Category Archives: Main Course

Chicken Kurma

Posted on January 23, 2014 by annie

This is one of our family standbys – simple, reasonably quick and not expensive. I’ve cooked it for years and it’s always popular – a good solid four star meal. So having packed Student Son off to Uni after a … Continue reading →

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Creamy Pasta with Roast Vegetables

Posted on November 30, 2013 by annie

This is really simple food (my favourite sort!) It’s one of those recipes that we have regularly on busy days – a really easy weekday supper that you can just pop in the oven till its done. To cut down … Continue reading →

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Smoked Mackerel Fishcakes

Posted on November 17, 2013 by annie

This picture may need a bit of explaining, but I need your help for this. Close your eyes – no, that won’t work – Wake up your taste buds and just imagine: a forkful of creamy fishcake … flavoured with … Continue reading →

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Not all goes to plan… and a Budget Recipe: Mushroom Carbonara

Posted on November 11, 2013 by annie

As we all know, the best plans can go awry. One such thing was the third recipe in this weeks budget menu: Coley Korma. It was not a success. I can’t blame anyone else for this – I made it … Continue reading →

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Roast Tomato, Basil and Feta Tart

Posted on November 9, 2013 by annie

Day two of our budget week found us eating this lovely fresh Tomato, Basil and Feta Tart. Sadly not with tomatoes from the garden. The picture above is our total crop so far this year! It seems unlikely that we’re … Continue reading →

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Roast Sausages with Red Onion and Peppers

Posted on November 7, 2013 by annie

I guess it’s mandatory to post a Sausage recipe during British Sausage Week, but the truth is that we probably eat our fair share of sausages whatever the week. This is a pretty simple supper to put together. Just pop … Continue reading →

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Two-for-One: Roast Pork Fillet with Herbs – and Pork, Feta and Pasta salad

Posted on August 30, 2013 by annie

It’s always great when you can manage to get more than one meal from one evenings cooking. These are both simple recipes that you can either make separately, or cook extra roast pork the first night so you can use … Continue reading →

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Ham, Spring Onion and Cheese Quiche

Posted on August 12, 2013 by annie

This is a lovely recipe for using up leftover ham (and if you saw the post last week you will know that we have quite a lot of ham to use up!). The ham and spring onions seem to complement … Continue reading →

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Two-for-One: Roast Honey Glazed Ham

Posted on August 8, 2013 by annie

OK – it’s not really roast dinner season at the moment – but when faced with large amounts of ham to cook (and you can of course eat cold ham in any season) I got out my recipes for Roast … Continue reading →

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Greek Pasta Salad

Posted on July 27, 2013 by annie

Maybe its the fact that we had MONTHS of rain without let up (it seemed) and it’s now time for change – or maybe its the fact that we went on holiday to a really hot sunny country (always a … Continue reading →

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