
Sweet and Spicy Beer Can Chicken
Someone told me how good beer can chicken is earlier this year, so I did some research and found a Jamie Oliver version that I liked....

Moroccan Lamb Shanks
When you have a bit of time on your hands this is a beauty. It's not difficult and you don't need to be in the kitchen much, but you do...

Mmm Sticky Date anyone?
With Moroccan lamb shanks in the oven and a pop up visit from my brother, I thought I'd make his favourite dessert (well maybe other than...

Perfectly Scrambled Eggs (every time)
I've only just (after many years) sorted out scrambled eggs. When they are good, they are veeerrrrryyyyy good, but when they are bad, you...

Gnocchi Matriciana
One of our absolute favourites! It's not particularly traditional but it is totally delicious. It would be even better with homemade...

Lasagne or Passiccio (loosely translated as a delicious mess)
I made lasagne on the weekend and we ate it on Tuesday night. As usual it was more passiccio (mess) than your store bought lasagne that...

One thing you might have guessed about me
In between (often while) cooking up a storm I enjoy a glass of wine or 2 or 3. Given we are in the depths of a reasonably brutal winter...

Pizza Pizza
Help! 5 boys for dinner on a Friday night after work - what to do! Make 6 pizzas (that's double this recipe) and let them pick their own...

Super pumpkin soup
So good on a cold winter night. Last night while the potatoes were in the oven I whipped this up. By the time we were finished eating it...

Steak with Peppercorn sauce
This is one way to spice up date night. The rich buttery sauce has a bit of bite from the peppercorns and goes swimmingly with a medium...