Food Cheats

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

I picked up a pie from Lidl, a Chef Select Minced Beef & Onion Pie – this is 550 grams and is a family sized pie, that serves 3.

Chantenay carrots are small and sweeter than the long/hard carrots you can buy in a greengrocers.  They don’t take as long to cook. You can cook them the

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

Having checked the Lidl Pick of the Week offers this week, I thought I’d take a quick look at what the Aldi Super Six offers are this week

Lidl Pick of the Week offers change on Thursdays, so Thursday 2 February and it’s new cheap vegetables and other offers.  So what’s in store this week that’s

In this, episode 8 of a 15-part TV series, Michael Buerk and Anna Haugh cooked up some recipes enjoyed by Royals when eating out and with friends and

Why would anybody need my grated cheese tips? Cooking for one, I often use cheese – and would often just grate cheese “on demand” as it seemed easier

I made up this kofte kebab meat in a ciabatta bread roll, using my usual recipe, but this time I oven baked the kebab meat recipe in long

This quick chicken curry using Chicken Nuggets and curry sauce, served on rice, is an easy and quick meal to put together any day of the week.  I see

This was episode 7 of a 15-part TV programme presented by Michael Buerk.  This episode looked at Royal Childhoods and Nursery Food.  Two dishes were the main Royal

In under 10 minutes it’s easy to cook rice in the microwave oven; there are a few ways to do it. I like basmati rice, so tend to