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Are you having a party for the Jubilee weekend?  Need a last minute recipe? Check out the links below for great Jubilee recipe ideas: Jubilee Ham Gammon joint roasted with a cherry glaze – from Tesco Real Food Diamond Jubilee Chicken “Update Coronation chicken with this salad of mild spices, apple, walnuts, yoghurt sauce and […]

Today I’ve tried out a fruity pudding.  A lot of the supermarkets have blueberries on offer at the moment so I thought it would be a good one to try. Ingredients: 50g caster sugar 50g soft butter, plus extra for greasing 1 large egg 50g self-raising flour 50g dessicated coconut, plus 2 tsp 50g creme […]

Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil 8 chicken pieces (a mixture of thighs and legs work well) 6 rashers streaky bacon, chopped 2 onions, sliced 2 rosemary sprigs Two 400g cans plum tomatoes 2 tbsp red or white wine vinegar 1 tbsp sugar 500ml chicken stock Method: 1 Brown the chicken Heat the oil in a […]

Ingredients: 500g pack turkey mince (ground turkey) 1 rounded tbsp korma curry paste 1 tsp groundnut, vegetable or olive oil 1 onion, finely chopped 500ml chicken stock 175ml reduced fat or light coconut milk Large handful of sugar snap peas, halved on the diagonal 16 cherry tomatoes, halved 1 tbsp toasted flaked almonds Few coriander […]

My fridge seemed to be full of peppers and mushrooms so this meal was a way of using them up. Firstly, view the original recipe for beef stuffed peppers.  My recipe is below.  I made some minor amendments, the main one being that I couldn’t get hold of antipasti roasted vegetables, and thought that sundried […]