Category: Kitchen Talk

Chef Simon Rimmer’s new TV programme starts later this week, with 10 episodes showing how to make easy meals from frozen food from Iceland.  I’d love to shop

With most recipes telling you to brown chicken first, then add it to the crock pot, can you put raw chicken in the slow cooker right from the

Falcon enamel dishes are so strong and versatile, I’ve always been a fan.  Having recently started buying more family sized pies, which I cut into quarters (OK, sometimes

Sausages and sausage meat can be microwaved, whole or cut into chunks – and you don’t have to use any special dishes.  Formal instructions will advise you to

One sweet snack to enjoy is orange marmalade on scones – it’s fast to put together, and there is no need to put butter on the scones.  You

It’s British Pie Week again – and I’ll be doing my bit! Luckily, I’ve lined up a nice pie for the week. The options were whether to choose

This large Chicken & Gravy Pukka Pie wasn’t on the shopping list, but I bought it anyway. I was browsing through Asda and saw there was on offer for

So, “they” who tell us what to do, now say we should be eating 10 per day. There’s been a lot of shouting by people saying it’s a

I’ve sometimes got cheap bought pizza bases in the freezer, simply because they’re really handy for using up leftovers. There are many times when I buy something and

I’ll admit I’m not a big fan of cream.  I don’t buy cream and so I can’t use cream in recipes.  It’s also not often that I’ve got

While many people cook food in a slow cooker, there are a number of reasons why it’s sometimes useful to cook smaller portions of food – most easily

No recipe notes from me today – I was under-whelmed today and so got distracted while watching this TV programme. The first recipe seemed complex, with crayfish and