I wanted to make a Rouladen today, a traditional German dish that my German grandma used to make when I was a kid which is slices of beef spread with mustard and rolled around bacon, gherkins and onions and cooked in an onion gravy. I only had stewing steak in though which is way too …

Sweet potato, Red pepper and lentil soup.

I rustled up a nice soup today which worked really well so here is the recipe… I went off a recipe in Delicious magazine but added a few things of my own.. the one in the magazine is called “Coconut, lentil and sweet potato soup” but the only coconut used is coconut oil.. which doesn’t …

A favourite in the Gor house and hopefully some good fuel for the 15k I stupidly signed up for tomorrow morning! Ingredients 1 packet of minced beef or minced lamb 2 green chillis – Chopped. ( change this depending on your heat preference.) 2 onions diced 1 diced Green pepper 1 tbsp Garlic and Ginger …

This was a bit of an experiment of just chucking loads of things in so the measurements may not be exact – just play around with it but keep the basic principles of the recipe. It looks like a lot of ingredients but its a simple soup to make and ready in 20 minutes. To …

Not really sure if I should part with this one but I have just been asked if I have a recipe for carrot cake!.. DO I!! This is my “go to” cake, its very hard to get wrong and people say that they love it. There are a few variations though which I will give …

Having been full of a cold last week I needed something nice and stodgy to help me to feel sorry for myself and beef stew was what I needed! Dumplings would have made it even better but I couldn’t bring myself to ruin the diet THAT much! Below are the basic principles, you choose what …

Lemon and Thyme cake

I made this cake last week to take with me to our weekend away at Ribby Hall with friends..(restaurant review to follow!) Unfortunately I didn’t get a decent photograph of it before I served it on paper plates with plastic cutlery as I’d have “a few” wines by the time we got round to cake, …