Winter
Rice & Apricot Puddings with Brûlée Topping
Rice pudding is always popular – but these little beauties are the Rolls Royce version!
Golden Beetroot with Garlic Butter & Parmesan
Cheesy, garlicky golden beetroot. Sounds good to me.
Best-ever Meatloaf
This smells so good while it cooks it will be hard not to cut a slice as soon as it comes out of the oven!
Vegetable Cobbler with Crusty Scone Topping
Cobblers can be sweet as well as savoury and the topping is said to resemble a cobbled street. The scones are golden and cheesy on top and become like dumplings on the bottom. Scrumptious!
Beef Cobbler with Crusty Scone Topping
This is hardly a pie – it’s really a stew with a crusty scone topping – but it does the job of a good meat pie, that is, it fills you up right down to your boots with warming inexpensive food.
Beef & Lentil Hotpot Pie
A tasty and filling family meal utilising a cheaper cut of meat and inexpensive vegetables.
Spicy Tomato Lentils
Here’s a handy spicy lentil base you can add bits and bobs to, to create a fast meal.
Jacket-baked Potatoes Revisited
Think of the other possibilities – serve the potatoes with spoonfuls of Bolognese sauce, puttanesca sauce, sautéed mushrooms, chilli con carne, creamed chillied canned sweet corn … anything really. It all tastes better in a spud.
Tomato, Grapefruit & Avocado Salad
Zzzzzingy! Grapefruit has a biting acidity. Too much can overwhelm, but a little is exhilarating!
Linzertorte
Sugary trash is just that, trash, but that when sugar is used skillfully as in this dessert, it is a joy, an absolute treat, something to be treasured.
Coq au Beer
Heard of Coq au Vin? How about Coq au Beer? Yep, true! It’s delicious.
Roast Leg of Lamb with Olives & Orange
The deep floral scent of orange zest, the spicy warmth of thyme and salty tang of olives creates a little magic as it permeate a leg of lamb during roasting.
Pumpkin Gratin
This pumpkin gratin will take you straight to Nonna’s!
Roasted Cabbage Wedges with Chilli Flakes
Roasted Cabbage Wedges with Chilli Flakes is sensational. You’ll want it tonight, tomorrow night, and the next night. I promise you!
Roasted Potatoes & Shallots with Fresh Bay
The smell of shallots caramelising and the spicy-nutmegy smell of fresh bay as this dish cooks will have you clawing at the oven!
Crispy Parmesan Parsnips
Crunchy parsnips go with anything – especially once topped with a good sprinkle of sea salt.
Roast Spiced Cauliflower
Funky cauli! Tastes delicious.
Slow-cooked Shoulder of Lamb with Thyme & Mint
Slow-cooked until falling off the bones, succulent and tasty.
Shepherd’s Pie with Lentils
Oodles of flavour, plenty of pie to go around … mid-week family feeding at its best.
Vegetable & Cannellini Bean Soup
This soup is a beauty. It used up half a dozen cans of my Covid stock of beans and tomatoes in the tests, and I was thankful for that, but it is the flavours I love, especially the day after making. It seems richer and tastier then
Smoked Fish & Chorizo Pie
Tender smoky fish topped with a golden potato crust is pretty mighty mid-week fare!
Easy Oven-baked Potatoes
If you can peel and slice a potato you can make this df
Radicchio & Witloof Salad
This hardly needs a recipe, but here you go, just in case …
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