Chilli Up North Blog

Here is my other fave soup (along with the chorizo one here  and home made mushroom soup) i got sick of normal parsnip soup so tried to make my own version
Sorry if its a bit rough but i tend to do it out of my head when i make it so just add extra bits [...]

I was looking for recipes to help clear my recent bout of man flu, when a friend on twitter suggested i make chilli, chicken and ginger soup, he kindly provided me with the recipe and it’s too good not to share! So over to Pete….
This works best if you have some leftover chicken from Sunday [...]

This recipe was kindly sent to me by @cragchris on twitter, I’ve not had chance to try it yet but i will be sure to give it a go (along with my own version…coming soon) once my parsnips are ready.
In the meantime her is the recipe, it sounds awesome and as if it would just [...]

This is a spicy and flavour packed soup that will warm you up in the worst of weathers. You can leave out the chorizo if you are a vegetarian and just add a bit more paprika and garlic.
If you want to add a bit of extra smokiness to the soup you might want to char-grill [...]

Every time we go to one of my favourite pubs (the lion inn) i have to have their spicy mozzarella melts so i thought i would try to create something similar my self.
If you don’t have a deep fat fryer then fill a big saucepan up with oil, leaving a few cm gap from the [...]

This is a nice simple dish that can be done as a starter or a main, i made it for the first time @ the weekend for the inlaws, it seemed to go down really well so i thought id post it and let you make up your own minds.
As usual the measurements are a [...]

I made these the other day to go with a mexican we were having, the beauty of them is they can be filled with whatever you like, you can use your favourite cheese, mushrooms, bacon or even left over chilli con carne
They are also really simple, all you need is:
4 medium or small potatoes (nice [...]