Chilli cheese burgers

Chilli cheese burgers

I love a good burger!  I don’t know if I’ve ever said on here (probably but then I have a tendency to repeat myself) but years ago, when I was in my late teens, I became a vegetarian for around 5 years.  I really didn’t miss meat at all except for the odd bit of fish, but one[read more…]

Spag Bol

Spag Bol

Spag bol is one of those things most of us learn how to make early on, after we’ve left home, gone to uni or sharing with a bunch of mates.  I haven’t made it in ages actually because it seems one of those massively uncool dishes nobody eats anymore.  But it’s so yummy!  Why must[read more…]

Beef bourguignon with sweet potato mash

Beef bourguignon with sweet potato mash

It’s not so much a Bastille Day we had on the weekend, as a Bastille week because this is the second French dish I’ve posted.  And why not after all?  French food is amazing; classy and unashamedly seductive. And speaking of classy and seductive; I remember travelling by train to Paris years ago and sitting across a perfectly understated, stylish, sweet French girl[read more…]

Chilli Con Carne

Chilli Con Carne

I love chilli con carne.  I generally make vegetarian chilli, as it’s healthier and I usually prefer it, however this recipe, which I found a few years back on BBC Food, is wonderful.  It’s rich, spicy and comforting, with ingredients you mostly have knocking around.  It’s fantastic on a cold or rainy night, with a couple of[read more…]