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Thai Sweet Potato Skins
👩🍳PRO TIP Make these potato skins ahead - they taste great reheated too! I love to top mine with extra spring onions, chillies and some chopped peanuts. This post was first published in August 2015....
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Mexican Shakshuka
👩🍳PRO TIP Crack each egg into a little dish first, then you can more easily pour it into the hollow without it spilling everywhere! Serve the dish as it is, or if you like to go crazy with the...
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Baked Chicken Goujons
Succulent and juicy baked crispy chicken goujons. Tender pieces of chicken breast coated in panko and baked until they're nice and crispy. A fantastic lighter way to make crispy chicken strips that...
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Roasted Radishes
📋 What do we need? Plenty of radishes. They shrink a little when roasted, so I use quite a lot - about 100g (just under ¼ lb) per serving. I use the round or cylindrical radishes - that are red/pink...
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Creamy Sausage Pasta with Bacon
📋 What do we need? Pasta - use your favourite type of pasta shapes. I'm using fusilli, but I often use spirali or penne. Sausages - go for food quality plain pork sausage - nice fat ones, so you can...
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Sticky Toffee Pudding
Sticky toffee pudding is definitely the one I go for most often. Sometimes it arrives looking all posh - sliced into a thin sliver, topped with a little wedge of some kind of brittle, and served with...
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Curry Base Gravy (Sauce)
📋 What do we need? 👩🍳PRO TIP Once cooled, you can separate it into portions and freeze, so you can whip up a curry in extra quick time! Personally, I think it tastes so good, you could serve it as a...
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The Best Baked Potato Method
📋 What do we need? Baking potatoes - If you can't find potatoes that are labelled 'baking potatoes', go with a large floury potato, such as Maris Piper, King Edward or Russet. Beef Dripping - yes, I...
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Baked Potato Experiment
The Results: Potato 1 (Baked at 200C/400F for 70 minutes, directly on the rack) The skin was crisp, but thin, so it went soft very quickly. Nice fluffy interior. Potato 2 (Baked at 180C/350F for 2...
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Thai Style Peanut Pork
This simple Thai-inspired Peanut Pork melts in the mouth and is all cooked in one pan, with the oven doing most of the work.The pork is slow-cooked until it's fall-apart tender, in a delicious sauce...
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Bao Buns
👩🍳PRO TIP Brushing the inside with oil before folding helps to ensure the buns don't rip when you open them up. You could brush with garlic or chilli oil for an extra hit of flavour. So cute, soft...
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Peppercorn Sauce
Creamy peppercorn sauce has a lovely rich warmth to it that goes so well with a juicy steak.You can make it in about 10 minutes, so it can be bubbling away while your steak is resting.Personally, I...
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Simple Garlic Butter
📋 What do we need? Butter I've used unsalted butter but you can use salted butter and just reduce the amount of salt by half. Parsley If you don't have dried parsley, fresh parsley finely chopped...
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Blue Cheese Sauce
📋 What do we need? Blue Cheese - I used Stilton in our sauce but any blue cheese will work, Roquefort would work well, or you could use gorgonzola for a milder flavour. Cream - Always use double cream...
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Creamy Mushroom Sauce
📋 What do we need? Mushrooms We used Chestnut mushrooms, but you can use your favourite mushroom variety. Cream Always use double cream (heavy cream) instead if single or light cream, as this will...
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Red Wine Jus
📋 What do we need? Red Wine Any good quality full bodied wine will work, such as Malbec, Shiraz or Cabernet Sauvignon Stock Beef stock is used in this recipe, but any good quality stock works well...
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Diane Sauce
📋 What do we need? Dijon Mustard, with its beautiful tangy flavour, is the best for this sauce. Cream Use double (heavy) cream instead of single or light cream for this sauce to ensure a luscious...
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How to cook the perfect steak
📋 What do we need? Let's start with the steak of course. I recommend a good quality thick (2-2.5cm cm thick) ribeye or sirloin steak with some fat running through it. Ribeye tends to have a chunk of...
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One-Pot Chicken and Couscous with Feta
📋 What do we need? Couscous - you can use regular or wholewheat couscous. We're using quite a lot (50g of dry couscous per serving) to make this a filling dinner. Chicken thighs - I'm using bone-in,...
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Crispy Smashed Potatoes
📋 What do we need? Baby New Potatoes Any baby white potatoes or fingerlings will work Oil We used sunflower oil but you can use vegetable or olive oil, or any other flavourless oil that can be used...
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