Chicken wings make a great party finger food. I have a link to a Matt Preston recipe here of wings cooked in cola that MELT in the mouth. These must be tried at least once in your lifetime. That recipe,…
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Tomato Soup, The Way My Mother Made It For Me
Everyone has their own tomato soup recipe. This one, the way my mother made it for me, is like a hug that keeps on delivering. You go in for the tomato, then you get a little pat on the back…
Black Beans, Grapefruit & Chicken Salad
I went looking for new ways to add legumes into the diet without exploding, and came across the combination of black beans and grapefruit. I was skeptical at first. But then I winged a recipe, and have been converted! This…
Leftovers Noodle Soup
Home alone? Can’t be bothered cooking, but actually wouldn’t mind something fresh and tasty? Oh, and you want to eat in 15 minutes? Welcome to leftovers noodle soup. I have another noodle soup recipe here, adapted from Recipe Tin Eats….
Spicy Lamb and Risoni Soup
Some nights you just want soup, while everyone else wants meat or pasta. Well, this spicy lamb and risoni soup caters to everyone. When serving, fussy diners can get as much, or as little, of each of those ingredients as…
Super Sweet Potato Fritters and Salmon
So the first question is how are sweet potato fritters any different to my ultimate comfort food, placki?? The answer: sweet potato, zucchini/courgette, spring/green onion, herbs. The other two ingredients, flour and eggs are the same. And the answer to…
Easy Roasted Vegetable and Ricotta Tart
Strangely, not too many serious ricotta poems out there I could find to accompany this easy roasted vegetable and ricotta tart recipe. So, I attempted one. Anti-age cream I applyto transform wrinkles.Ricotta dressed up as cheese. -©ELSP 2024 So, who…
Unglamorous Steak Recipe
These photos are the dream. Open fire. Big smoky flavours. The comforting crackle of wood burning. Fat dripping and hissing on the flames. The pine-scented air of the great outdoors. A whiskey flask. A soulful harmonica. And something like this…
Creamy Lemon Gnocchi with Chicken
Big tip for my younger self – be at peace with buying home-made gnocchi at the market. World’s best shortcut (apart from puff pastry) when you want something fast. (It also freezes well, and cooks from frozen.) And if you…
Easy Spice Lamb Backstrap Dinner
Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. The vast majority of dinners cooked by home cooks like me day in, day out, aren’t Instagrammable. They’re nutritious, simple, practical, and hopefully quick. But not the stuff of reels and pins….
Blast From the Past Shepherd’s Pie
This blast for the past kitchen is the type I associate with shepherd’s pie, also a blast from the past! Is it the same for you? Or do you think of a different era? The kitchen/dining room I grew up…
Red Wine Beef Onion Stew
Confession: I feel quite pleased with myself when I see containers of stews and soups lined up in the freezer. It’s my “acts of service” love language, looking after the people I love, making sure there’s always something that can…
