Just something I found on the internet today, I wanted a tasty curry that doesn’t use coconut milk (fattening) to use up some of the Tiger prawns I have.  This is definitely a keeper! I have done a variation on this curry, http://www.indiankhana.net/2013/03/Chettinad-Prawn-Curry-Chettinad-Eral-Kuzhambu-Recipe.html depending on what I had in the cupboards, and what I felt …

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 …

I love dumplings! I made about 25 of these last night and we scoffed the lot between 2 of us! I still had some mixture left over too so I would say that this amount could probably make 30+ dumplings. Ingredients Filling Half a packet of minced pork 8 raw king prawns – chopped finely 1 …

If you only make this for the sauce you have to try it! I will be making a large batch of this sauce and trying it with everything, I love it! This recipe was in Olive magazine. Ingredients Serves 2. This recipe needs at least 1 hour marinating time but is very easy. 8 Boneless Skinless …

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 …

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, …

I am giving this 5.2 diet a go for a few weeks to see if it makes any difference, so needed something very low calorie for lunch. Managed to make something that is around 175 Calories! (according to the My Fitness Pal” app.) Obviously it would be better with more eggs and some chopped chorizo …

I have had a request for my King Prawn Linguine recipe so here it is! This recipe won a competition to appear in Lakeland’s 50th Anniversary cookbook, something which I am very proud of. I am on the page next to Heston Blumenthal, followed by Michel Roux jr! I get my prawns from the Chinese …