Category: Recipes

  • Chocolate Chili???

    I tried out a new recipe tonight for chili.  I’ve heard of people putting chocolate in chili but I wasn’t convinced.  Apparently it gives it a smoothness and velvetiness.  Overall, it was really nice and you couldn’t taste the chocolate.  Unfortunately, I over-cocked the cloves, which is something I don’t know how to reverse.  I…

  • Slow Cooker Green Thai Chicken Curry

    I know some people think they’re Retro but I love my slow cooker and I use it about 3 times a week.  I work in the afternoons so it’s perfect.  I lump everything in it in the morning and switch it on before I head out.  It saves me rushing around trying to cook in…

  • Dee-licious Fish Pie

    I don’t normally post recipes as I can’t cook but this one was delicious. The key is using SMOKED haddock. I would have used my own photo but it didn’t stick around long enough. Photo Credit Ingredients 2 tbsp of butter 2 tbsp of flour 1 pint of milk 1 lb of SMOKED haddock: Skinned…

  • Tired of deciding what to cook for dinner?

    I am! This is where the inspiration came from.  I tend to do my shopping on a Monday and find myself trolling recipe books on Sunday night or Monday morning before I head to Morrison’s (yes, we slum it) and not being a natural in the kitchen doesn’t help. It won’t generate recipes or create…