Cranberry Cookies

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I love cookies, they make an excellent snack and are even better with a nice cold glass of milk 🙂 I was initially going to make these with just the cranberries but decided to add the chocolate chips as I find they add a little extra chewiness to the cookies, which I personally love. Detailed […]

Low Fat Shepherds Pie Recipe

Shepherds pie to me is proper comfort food for me, perfect for a cold winter’s night. Shepherd’s Pie is also known as Cottage Pie and I do believe it originated from either Scotland or the North of England. I decided to make this dish for an evening after work, I have gone for a low […]

Andi Walker MasterChef 2015 Finalist

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Andi Walker did an incredible job on MasterChef the Professionals , and should be proud of what he achieved on the show. I was reading about what inspired him to enter and to be honest did make me a little emotional. His grandmother sparked his love of cooking and has recently become ill with dementia […]

Orange Pancake Recipe

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Its that time of year again for us to be able to enjoy the lovely taste of pancakes, this is actually the first time that I was able to create any – normally they are made for me!! Quick Orange Pancake Recipe Detailed Orange Pancake Recipe For both Rach and I when we have had […]

How To Make Roast Chicken

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Looking to learn how to make roast chicken? I have made a number of roasts dinners since Rach and I became a couple, however up until a couple of years ago I always made a roast with Beef or Pork. Chicken for me has always been one of those dishes that I tended to shy […]

Chef Interview – Dean Westcar

I was watching Masterchef the professionals 2015 and was in awe at the dishes being made, I cannot remember which week it was but Dean made a white chocolate dessert with raspberries and it looked incredible. As soon as I saw it I took to twitter to tell him what a great job he did […]

Chef Interviews – Mark Heirs

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Mark Heirs has always been around food, with his parents owning pubs and restaurants. He used to help out in the kitchens and his love of food has continued to develop into adulthood. Mark appeared on Masterchef 2008 and did very well getting to the quarter finals. Mark even spent time working in well-known restaurants such […]

Palak Chicken Recipe

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I personally think that curries shouldn’t be too spicy, if they are then you tend to lose the flavour and just taste spiciness. I tend to stick with a Balti as they have a little spice but are jam packed full of flavour. I do not tend to make many curries but have started to […]

Beyond Brilliant Book Review

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Beyond Brilliant Book Review I have never really tried to make any Indian myself, I was always a bit scared to do a  curry as I thought they would be very complicated with the wide variety of spices. I do love Indian food, there are always so many different levels of flavour that just makes […]

Chef Interviews – Gavin Long

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Gavin Long is a 19 year old chef based in Cardiff, he is head patisserie chef at HogWurst and I can see why! Looking at his images on Instagram, he is extremely talented! Id like to thank Gavin for taking part in the interview and wish him well working at Cafe North in Cardiff When […]