I fancied a slow cooker meal tonight and this one sounded quite nice! It called for feta cheese and pine nuts but I’m not keen on them so my dinner is less Greek lol There was no pre cooking the meat so it was just put everything in the slow cooker! There wasn’t any small… Continue reading Lamb in tomato and garlic sauce
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Roast chicken thighs and vegetables
I don’t eat alot of roast because I don’t want to cook a whole chicken. I don’t eat the breast so it’ll be a whole lot of waste! So I decided to just roast chicken thighs instead. I love brown meat and eating off the bone (inner cave woman) I think this recipe was Nigella… Continue reading Roast chicken thighs and vegetables
Cottage pie
So this is the first time I made my own sauce for cottage pie. I used to use gravy granules for the sauce but I think this is better as it has less salt content! Cottage pie is my comfort food so making the sauce myself was amazing! I had to look up a recipe… Continue reading Cottage pie
Pea and pancetta orzo
I think you know by now that I love my simple recipes! I was watching Nigella Lawson on iPlayer the other weekend and this recipe popped up! Her written recipe is below: https://www.nigella.com/recipes/pasta-risotto-with-peas-and-pancetta Nigella is fab with her easy to cook recipes! I love watching her cook and of course, she loves her Italian food… Continue reading Pea and pancetta orzo
Yakisoba
I’ve subscribed to a new channel a few weeks ago called “Kimono Mom.” she cooks alot of Japanese dishes and they always look so simple to cook! Also she has a very cute daughter called Sutan and she’s always in the kitchen with here, it’s adorable. So I thought I’d make a recipe by Kimono… Continue reading Yakisoba
Supermarket branded food
I went to ASDA the other day for my weekly food shop and I really fancied having a lamb shank this week. So whilst going down the meat aisle I found an ASDA brand lamb shank with minted gravy. It looked good so I gave it a try! I was very impressed with this! It… Continue reading Supermarket branded food
Beef ho fun
This was a recipe by Marion’s Kitchen. If you want the recipe, go to her YouTube video: Or her written recipe: https://www.marionskitchen.com/cantonese-beef-chow-fun-noodles/ This was actually a very easy recipe to follow and to make! If don’t have time to cook, then this is a good recipe for you! For my taste this was little salty… Continue reading Beef ho fun
Homemade egg noodles
So I bought a pasta roller and I thought I’d test it out with egg noodles first before I start on pasta! I can now say that I can make egg noodles during lockdown. The egg noodles recipe is by The Woks of Life. Written recipe is below: Homemade Chinese Egg Noodles At first it… Continue reading Homemade egg noodles
Firefly drink
No, this is not a drink with Fireflies in it! It’s actually a very refreshing drink. I bought this from Rice Up Wholefoods and they sell alot of drinks that I’ve never heard of, so I thought I’d give this a try! I didn’t know what to expect from this drink but I thought it… Continue reading Firefly drink
Korean dinner
I recently bought some Korean dumplings at the Chinese supermarket and what do you eat with Korean dumplings?! Kimchi of course! I also made homemade Kimchi and they have been waiting for me to eat it for 3 days! This was a very filling dinner! The rice took on the flavour of the Kimchi juice… Continue reading Korean dinner
The Oriental Foodie 