It’s always fun cooking with my great-niece Reya – although only having seven tender years behind her, this young lady knows what she wants from the kitchen! So this time it was Beef Burgers for dinner. First the INGREDIENTS: 900gms (2lbs) of Minced Beef – pick a mince with a 15% fat content! 1 Onion… Continue reading Cooking with Kids – It’s Burger Time!
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Sticky Chinese Spare Ribs
When I think of comfort food, it’s hard to get past a big plate of these slow-cooked, sticky Chinese Spare Ribs. They are a family favourite and I hope you’ll enjoy them too. This is the simplest of recipes (three ingredients) and although it will take you three, yes THREE, hours to make them, your… Continue reading Sticky Chinese Spare Ribs
Cooking with Kids – Mac n’ Cheese
There is something very rewarding about cooking with kids, passing on knowledge and watching the wonder and pride on their faces when they produce something delicious from an oven. For me it is no exception, especially when I have such an enthusiastic Sous Chef as my great-niece, Reya, aged 6. One of her favourite meals… Continue reading Cooking with Kids – Mac n’ Cheese
My favourite cookbook – Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey!
We all have our favourite restaurants, chef’s, cookbooks and recipes – I thought I’d take a few minutes to tell you about my favourite cookbook and why it is so. I was given Risk Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey as a Christmas present in 2009 and since then I have been cooking recipes from it for… Continue reading My favourite cookbook – Rick Stein’s Far Eastern Odyssey!