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I love pastry and a good cheese and onion quiche is just a perfect light snack or serve with a salad and baked potato as your main meal. Now, some quiches can be a let down, especially those supermarket pre-made ones. They are soggy, stodgy and just don't taste very fresh or nice. This cheesy and really creamy cheese and onion quiche is worth the little effort it takes to make it. Once you have made this quiche you will never buy another supermarket one again! Go on, it's east and delicious... Read Full Story

Hot, sticky doughnut fingers with hot chocolate sauce fresh from The Fabulous Baker Brothers' kitchen           Makes 10 I love food programmes and I have a new favourite. Channel 4 have two new cooking stars with the new programme called The Fabulous Baker Brothers.  The Fabulous Baker Brothers stars brothers Tom, a baker, and Henry, a chef who runs the local butcher's shop next door. With five generations of baking tradition behind them, Tom and Henry take viewers into the heat of the... Read Full Story

We took our Christmas tree down today so, the festive period is now officially over.  It is now we all start to feel the effects of our over indulgence and we want to start eating healthy food. For the next month I will be concentrating on healthy recipes that are not just good for you but taste and look great too. I will start with this recipe for Vietnamese chicken salad.  It looks great and is really healthy but it just tastes amazing. I know its cold outside and salads are for summer but... Read Full Story

We all love chips but these days most of us have the oven variety and although they are fine they are not the same as a good proper home made chip! Every now and again it's nice to have a wee treat and make some proper chips and these would go great with the steak pie on my last post. In this you tube video Oliver Gladwin, Chef at River Cottage HQ, shows you how to make perfect chips.   Read Full Story

So, Christmas is over and we are all now looking forward to the new year. Well, some people are, but like it or loathe it we all love the steak pie at the new year. Some people have it on Hogmanay   before the bells and some have it on January 1st. Here is a classic Steak Pie recipe that is sure to please you and your guests but start making this the day before you plan to eat it! Ingredients Serves: 6 6 rump steaks salt and pepper to taste 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 onion 2 glasses red wine 1... Read Full Story

So here are all the links you will need to make your perfect Christmas day dinner. My advice is to prepare and cook as much as you can on Christmas Eve, store it in the fridge and heat in the oven on Christmas day. It makes it less stressful and also helps getting everything out hot. Starter As a starter I would recommend Lentil and Bacon soup or Scotch Broth. This can be made the day before and heated up on the stove just before serving. All links open in a new window. Homemade Lentil and... Read Full Story

So, you now have the Turkey , the stuffing and the roast potatoes but what about the veg to go with your perfect Christmas dinner? My choice is brussel sprouts with bacon and roasted parsnips. The sprouts can be parboiled the day before and and then covered and stored in the fridge overnight. The roasted parsnips can only be cooked on the day you are going to eat them. For The Brussel Sprouts Parboiled brussel sprouts Streaky smoked bacon Butter Oil (vegetable oil) Salt & black cracked pepper... Read Full Story

You might have to think again about how you cook your stuffing... Some people like to stuff a bird, but I don’t. It slows down the cooking process, unless it’s a duck or goose, and the outside of the bird will end up overcooked and dry. With my recipe, the turkey cooks from both the outside and the inside, so it cooks quicker. Below is a great recipe for pork, sage and onion stuffing that will go a treat with your turkey on Christmas Day. Serve:8-10 Preparation time:10 Cooking time:20-30 mins... Read Full Story

So, You have cooked the perfect Turkey (with Gordon Ramsay) and you have made the perfect stuffing so now the perfect roast potatoes. There is nothing like crunchy, crispy roast potatoes, all fluffy inside. Cooked properly, these roast potatoes will go down a treat with your turkey and stuffing Christmas day dinner. Do not be tempted to us supermarket frozen roast potatoes, they are just not the same and your Christmas day diner deserves the best. You can make these the day before, allow to... Read Full Story

So, Christmas is nearly here and you are the one that has to cook the turkey for dinner. Turkey can be tricky to cook. You can easily under cook it ( resulting it a lot of your guests having a very sick few day after christmas!) or you can easily over cook it resulting in the meat being very dry. So, here is an expert on how to cook the turkey perfectly. I could show you me cooking it but it would be too late as I dont plan to cook my turkey untill Christmas day so her is Gordon Ramsay in a... Read Full Story