Happy New Year! I don’t make new year’s resolutions, never have in fact. Far too much pressure in my opinion, why heap such an amount of expectation on top of yourself just because it is the start of another year. One which in my case, I started especially hung over, definitely not a day to try and muster up the will power to stop smoking, … Continue reading New Year and a recipe for Leek and White Bean Soup with Chorizo
If I’m ever making a mushroom dish, I think of one of my great friends from school. We were both food mad and used to eat my brought to school packed lunch early in the morning and then I would go to her house at lunchtime where we often made mushrooms cooked in butter served with toast. I’m sure her mother was sick of the … Continue reading Med style stuffed mushrooms
One pot meals always get my vote, especially after a long busy day at work. We want to eat well but don’t want to have to spend ages over the cooker before it is ready. Mr Fitness comes in very hungry after his evening sessions with clients and it’s nice to be able to sit down over a meal and chat about the day and … Continue reading Bean & Chorizo Casserole
When you think you have nothing in the house to eat, you usually still have enough to make soup. Stock, tins of beans and some greens – this must be the easiest soup in the world. It took me about 15 minutes from preparation to in the pot ready to serve. Lovely and filling from the beans, goodness from the kale and parsley. We’re talking … Continue reading Mixed Bean Soup with Chorizo and Kale
I love vegetable gratin, delicious root veggies cooked with milk cream and garlic.. There is no nicer comfort food. If you are off the milk or cream then nearly as nice with stock and a tin of coconut milk instead.So many possibilities is what makes this so interesting and I think my favourite is with sweet potato and chorizo. Buy the wide chorizo and cut … Continue reading Sweet Potato Gratin
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