Dean Edwards Mincepiration

Review: Mincepiration by Dean Edwards

Dean Edward’s career as a TV chef began when he appeared in BBC’s Masterchef Goes Large in 2006. Since then, he has had his own series ‘Take on Takeaway’, appeared on ‘This Morning’, and is a regular on ITV’s ‘Lorraine’. Despite his increasing popularity, this is his first cookbook. The theme of the recipes, as…

chicken and broccoli pasta bake

Chicken and Broccoli Pasta Bake

We have been eating quite a lot of rich food lately, so I wanted to make something fairly simple but still tasty this weekend. A delicious and creamy pasta bake was just the ticket. Most of the ingredients were pre-cooked prior to going in the oven-proof dish, so once the cheesy sauce is added it…

scottish shortbread

Scottish Shortbread

I am off to see family tomorrow, and I don’t like to go empty handed. As it was Valentine’s Day recently, I felt something heart-shaped would be an appropriate theme. I could have gone for regular heart-shaped cookies, but wanted something a little more special. Something like shortbread. Shortbread’s origins are much like my husbands…

tangy barbecue sauce

14 Spice Dry Rub and Barbecue Sauce

I know what you are thinking – it’s far too cold for barbecue. Don’t worry, this is all the indoors kinda barbecue – helped along by a heady 14 spice dry rub, and a tangy barbecue sauce and liquid smoke. Liquid Smoke is a product that should not exist. How can one have smoke that…

american style blueberry pancakes

American-style Blueberry Pancakes

Pancake day (or Shrove Tuesday) is on the horizon, but I want to send an important message to you dear readers and tell you that pancakes aren’t just for pancake day. At Chez Mutherfudger, we have pancakes for breakfast most weekends. Instead of the fragile French crepe or the stodgy British pancake, we have developed…

Haddock Margarita

Haddock Margarita with Pan Roasted Potatoes

One of the downsides of watching food programs on the Food Network is that at any given moment, your husband points at the screen yelling ‘That! I want that!’ This very scenario happened earlier this week. The program in question was ‘Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives’ and they were at a place called Italian Express Pizzeria,…