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 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 …