Category: Kitchen Talk

Today was the first episode of Jamie Oliver’s new programme, 5 Ingredients, Quick & Easy Food, with recipes that use just 5 ingredients (if you’ve already got a

It takes just 1½-2 hours to defrost my freezer completely manually – without using a hairdryer or doing anything that could possibly damage it!  Once you’ve started, you

Making a cheesecake base from a recipe is straight forward, but if you’re making a cheesecake for one person, making a small cheesecake, or scaling up to make

I’m trying out all the Aldi frozen burgers – and this time these frozen jalapeno burgers from Aldi sounded really tasty, so they came to live at my

Layered salads make a great lunch bowl – and, for some strange reason, taste much better than if you’d put the same items on a plate!  What you

When you buy bottles of squash, the label will say “Dilute to Taste” – and will advise you of the ratio that you should mix the squash with

Cereal’s an easy breakfast choice, grab a bowl, pour out the cereal … and away you go.  The trouble with many breakfast cereals is they actually contain a

The Eat the Week recipes this week were Paprika & Garlic Ostrich Fillets, Belgian Blue Beef Olives, Courgette & Chicken Bake, Buckwheat Blueberry Pancakes, Butternut Squash and Date Loaf, Baked Fish & Chips, Granola Crumble, Lebanese

Having a sort out in the bookshelf, this small “Wartime Recipes A Collection of Recipes from the War Years” book caught my eye … it is a Jarrolds

Here are the Eat the Week recipes from the second episode.  Eat the Week is a 10 episode series hosted by Simon Rimmer, chef better known for Sunday

The Charlie Bigham Pie dishes are a keeper.  They’re so handy for small portions, or when cooking for one – but I’ve also discovered other uses for them!

Here are the Eat the Week recipes from this inaugural episode.  Eat the Week is a 10 episode series hosted by Simon Rimmer, chef better known for Sunday