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I LOVE food! I come from a family of foodies and our family chat mostly comprises what we’ve cooked recently, with pics 🤣.

I also love inspiring other people to create yummy food. I just want everyone to get as excited as I do about home cooked food.

16/11/2025

Mimi’s Lamb pasta dish - if you know, you know 😆. I can’t give out the recipe as it’s a family secret - mostly cos it changed each time depending on how much of the ingredients were imbibed 🥂😜🤣

10/11/2025

Need a little Monday inspiration? What about this BLUE CHEESE & MUSHROOM SPAGHETTI?

Ingredients:

1 x medium sized onion chopped
2 x garlic cloves finely chopped or crushed
Spaghetti
Mushrooms (lots) roughly chopped, I like Chestnut mushrooms
Portion of blue cheese (go for more rather than less)
A splash of rapeseed oil
Chives finely chopped (optional)
Salt & Pepper

Method:

1. Heat the oil in a big frying pan or wok and add the onion. Fry for a few mins until translucent.
2. Put the spaghetti into salted boiling water. Boil for 5 mins (even if the packet says to do it for longer – DON’T). It will cook a bit more when it is added to the sauce and you don’t want claggy pasta. When you drain it, retain some of the cooking water and just set to one side.
3. Add the mushrooms to the pan and cook for about 5 mins or until they have started to brown. Don’t be afraid of a high heat.
4. Then add in your garlic and cook for 2 mins.
5. Add in a couple of ladles of the pasta water (you can always add more later).
6. Crumble in your blue cheese and combine it all together so that blends to make a lovely luscious sauce. Add in a generous amount of salt and pepper.
7. Add in your spaghetti and combine it all together until it is hot and nicely covered with sauce.
8. Give it a taste, add salt & pepper as required, then sprinkle on your chives and serve.

Added Ideas:
• I had a bit of leftover grated cheddar in fridge so I bunged that in too. Don’t be afraid to mix up the cheeses – although for this dish I prob wouldn’t use brie or camembert.
• This is a veggie version but if you want to add in some meat then what about some streaky bacon or pancetta? Just fry that up before adding in the onion.
• This can be eaten on it’s own but is also nice with a crisp salad with a tangy dressing.

30/10/2025

It looks much flashier than it is. Goats Cheese Crostini on leaves. A super easy & quick starter if you’ve got people round.

1. Just slice a French stick. Toast in oven with a drizzle of oil & rub of garlic.

2. Then smear some pesto on them (shop bought or homemade 🤷‍♀️), and generously spread some soft goats cheese on.

3. Dress some leaves in a balsamic dressing, pile on plate and pop 3 slices on top. Drizzle with a bit of balsamic glaze.

Super easy, super yummy 😋.

29/10/2025

Here is the recipe for the Potato Cakes:-

Ingredients:

6 large potatoes (this will do about 12 patties), or leftover mash
Large nob of butter
2 x tablespoons of milk
3 x tablespoons of plain flour
Bunch of chives finely chopped
Rapeseed Oil
Salt & Pepper

For topping:

1 x red onion sliced
Lots of slices of cheddar (the more the merrier IMO 😁)
Slices of ham (as much as you want)
Slices of Chorizo

NB: Other nice options are bacon instead of ham, and brie instead of cheddar. Feel free to mix it up.

Method:

1. If you’re making the mash, peel and chop the potatoes, then cook in a large pan of boiling water for 10+ mins until they can be easily pierced with a knife. Drain and leave the potatoes in a colander to steam-dry.

2. Then mash potatoes, add the butter & milk, a good amount of salt and a bit of pepper. Then add the chives and taste, adjust seasonings as required. Then add flour, combine and leave to cool (its much easier to do the next bits when it’s cold).

3. Roll the mash mixture into balls.

4. Heat some oil in a large frying pan. Add the balls and flatten with a spatula so that they are disc shaped. Fry for 2-3 mins on each side until golden. You’ll need to do this in batches. Just set aside on kitchen roll until ready to use.

5. Assemble the toppings (as in pics), put on a baking sheet and put into a preheated oven (180 degrees) for 15-20 mins.

I served with a crisp white cabbage salad with a tangy balsamic dressing, and some of my own homemade spicy chutney. Enjoy 😍.

26/10/2025

Potato & Chive Cakes, topped with red onion, ham, cheese & chorizo. Served with a crisp salad .. nom nom 😋

24/10/2025

It’s Friday 🥂🎉! Celebrate with this delicious LAMB MINCE CURRY. Recipe in the pictures, & step-by-guide.

Served with rice, naan (with a garlic coriander butter), tomato & onion salad, spicy cauliflower & raita (well, my version). All homemade. Enjoy.

20/10/2025

SCRUMPTIOUS SAUSAGES! The Monday night meal has got to be one of the least inspiring of the week … back to work after the weekend … it’s all a bit bleugh frankly 🤷‍♀️.

This is the perfect antidote. So yum and very little effort 👏. It’s a Jamie Oliver recipe & was introduced to me by a lovely family member. I’m not sure I’d have bothered with it otherwise as it’s hard to believe quite how tasty it is given its simple nature! Give it a go.

19/10/2025

Ultimate comfort food - ROAST CHICKEN, parsnips, roasties, mashed swede & carrot, peas, colly cheese, stuffing & gravy 😋.

It’s blowing a hooley 💨 , rain ☔️ is lashing down, it’s time to hunker down, pour a glass of wine and tuck into something warm & comforting 😍.

17/10/2025

It’s been a while since I posted so got loads of yummy ideas to share. Easy & quick weekday meal - EGG FRIED RICE. Just add a bit of soy & oyster sauce near the end of cooking. Enjoy x

24/11/2024

Tartiflette - potatoes, loads of leftover cheese (Camembert, Stilton, goats cheese) bacon, onion and garlic. Served with crisp salad. Bit full now as had 2 helpings!

29/10/2024

It's been a while since I posted ... that'll be the pesky day job 😁.

Here is an easy weekday supper - Creamy Veggie Pasta. Can always jazz up a bit by adding chicken, bacon or chorizo (I just didn't have any when I made this!). Oh & fresh chilli - just swap basil for coriander.

Step by step pics & recipe in pictures.

Enjoy 😍

13/08/2024

First bbq of the year a few days ago. 🤞🤞🤞it isn't the last one!

It's the salads that make it for me 😍:-

- Roast peppers & couscous
- Coleslaw
- Leaves, cucumber & feta
- Mixed bean
- Tomato & mozzarella
- New potatoes
- Breads

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