This is a massive bastardisation of the traditional Spaghetti Bolognese. I love italian food but I also love adding loads of stuff to traditional recipes and seeing what happens. I used to make this loads, and have always had a good reaction to it so it can’t be too bad! I cooked this for my…
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Blueberry, Banana & Cinnamon muffins – Recipe
These ace muffins are a great breakfast snack. The recipe comes from the Hairy Dieters and they are only 256 calories each! Makes 8 large or 12 medium Ingredients 250g/9oz plain flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp ground cinnamon, plus ½ tsp extra for the topping pinch of salt 2 ripe bananas, mashed 150g/5oz…
Matcha cake Mix – Review
Matcha cake is a traditional Japanese cake. I had never heard of it, and when the guys at Hope Makes It Easy asked me to try and recreate this with their cake mix, I jumped at the chance. Nozomi, (Japanese for Hope) the founder of Hope makes it easy, loves Matcha cake. Born and raised in…
Peanut butter cookies – Recipe
My dad LOVES peanut butter cookies, so I thought I would surprise him with these tasty treats at the weekend. They work better with crunchy peanut butter, but you can use smooth if you wish. Makes around 20 Ingredients 2 eggs 400g peanut butter 350g caster sugar 1 tsp salt Peanuts for decoration Method Pre-heat…
Fajitas – Recipe
I love fajitas, and wanted to share my version of this amazing dish. There’s four parts to this: the ingredients that go into making that actual meal, the spice mix I use to flavour the chicken, the guacamole I make and also the salsa. You can find the spice mix Here You can find my guacamole…
Salsa – Recipe
I love this salsa and it goes great with Mexican food, or as a dip for crisps! Ingredients 12 – 15 baby plum tomatoes 1/2 onion, finely chopped 1 garlic clove, crushed Juice of 1/2 lime 1/2 deseeded red chilli (to taste) Handful coriander, finely chopped Method Finely chop tomatoes, coriander, chilli and onion. Crush…
Guacamole – Recipe
Guacamole is great. It goes perfectly with Mexican food, or is a great healthy snack. Ingredients 2 avocado 2 garlic cloves, crushed 1/2 deseeded red chilli Handful coriander Juice of half a lime 4-6 baby plum tomatoes 1/2 onion, finely chopped Method Halve and de-stone the avocado, spoon out flesh in to a bowl. Mash…
My fajita mix – Recipe
I love fajitas. They are a great quick weekday dinner and this spice recipe is fragrant without being spicy. You can substitute the mild chilli powder for hot to give it more of a kick. This makes enough spice mix for 8 fajitas, I would double the recipe as it will keep for a few…
Fothergills – Nottingham
Yesterday afternoon I went on a date. We were supposed to meet at 3pm at the Castle (I’ve never been even though I’ve lived here for nearly 5 years) but when we got there we weren’t allowed in. So we headed for a couple of drinks at the Crafty Crow, before heading to Fothergills for…
Flemish beer stew – Recipe
This is a recipe that conjures up immediate happy memories for me. My Grandma Pat, a woman I love dearly, makes this every time I go to hers. We don’t see each other very often as she’s over two hours away, and when we see each other it’s amazing. This recipe comes from a book…
Rye – Beeston
It was a beautiful sunny day today, and so I decided to take my friend for a little boozy lunch. Situated on the main high street of Beeston is Rye Cafe Bar, a lovely classy coffee shop-cum-bar. The exterior is swanky and cool, with an outside seating area comprising of a few wooden tables and metal…