Leek, potato and ham soup
I bought some jeans in Marks and Spencers today. I also bought a jumper. And I really liked them both. I almost skipped to the counter to pay for them, so gleeful was I in my purchase. The jumper was...
View ArticlePerfect pork crackling
Pork is my husband’s favourite meat; for a roast, for a stir fry, when in a restaurant – wherever the opportunity for eating pork strikes, he will take it. And perfectly crunchy crackling makes him an...
View ArticleSausage and butterbean pie with red Leicester mash lid
Every day is not a pastry day. Some days are a mashed potato day and there’s no mash I love more than Red Leicester cheese mash. The colour is admittedly, alarming. But the hug it delivers forgives...
View ArticlePork & apple samsosas
Do you have a best friend? I hate the very label. I went to a school where every girl had to have a best friend. The class was divided into neat little pairs. Every so often someone would decide they...
View ArticleCranberry stuffing balls
What’s the best bit of Christmas lunch? Not for me the meat, nor the roasties. Not even the honey glazed parsnips or gravy. The stuffing has it all; a bit herby, a bit porky and a bit fruity. These...
View ArticleHalloween party ideas
I do love Halloween though I have never been trick or treating. It’s just not in my British nature to knock on someone’s door and give out ultimatums. I’d likely apologise or stutter. But any...
View ArticleCrunchy piggy meatballs
I am hurtling towards the grand old age of 35. I know many reading this will scoff that really, that’s so young. But I’m worried. Less about the actual say it out loud age and more about my...
View ArticleCrunchy pork meatballs with homemade tomato sauce
These crunchy meatballs are seriously moreish. Delicious served with homemade tomato sauce for dipping the meatballs in. Now if you don’t have a picky eater then huge bow to you. I have been blessed...
View ArticleNational picnic week with Warburtons Shapes
Did you know it’s National Picnic Week? Now let’s not be all British and moan about the weather. I personally don’t give two hoots about how sunny it is when it comes to eating al fresco; I have been...
View ArticleSweet & sour pork with veggie ribbon noodles
It was Lawrence’s first birthday today. My grandmother had two children in her early twenties and two in her thirties. She swore her forties were her favourite decade; I’m not sure what that says about...
View ArticleBourbon belly
We had a Mum’s night out on Friday. There were cocktails, kale crisps, wine, koftas, steak, cheese, pie and brownies. Plus gossip and laughter and comparing and contrasting. It was fun. I didn’t want...
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Sausage, stuffing and garlic wedges tray bake with McCain
The boys have embraced making their own tea once a week with vigour usually reserved only for Lego! The fish and chip supper they rustled up last week as part of the McCain Kids Teatime Takeover...
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Bacon, apple and maple eggy brioche sandwich
I’ve had lots of surreal experiences in my life. I’ve flown to Milan and back in the same day. I’ve given a talk at the BFI. I’ve been approached by Sarah Ferguson whilst eating my lunch, just so she...
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Kale, Chorizo and Roast Potato Traybake with McCain
It’s almost half term. We’re ready. We’re a little slower, a little wearier. We need a few late leisurely starts, possibly with pancakes, to restore us. And as we plod along to half term I find myself...
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Sausage, onion and apple sesame plait
In my book there’s only one way to improve on the humble but moreish sausage roll and that’s to super-size it. This giant sausage plait is spiked with caramelised onions and sweet grated apple, then...
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Pan fried pork, onion gravy & roasted rainbow roots with McCain
January is almost drawing to a close and it feels colder by the day to me. The heating is cranked up, Christmas is long gone, the winter woollies are well and truly on and gloves are de rigueur upon...
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Ikea style meatballs in a creamy sauce
I like to think I am pretty honest with you. Not in a take a photo of my stretchmarks and post it to Instagram kind of a way. I’d have to be paid a lot to do that. (I do have a price for this kind of...
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Finger licking spiced ribs
I hated staying in alone when I was single. It felt like a silent admission of defeat. I’d pace and distract myself with organising and tidying. I was never comfortable alone. And then, after marrying,...
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Pork casserole with apple
Today I offer you pork casserole with sweet apple. This time we’re using specially selected pork to make for a super tender dish. And we’re not using just any old apples; we’re using Bramley apples....
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Bacon, avocado & spring onion jacket potato – Lunch in 5 with McCain
I keep my week days busy. If I’m working from home then lunch is grabbed at the kitchen table whilst I tap away, writing up a new recipe. If it’s a non ‘working’ day where I look after Lawrence (almost...
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