How To Sous-Vide Chicken Breasts

How To Sous Vide Chicken Breasts

Learn how to use a “sous-vide” and cook chicken breasts.

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Beef Meatballs with Curried Banana Sauce

Beef Meatballs with Curried Banana Sauce

Would you know a South African inspired dish if you saw one?

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Beef, Chestnut and Red Wine Stew

Beef, Chestnut and Red Wine Stew

You know when you start a New Year you try so hard to be positive but on days like this it’s pretty difficult.

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Baked Rice Pudding

Baked Rice Pudding

Bah! So what if there is a recession? Who needs pounds if you can enjoy decadent desserts with mere pennies?

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Swedeaphobia Cure

Swedeaphobia Cure

Here is a delicious recipe for one of UK’s most unpopular vegetables.

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Braised Lamb Shanks with Thyme, Roast Carrots and Baby Onions

Braised Lamb Shanks with Thyme, Roast Carrots and Baby Onions

When I first read this recipe I got filled with scepticism. How can it possibly taste good? It contains no wine, let alone stock. The concoction will probably be bland and boring. Unfortunately, it was high time for a change in the lamb shank department which we usually drown in red wine, stock and some tomato purée. Wanting to get out of the rut I went ahead and cooked this recipe.

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Beef, Mushroom & Ale Pie

Beef, Mushroom & Ale Pie

Four days after Gabriel’s birthday it was Neil’s turn to celebrate his. After countless offers from my parents to take him out for a meal he still preferred my home cooking to any restaurants in the area and with good reason.

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Shepherds Pie

Shepherds Pie

Just like Spaghetti Bolognaise/Bolognese there are more variations to Shepherd’s Pie than you can wave a stick at. Everyone’s got their own twist on this classic British dish and each time it tastes a little bit different but we all get the general idea of what it’s (supposed to be) like. Shepherd’s Pie and Cottage Pie are sometimes used interchangeably but to my mind SP is lamb and CP is beef.

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Coq au Vin

Coq au Vin

After trying out countless of Coq au Vin recipes, I chucked them all away and cooked the dish from scratch….my way. I never did get hold of a rooster as is the traditional way of preparing this classic dish. Nor did I drown the bird in a whole bottle of red wine. None the less, just one bite is to die for…

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Caramel Coconut Cake with Caramel Butter Frosting & Pecans

Caramel Coconut Cake with Caramel Butter Frosting & Pecans

“Is it your birthday?”

All eyes were on me at the Scrabble club.

“Nope.”

“What are you celebrating?”

“Nothing.”

“Then what’s the occasion?”

“There’s no special occasion.”

“Is there something you’re not telling us?”

From the back of the room an old lady yells, “It can’t be, she just lost all her baby weight!”

Why oh why are people so suspicious when you bring a cake along? Must there always be an excuse like a special occasion to enjoy a good slice of scrumptious cake?

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