs recipe) that I could save myself a ton of time and washing up by cooking them in the same pan as the sauce AND the courgetti, I was delighted!...
This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”! Poached Chicken I feel like poached chicken is a life skill that everyone should know. But depending how it’s executed, on the one hand it can be like chewing on chipboard: dismally dry, impossible to swallow and completely flavourless. On the other hand – the successful hand – it’s unbelievably succulent, with chicken flavour you never dreamt was possible, and so tender and juicy you can literally SEE the chicken juices sparkling on the surface of every slice....
This is a sister recipe of everybody’s favourite Bacon Wrapped Chicken – with the added bonus of a potato side dish! I didn’t realise until I wrote the recipe out that this is actually a one pan dish. It’s a “fancy enough for company” midweek meal I’ve been making for years. You know when you’ve made a recipe so many times it becomes second nature to you? I actually had to weigh and write the ingredients down properly when I made it to share the recipe with you!...
The everyday version of the outrageous Cheese and Garlic Crack Bread, this is the perfect shape for dunking into soups and stews, or serve with a salad to make a meal. Make it once and you’ll memorise it! Cheesy Garlic Bread: Dangerously quick This Cheesy Garlic Bread has been pictured repeatedly on my website since the beginning of time. I want to tell you that’s because I’m so addicted to it....
Made in aid of Comic Relief for bake sale inspiration! - Get your free red nose day baking set for your bake sale - see link at the bottom of this post. I’d love to say I was responsible for this mind-blowing explosion of colours and flavours, but this one is Chris’s creation! He made a rainbow cake a few months ago (which won an award at his office, in a competition they were running), so I had to get him to make it again in aid of Comic Relief!...
Rack of Lamb recipe Welcome to the first recipe for Easter Week 2021! We’re kicking off with a traditional choice of meat for Easter: lamb. Not just any old lamb, though. Today we’re going for the Rolls Royce of cuts, rack of lamb! Lamb rack is a premium cut of meat and a darling of fine dining restaurants, for good reason. The meat in a rack of lamb is amongst the most tender and juicy on the animal, while still retaining plenty of flavour....
Noodles. Satay Chicken. Veggies. And a creamy peanut dressing. What an awesome combination! It’s like Satay Chicken and a noodle stir fry had a baby. Or a noodle stir fry and a salad had a baby. No, wait – more like Satay Chicken and a salad had a baby. It’s a hybrid! And it’s INCREDIBLE with a capital I. A BIG capital I. I can assure you, with the Japanese blood running through my veins, I am very fussy about feaux-Asian food....
Give it to me! I’m a big fan of soft buns piled high with juicy fillings, from Sloppy Joes to big Pastrami sandwiches, and big juicy burgers! Pulled Pork Sandwich Steak Sandwich on Monday. Pulled pork today. It seems like it’s sandwich week. No one told you? Don’t worry. No one told me either! 😂 Actually, I could have shuffled the posting schedule around. But I don’t want to. I’ve been busting to share this recipe for ages, and finally it’s here and I’m not holding it back any longer!...
Smoked Salmon Dip I consider this dip a bit fancy pants because the cost to make this is probably about 2 to 3 times the cost to buy a tub from the supermarket. Whereas usually, I’m chirping “this recipe is better AND cheaper than store bought!”, like these copycat Gourmet Crackers which I swear is about 80% cheaper than buying them and I double swear that they taste better. But in this case, the homemade version costs more....
Ready in just 20 minutes, this simple recipe requires only 7 ingredients, making it an ideal choice for a weeknight dinner. I make green bean recipes quite often. We all like them (even the picky eater!), so I try to vary the recipes I make. This recipe is a lovely variation of the basic sauteed green beans. Although I must admit that with all these tasty variations, my favorite way to make them is still the simplest - boiled green beans....
This is a cookbook exclusive recipe! This recipe is exclusive to my debut cookbook Dinner which includes a how-to video for every recipe. Just scan the QR code! Just to explain…. I know, it’s confusing! You’re so used to getting recipes on my website – there’s over 1,200 of them, after all. And here you are looking at a tasty recipe video and I haven’t provided the recipe. 🙀 I’m not just doing this to torture you, I promise....
This recipe is made using one of my master sauce recipe, this Peanut Sauce for Stir Fries. Like my All Purpose Stir Fry Sauce, it can be used for any stir fry or noodles using a “formula” (provided in the recipe) and forms the basis for many recipes I’ve shared over the years! Peanut Sauce Noodles This stir fried Peanut Sauce Noodles is made using the Peanut Sauce for Stir Fries that I published on Wednesday....
Tokyo Station is so vast, it’s almost mini-city in itself! An amazing, sprawling underground maze packed with shops and restaurants as you’ve never seen before, it’s so big I guarantee you’ll get lost at some stage – we still do! Along with Tokyo Station, this guide covers the areas to the west and north-east of the station. This includes the Imperial Palace (home of the emperor), Marunouchi and Nihonbashi....
Chocolate has got to me the number one gift on Valentine’s day. I’m sure flowers come a close second, but who hasn’t bought a big box of chocolates for a loved one, with a quiet hope they might get shared out? Yep, guilty. Chris and I are both chocoholics, although I’m probably the worst. No Dairy Milk is safe in the house if I know it’s there. I’m trying to be good at the moment - it’s my birthday in March and I’ve still got 10 pounds to lose....
The kids are back at school and Easter is now officially over! We still have a few more bits of chocolate left to eat, but the chocolate consumption is tailing off - along with the children’s chocolate-induced hyperactivity. I’m ashamed to say that I also haven’t managed to make it to the gym in TWO WEEKS! Trying to juggle the kids, the trail of mess that the kids constantly make, plus the blog and numerous family days out - and something had to give....
