Category: Recipes

  • Low Carb Rice Recipe

    Social Media is not doing much for my figure.  I’m far from obese, but I’m currently unhappy with my weight, as I’m about a stone over my target weight.  Don’t hate me, I don’t eat chocolate, crisps or cakes and for the most part we eat fairly well as a family but my biggest downfall…

  • What is Jambalaya?

    This is my take on Jambalaya, a creole dish of rice, chicken, prawns and sausages with a few herbs and veg thrown in as well.  I really like this recipe as it only requires on pot, I use a dutch oven.   Another added bonus my 3 year old gobbles it up! Serves 6 Ingredients: 2…

  • Rice with Cream of Mushroom Soup (Bachelor’s or Campbell’s)

    When I was a kid my mum used to always cook mushroom soup rice.  However, she did it on the stove (cooker).  Don’t laugh but for the life of me I couldn’t find a recipe so I winged it and it was exactly what I remember. Ingredients: 330 ml of water 1 tin (295g) of…

  • Slow Cooker Pork Chops in Mushroom Gravy

    I normally don’t post my recipes until I’ve tried them but this one smells so good I’m confident it’s going to be delicious!  I’ll let you know otherwise. Serves 3-4 Ingredients 2 TBSP of Oil 4 medium pork chops Salt and Pepper 1 tin of Baxter’s Cream of Mushroom Soup (295g) ½ tin of Baxter’s…

  • Slow Cooker Shiitake Mushroom Risotto

    I love Risotto but I hate making it.  I have the attention span of a goldfish and can’t bear to stand in front of the cooker ladling and stirring, ladling and stirring for 30 minutes.  So, I was over the moon when I learned that you could do it in the slow cooker, no stirring…