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 […]

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 […]

Vegetarian Cottage Pie

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If you are looking for a nice, filling vegetarian meal then this vegetarian cottage pie is perfect. Its full of flavour, easy to do and doesn’t take very much time at all. This recipe does include Quorn mince, however if you don’t like Quorn then it can be made without it as well. I would […]

Individual Beef Wellingtons

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​It was Valentine’s day, and I wanted to make Rach a 3-course dinner, I was trying to decide what to do for a main when I thought about doing an individual beef wellington each. Now when you think about doing wellingtons, you will automatically assume they are hard to get right and to be honest […]

4 Perfect Christmas Dinner Starters

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The Christmas Dinner is not like your typical roast dinner, more effort is put into it. You naturally want it to be the very best dinner for your friends or family. A lot of the time its not just about cooking the main meal but what Christmas Dinner Starters you can make and what dessert […]

Egg Benedict Recipe

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Eggs Benedict is usually my go to breakfast if at a hotel or restaurant if I don’t fancy a full english, when done right they can be amazing! The problem I find sometimes when I have egg Benedict is that too much vinegar is used so it has more of a vinegar taste than actual […]

Broccoli and Stilton Soup

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Broccoli and Stilton soup is perfect for those cold days and I find it perfect for a dinner party. The nice thing about this soup is that it doesn’t take very long at all to make and contains a good amount of vegetables. I didn’t always like stilton, in fact when I first tried it […]

Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

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This Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe is somewhat adapted to other recipes I have seen online, taking peoples comments and past attempts and making some changes. Some recipes suggested the addition of granulated sugar and lowering the amount of brown sugar, I did however find these a little too sweet. I left out the salt as never […]

Pork Terrine Recipe

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Rach and I had family around for dinner and I wanted to cook them a really nice 3 course dinner, it took me a while to decide on what to make as I really wanted to impress them. I also like to try and make new things and so decided on making a Pork Terrine. […]