Freestyle Cookery :

Recipe - Sausage Rolls

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Sausage rolls, what a classic for the picnic. This is my version of making your own ones instead of buying them. As you can see from the picture I'll never be a pastry chef. I'm outright clumsy when it comes to dealing with dough and pastry.[...]

When I met Marco...

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I need to get this out of my system, so: "I GOT TO MEET MARCO PIERRE WHITE LAST WEEK!" There, much better. Now I'm a bit calmer and can tell you about the day in a bit more restrained tone. ;) It all started with an email, asking me if I would[...]

Recipe - Lemon and Thyme Chicken Breast

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This recipe is inspired by one of the dishes that Marco Pierre White cooked for me and some other lucky bloggers who was invited to a Knorr Masterclass the other day. I'm waiting for some of the pictures and videos from the event so I'll[...]

Recipe - Mince, Carrot, Tomato and Chickpea Soup

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Here we go again. Too tired to be adventurous and too stubborn to buy a takeaway. This is the kind of dinner I cobble together when I'm in that frame of mind. Yet again I used up various bits and pieces that I already had in the cupboards[...]

Recipe - Chicken, Bacon and Avacado Quesadillas

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Quesadillas are one of my favourite dishes. Not only is it quick and easy to cook, they are also one of the most freestyle-able dishes that I know of. It is not really rocket surgery to make quesadillas but it is hard to run out of ideas[...]

Recipe - Simple Tuna and Tomato Sauce with Pasta

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As promised, here's the follow up to the last post - using up the last of the tomato sauce I made. If you found this post from a search engine or similar, here is the original post . Also, I did choose to add the base recipe to this post[...]

Recipe - Cod, Tomato and Potato Mash Pie

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This recipe is one I made up just to use some stuff that was in my cupboards, in the freezer and so on. There is always the odd vegetable around that is threatening to go really bad, there is that Unidentified Frozen Object in the freezer[...]

Recipe - Potato Soup with Cheese and a kick

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This soup is fairly quick to make and I find it quite filling. It is versatile too. You can either serve big portions of it as a winter filler meal or you can go for a daintier approach and serve it as a starter. I can't really think of[...]

Recipe - Sandwich with Pork and Crispy and Tangy Slaw

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Yet again a recipe which is fairly quick to cook. The only thing that takes a little time is marinading the pork and slaw. If you prepare the marinade the night before you can have this sandwich in a very short time after getting home. I'm[...]

Recipe - Smoky Oven-cooked Pork Ribs

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Given the the weather and the current lack of a barbecue of my own this is the only way I can get some barbecued ribs for dinner at home. I'm cheating quite heavily by using the liquid smoke but the end result clearly justifies the means.[...]