Live For Food

Chicken is probably one of the cheapest meats you can buy today, depending on what cut you get. So I thought I would do a little summary of the various cuts you can buy and what you can do with them. Whole chicken Chicken is commonly bought as a whole bird. Your standard bird feeds […]

I like doing different things with sausages, instead of the usual hotdogs or sausage and mash, so here’s a simple recipe which makes tasty roasted sausage and veg. I scaled the recipe down for just one person as I made it for myself when my husband was out for the evening. He’s not a fan […]

It fascinates me that once upon a time someone worked out that if you pick ears of corn, squish them, keep the powder that’s left, mix it up with butter and water and other things, and put them in the fire, the result would be good to eat. So what’s the difference between the various […]

The first time I tried olives was in halls of residence as a student. The meals in halls tended to be a bit school dinnerish anyway, and I thought the olive was horrible. It was years later before I tried one again. I think I was probably offered them as an appetizer pre dinner once […]

Time for a treat recipe! Something with chocolate…yum yum. Ingredients: 175g plain chocolate, chopped 60g unsalted butter 175g plain flour 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 2 eggs, at room temperature 150g caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla extract 60g icing sugar 1 Melt the chocolate Turn the oven to 160C/GM3. Melt the chocolate and […]