A great tip to creating a showstopping dish is to use small amounts of strong flavoured ingredients. Garlic, pancetta, and white wine is a match made in absolute heaven and creates THE most delicious sauce. This dish is both easy on the wallet and on the taste buds. Using chicken thighs not only adds plenty…
Category: Tasty Comfort Food
Baked saucy chocolate pudding
It’s now officially autumn and even better, it’s October! One of my favourite months of the year. Evenings are drawing in and what better to snuggle up with on the sofa than a hot, cosy pudding! Especially when it’s packed with chocolate. I can’t bake – it’s a well known fact with most people I…
Easy, homemade salt and pepper chips
Want to make a takeaway staple at home? Try these SUPER easy but oh so tasty salt and pepper chips and I promise, you will never order them from a takeaway again! I use frozen oven chips (yes, really!) to make this dish less faffy and easy to do on a Saturday night, so you’re…
Creamy Tomato and Pancetta Chicken
This is a bit of a wintry dish for July! But the fresh, zingy and bright flavours of tomato give a real lift to a usual chicken ‘stew’. It’s a bit of a 70’s dish, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad! I love chicken and chicken in a tasty sauce is even better. Try serving…
Prawn, Pea and Asparagus Summer Risotto
This is a light, flavoursome and easy to cook dish, perfect for a hot summers day. The fresh summer vegetables, including peas, asparagus and rocket give a sweet and light taste to the rice, making for a perfectly balanced dish. Try this dish! It’s so easy, but ok, it is a little laborious as you…
Baked asparagus wrapped in prosciutto with Hollandaise sauce
This super, super tasty dish is impressive but so easy to make. Perfect for a dinner party canape, a starter or for finger food – try this and I promise you will make it again and again! Hollandaise sauce is notoriously difficult to make, but follow this easy step-by-step method and you’ll be able to…
One-pan spicy tomato and sausage baked eggs with sweet potato and peppers
This is a super tasty, one-pan dish that doesn’t take long to prepare and is packed with loads of flavour! Using one pan saves on the washing up and is a great dish you can plonk down on your dining table for everyone to dig in. The baked eggs on top finish it off perfectly…
Baked pancakes with roast chicken, asparagus and mushroom in a creamy cheese and chive sauce
These pancakes bring back lots of childhood memories and are so so comforting. My dad used to make these most Mondays with left over chicken from the Sunday roast, mixed with a tasty creamy sauce and sweetcorn – delicious! Now my partner absolutely loves these (he adores pancakes!), so we cook these when ever have…
Broccoli, leek and cauliflower gratin with a pancetta and Parmesan cheese sauce
This is a quick and super tasty vegetable side dish. Serve simply with a beautiful roast chicken or even on it’s own as a comforting meal in itself. The smokey pancetta works amazingly with the cheese sauce, giving vegetables a tasty lift over the plain old boiled ones. Top with breadcrumbs and bake to create…
Classic Turkey Meatloaf
Meatloaf is a tad old fashioned, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t super tasty. A good old fashioned, home cooked meal, this really does hit the comfort food spot. This is elevated from a normal meatloaf as it uses turkey mince rather than beef, making it lighter and less greasy. It’s also packed with flavour,…
