CHICKEN CHORIZO HASH BAKE

Chicken and Chorizo Hash Bake

There appears to be a welcome respite in the seemingly relentless heat of summer, so I took the opportunity to put the oven on. I haven’t really felt like cooking much. It’s hard to stand over a stove when your kitchen is 30°C.  It’s been a long old week, and though I wanted something hot,…

Chicken Korma

Chicken Korma

Those that have been reading this blog for a while, or stumbled across my recipes, will know that I don’t like spicy food. I love spices, and use them regularly, I just don’t like the heat of chilli or curry powder. That said, I have ventured inside a few Indian restaurants in my time, and…

Wonton Soup

Wonton Soup

I have been making some homemade versions of my Chinese Takeaway favourites lately, and the latest of these is wonton soup. Wonton soup is a clear chickeny broth with a couple of delicious soft wontons filled with a juicy pork and prawn filling. From what I can ascertain, in Chinese cuisine this isn’t considered a…

Sesame Chicken Fingers

Sesame Chicken Fingers

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. …

Pork and Prawn Jiaozi

Pork and Prawn Jiaozi

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…

Baked Stuffed Squash

Baked Stuffed Squash

I have long bemoaned the fact that despite there being a multitude of squash varieties, the number available in my local supermarkets is limited. However, I managed to score several different varieties in Lidl. Among the selection, I picked up some small Carnival squash. They are small and exceedingly pretty. They are cream coloured, and…