Food Cheats

This chilli noodle bowl meatballs recipe is something I pulled together in the microwave from freezer food – but it’s flexible and can be made with fresh, or

This was episode 6 of a 15-part TV programme presented by Michael Buerk.  This episode looked at Royal Jubilees. Chef Anna Haugh recreated a dish from Queen Elizabeth’s

Don’t buy these!  I love the way some supermarkets package up curry and rice and some side dishes into a fake takeaway bag – I usually find they’re good

Right after the List of Contents, the Atora Suet Book provides a page of Introductory Hints, I’ve transcribed this below in its entirety.  These are the original and

On Royal Recipes today they made one of Queen Victoria’s favourite dishes, Quail & Potato Curry, Prince Harry’s Fiery Goat Curry and Mildred Nicholls’ Plum Pudding (a Xmas pudding).

It’s always Retro Food night at my house it seems….. it feels odd to be writing a review for a Fray Bentos pie, you’d have thought most people

Cooking for one – what does that mean? It sounds easy doesn’t it, but the phrase means something different for people in different situations.  There is a myth

On today’s Royal Recipes, the BBC 15-part TV programme, the subject was Royal Birthdays and Royal Birthday Foods and in this episode it was a Royal Recipes Chocolate Birthday

Most people will simply use a saucepan of boiling water to cook spaghetti, but have you ever wondered if you can cook spaghetti in a microwave?  I guess some

I usually cook by eye, guessing how much I’ll need to cook, but sometimes I deliberately weigh food to see how much there is in weight.  I’ve got

The key was missing from the corned beef tin can – how annoying …. Corned Beef can key broken? What do you do?  Most of the time you

Royal Recipes is a 15-part TV programme, and in episode 3 they made an interesting looking apple tart, which was from Mildred Nicholls’ cookery book.  Mildred was a