Dessert

Love a bit of baklava!

You may have noticed I got a new camera! So hopefully my photos will begin to look a little better. I got a bit carried away with this one and went rooting through my cupboards trying to find Middle Eastern style props. Hope it looks suitably exotic and makes you think of far off places as …

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Matt The Thresher

Picture provided by Aoife from I Can Has Cook? As regular readers of my blog might have noticed, I cook lots of fish but never any meat, that’s because I’m a pescitarian (no to meat but yes to fish!) So, I am always excited to hear about the opening of a new fish restaurant. I was extra excited …

Dessert

Creamy custard tarts

Warning! These tarts are ridiculously easy to make and highly addictive. Stop reading now, if you, like me, have no willpower. These creamy custardy tarts are taken from a recipe by Bill Granger. They are amazing with a little apple sauce and crème fraiche on the side. I first had these tarts on holiday in Portugal and …

Snack

Sweet and Spicy Noodle Salad

    I often make noodle salads but am sometimes disappointed by boring old soya and ginger dressings. The wagamama cookbook offers some great alternative noodle dressings. This one is definitely my favourite. It’s good hot or cold and the leftovers make a great lunchbox snack. There are a couple of ingredients in this dish …

Dessert

Yes Pecan!

I love sweet, nutty buttery pecan pie so much. This recipe is made even more scrumptious with the addition of warming rum. This dish is not exactly low in calories,..but I did find out that pecans are one of the healthiest nuts around….so you definitely need some pecan pie in your life.

Main Dishes

Crispy Omelette Pancakes

  This recipe is kind of a combination of an omelette, a pancake and a quesadilla. It’s a really nice tasty snack and you can fill the omelettes with whatever cheese, meat, veg you have leftover in your fridge. It would also work really well with something like a smoked salmon, crème fraiche and spinach filling.  …