Simple Ratatouille
Ratatouille Today I’m bringing your Ratatouille! I went to the market the other day and there were so many cheap offers that I came home with armfuls of vegetables for a pittance. Nine peppers cost me...
View ArticleSpeedy Mediterranean Vegetable Couscous
After buying ready prepared dried Mediterranean Vegetable Couscous for a while I realised that it was a piece of cake to make my own and far more economical and more nutritious. It was also a way of...
View ArticleCrispy Coated Roast Potatoes
This is my version of a roast potato coating that can be bought from that supermarket which boasts “not just any……”. Why pay good money for something that costs just a few pennies to make at home I...
View ArticleRaspberry Vinaigrette + Oxo Giveaway
As eagle eyed viewers of my blog will have noticed, I am a big fan of my Oxo Good Grips Garlic Press. Hence when I discovered Oxo were on Twitter I was only too keen to let them know and offered to...
View ArticleVegetable Dhal Curry
With the credit crunch snapping at our heals I decided to go on “frugal” shopping spree and as well as half price chicken I came home with 5kg of Basmati rice for £4 and 2kg of red lentils for £2 which...
View ArticleColeslaw
I really wasn’t sure about blogging this as perhaps everyone knows how to make coleslaw. So maybe this post is more about reminding you how easy and cheap it is to make and far tastier than the stuff...
View ArticleTomato, Red Onion & Coriander Salad
Tomato, Red Onion & Coriander Salad Sometimes less is more with food and this Tomato, Red Onion & Corinder Salad is certainly testament to that. I’ve not really been feeling the salad vibe...
View ArticleEasy Cheesy Chilli Cob
It was Sunday morning and I just had the urge to make some flavoured bread to go with the soup we were going to have for dinner. It didn’t take me long to decided to make a cheesy chilli loaf as I’d...
View ArticleSimple Pork Fried Rice
Simple Pork Fried Rice Chinese New Year falls on 31 January this year and marks the start of 15 days of celebration. This year is the year of the horse which is said to bring prosperity and wealth...
View ArticleMid-Autumn Festival Feast with Amoy
Mid-Autumn Festival or Chinese Moon Festival is the second most important festival after the Spring Festival to Chinese people. It is traditionally celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar...
View ArticleTop with Cinnamon’s Sweet & Spicy Roasted Chickpeas
I can’t remember how I first stumbled across Top with Cinnamon (the blog) and Izy Hossack but I do remember it was a few months after I’d started my own blog back in 2012. I remember being completely...
View ArticleMediterranean Roasted Vegetables – as a main or side dish!
This is a dish I have been making for years and it’s one I make when I just don’t really feel like cooking but want the family to still have something healthy to eat. It’s not an exact recipe set in...
View ArticleTefal ActiFry Guilty Pleasure Challenge
This week I was super excited to receive an ActiFry Family from Tefal and was challenged to cook my guilty pleasure in it. Well having wanted an ActiFry for a very long time I knew exactly what I...
View Article10 Bloggers’ Favourite Recipes
I recently thought it would be really interesting to find out from a few bloggers what they cooked most from their own blogs. This was a very tough question indeed! Of course we have many favourites...
View ArticleGrilled Seabass with Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce and Colcannon
If I asked you where all the ingredients for this Grilled Seabass with Lemon Garlic Butter and Colcannon came from I’ll bet not many of you would say Iceland but that’s exactly where I bought them!...
View ArticleCreamy Italian Salad Dressing – great with Pizza!
In association with Papa John’s My hubby loves Creamy Italian Salad Dressing and many years ago developed this recipe which I’d forgotten all about until the other day. It wasn’t quite right though as...
View ArticleEasy Cheesy Jalapeno Soda Bread – so incredibly tasty!
It’s autumn which means it’s very much soup weather and every soup deserves a good helping of crusty bread. My Easy Cheesy Jalapeno Soda Bread takes just minutes to prepare and is the perfect soup...
View ArticleSimple Slow Cooked Beetroot – so easy!
I had a brainwave today and made this Simple Slow Cooked Beetroot! I was going through my salad drawer and noticed a bunch or organic beetroot that I’d picked up cheaply recently. I’ve never cooked...
View ArticlePotato Rosti Waffles – delicious & nutritious!
In association with Albert Bartlett Today I’m bringing you my Potato Rosti Waffles. I love potatoes so was very pleased when Albert Bartlett asked me to develop a recipe for them. I decided to use...
View ArticleHow to BBQ Asparagus – simple & delicious recipe!
Suddenly we’re in a heatwave so people up and down the country will be dusting down their barbecues and cooking up a storm. If men had their way I’m sure they’d be happy to just eat meat on these...
View ArticleHippo-Potatomus Recipe
Hippo-Potatomus Recipe Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is out on Blu-ray and DVD 17th Feb and to celebrate I have a 3 DVDs to give away to 3 lucky readers. I can also share with you the specially...
View ArticleEasy Garlic Croutons – just 3 ingredients!
This homemade easy garlic croutons recipe is utterly delicious and uses just 3 ingredients. – bread, butter and garlic!. Recipe can be made in an ActiFry, air fryer or oven! How these 3 Ingredient...
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