Blue Cheese Apple and Chilli Burger
This is a recipe from a book called “The Burger” which I picked up from the cheap bookshop in town a few months ago, It’s a great little book which is written in a cartoon style and is packed full of tasty burger and accompaniment recipes. The original recipe didn’t have chilli in or the mango chutney […]
Quick Crunchy Enchilada Vegetable Bake
Sometimes you’ve just got to go with what’s in the cupboard and the fridge, a bit like that old TV program Ready, Steady cook. I found the ingredients below and it was “no meat” night so decided to throw them all together and hope that they turned out as good as my cheat’s chicken burger. […]
Spicy Sprout and Fennel Soup
I was rummaging round the cupboard when I found a bag of sprouts that were heading towards past their best and already had my meals planned out, none of which included sprouts so decided to have a go at making some soup out of them. I thought it might be a bit bland on it’s […]
Baked vegetable and chilli frittata
I’ve been cooking a lot from the Hairy Dieters book lately and have also been trying to make my own healthier recipes like the spicy 300 calorie pasta I cooked last week. This is a slightly slimmed down and adapted version of my picante tortilla recipe that i blogged about here, but without the meat […]
Spicy 300 Calorie Pasta
This is one of my favourite pasta dishes, its packed full of flavour and comes in at under 300 calories for a huge bowl that will keep you full for ages. If you don’t want to griddle the vegetables you can fry them but I really think griddling them adds something extra. I used purple […]
Spicy Chilli Slaw Recipe
I first made this slaw to go with my BBQ pulled pork, since then i’ve made it a few times and keep tweaking it but this is where the recipe currently stands. The beauty of it is you can mix it up, add new flavours like cheese, use different chillis or use different vegetables, red […]
Chilli Panko Squid Recipe
I bought some Panko Breadcrumbs to make Paul Ainsworth’s arancini a couple of weeks ago and have been trying them out on all sorts of tasty snacks so when I spotted some fresh squid in the shop i decided to make that old favourite calamari. The recipe serves two and requires a deep fryer or […]
Smoked Chilli and Fennel Pizza Recipe
I’m completely obsessed with smoked food at the moment, whether it be meat, cheese or chilli’s, I’m also totally obsessed with fennel and aniseed (with the exception of ouzo) so when Dave from Hardknott gave me a bottle of his latest beer and told me it contained star anise I couldn’t wait to try it […]
Quick Chilli Chickpea and Sweet Potato Curry Recipe
This vegetarian curry is so quick and easy but delicious, I wish I could take credit for it, unfortunately the base recipe was from a very old Good Food Magazine I found in the garage. The original recipe didn’t serve it with rice or contain some of the vegetables, they just simply put it in […]
Harissa Potatoes Recipe
I’m a massive fan of Harissa it’s got to be one of the tastiest and most flexible products going, I’ve used it in loads of recipes and blogged about it a couple of times before. This has to be one of the simplest ways to use it though. We had them with some of Simon […]