I love nothing more than a Chinese takeaway of a Friday night. In an effort to control the cost as well as the calories, I have started trying to make my own. It helps having an Asian supermarket in my local town. However, this recipe doesn’t contain anything you can’t get at your regular supermarket. …
Dim Sum are one of my favourite things to eat. Dim Sum, which means “food to touch the heart” is a form of dumpling indigenous to Cantonese cuisine. Rather than a specific dish, it is more of an umbrella term, very much like tapas, and it covers a variety of steamed or fried tasty savoury…
I picked up some prawns on offer at my local supermarket, and rather than falling to the old reliable lemon sauce, I was looking for something a little different. I came across a mention of a Cuban sauce called Mojo (or “moh-ho”) that had a citrus punch, but surprisingly no heat. I don’t like chillies,…
This weekend, I was due to have family come over for Sunday dinner. My step-father is a fan of citrus desserts, as am I; Lemon Meringue being one of his favourites. I thought I would make something that everyone would enjoy, but that wasn’t too fussy as I had other things to do for dinner….
It was about 5 years ago that I discovered the delight that is spatzle (or spaetzle). It is a German/Austrian dish similar to pasta or gnocchi. It is one of my husband’s favourite meal accompaniments. I was ill last week, and in an effort to cheer myself up, I was watching cooking shows on TV….
My slow cooker is a life saver. Not in a literal sense, you understand, but I love that I can dump all my ingredients in and walk away. I have only had one for about a year, and now I don’t know how I managed without it. If you don’t have one, you can definitely…
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