Pumpkin Ravioli with Sage and Brown Butter

I made some pumpkin purée this weekend from the pumpkins that I managed to grow. About half a dozen pumpkins survived the slug invasion, and while they will last a good while uncut, the easiest way to store them for future cooking purposes is as purée. It can be frozen in purée form until required….

Cheese and Bacon Gnocchi Bake

If you don’t want tomake your own gnocchi, then feel free to buy the ready-made stuff. However, it is so simple to make – literally two ingredients – that why wouldn’t you? If you want to shave off a few more calories on this recipe, you could substitute the butter for a low fat spread,…

Chicken and Mushroom Lasagne

Once again, it seems that beef is making headlines in the UK. But imagine you want a hearty lasagne, but want to do without the beef, then fear not. I have the answer. The answer is chicken and mushroom. Chicken and mushroom are a familiar duo, and work equally well in this dish as they…

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Prawn and Mushroom Linguine

I love prawns. I love mushrooms. I love garlic. Put them together with my favourite carb, and you have a meal I could eat from dawn ’til dusk. I might have put a wee extra clove of garlic in that the recipe below states, but I do love my garlic. So, if you can handle…

Guest Post: Quorn Mince Bolognese

This guest post is from Tony Lane, he of Tony’s Thoughts, geek, book reviewer, and all-round nice guy. For a nice change, here is a vegetarian recipe. ~ ~ ~ ~ I’m going to start this by saying that I’m not a vegetarian/vegan/pescetarian and nor do I have any plans to be. My wife on…

Chicken and Bacon Ranch Pasta Bake

Chicken and Bacon Ranch Pasta Bake

I got some new Pyrex dishes recently, and have been looking for excuses to use them. A pasta bake is always a winner in our house, especially if it involves chicken and bacon. Surely, no two ingredients were better suited to accompany each other than these? For the sauce, I decided to make an alfredo…