I'm originally from Stilton Cheese country and these mini pies are a reminder of the shires. When I made my  cottage pie I used j...

Comfort food Easy midweek family meals, made from a few quality ingredients, inexpensive and cooked from scratch - that's why we lov...

Remember Gammon and Pineapple? This recipe is by those lovely chaps The Hairy Bikers - they make cooking fun and I love their recipes ...

Making your own burgers is really easy and home made are always best. I have always made mine because I like to know exactly what goes int...

We stayed home during the Easter break but escaped every day and ate out, one of our favourite places to stop before we head to Wales is ...

These well dressed little beauties are filled with good quality sausage meat from my trusted butcher, I then add a grated apple, a few br...

Whilst lazily reading the newspaper at my local coffee shop the other week, I came across this recipe from BBC GoodFood in the Daily Mail...

I challenged myself to make Chilli Con Carne Meatballs from Jamie's 15 Minute Meals, after seeing him on TV effortlessly produce this...

Slow cooker love - simply take a half shoulder of lamb or a leg of lamb joint and brown in a large frying pan.  Add to the slow cooker. ...

I remember going to a 'posh' restaurant and being served undyed smoked haddock. They served the fish on top of a mound of mashed ...

Jamie's recipe for pork belly is my favourite and one I have cooked since his book, Cook With Jamie, was released in 2006. This is a...

A couple of postings ago I put out a request to ask if any of my readers would kindly email Nigel Slater's recipe for the above to me,...

Here in the West Midlands, we got off fairly lightly with the snowfall at the beginning of the week. I know others had a significant amount...

On a very cold and frosty New Year's Eve, we went to a 'bit of a do' at a local 2 AA Rosette Award Hotel , where they were hav...

My husband reminded me last night, British Sausage Week is from Monday 3rd November to Sunday,9th November. Fortunately, quite a few of t...

This is one of our favourite lamb curries, it's ridiculously simple to make and perfect for a Friday or Saturday evening meal. The st...

Over the next few weeks, I have decided to cook a few recipes from Jo Pratt's wonderful book - In the Mood for Food ISBN 9780718148584...

Just by looking at the list of ingredients in this recipe you can tell all those spices are going to make this fabulous. This recipe is b...

I made Beef Wellington for my husbands birthday - he has reached an age where there is a '0' at the end of the number! Something ...

There are numerous recipes for Lancashire hot pot and the only thing they have in common are the main ingredients of lamb, onions and pota...