Live For Food

This is a quick and easy stirfry recipe.  It works well if you are eating late because the meat needs to marinate first, and then the actual cooking only takes about 15 minutes. I want to try and get away from using packet stir fry sauces.  This recipe is one step better than that, although […]

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 […]

Photo: Nadia Jasmine (nadmental) The main reasons that people wash raw chicken (whole or pieces) are as follows: To remove dirt To remove debris like bone or feathers To remove blood To remove bacteria Because the recipe says so Because their Mum always washed the chicken Are any of these worthwhile reasons for washing chicken? […]

I was looking for a chicken recipe that I could adapt as low carb. Now on a low carb diet, fat is king, and I came across this chicken recipe that made a sauce using cream. Believe it or not I’ve never used cream in a sauce before, simply because following more conventional healthy eating […]

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 […]