Easy Noodles

You can use any kind of noodles for this dish, and really any vegetables, I’ve just included what I normally or prefer to use.  If you don’t like something feel free to swap it out for an alternative. The chopping of the vegetables takes longer than the cooking in...

Bone broth and stock

If you cook meat on the bone, then you really should be making broth and stock.  Bone broth has become the superfood of recent times, but it’s nothing new and it’s so easy to make, especially if you have a slow cooker as you can cook it overnight.   It doesn’t...

Black Eyed Peas and Ham

Black eyed peas or black eyed beans?  I think English call them beans and the Americans call them peas, but either way I’ve had a bag of dried peas sitting in my cupboard for months, and this week I decided it was time I did something with them!  I’m currently living...

Mac n Cheese Breakfast Leftovers Style

Occasionally, very occasionally, I have some leftovers from breakfast.  This only ever happens after we’ve had friends over and I’ve cooked far to much, such as the Easter Bank Holiday weekend.  We then get the pleasure of having this as leftovers as a lazy TV...

March 2018 shop local

I’ve been without a kitchen for most of March, and I’m not even sure if I will have one fitted by the end of April!  Luckily, we were away for just over a week so we didn’t have to endure some of the dust and drama, we were skiing in Italy and the food on the slopes...

No Shop Bean Stew

I made this stew the other day when we arrived back from our holiday, I really didn’t want take-out but arrived home on a Sunday evening when the shops were closed.  It uses ingredients that I always have in my house, and you could easily swap and substitute.  It...