This is one of my fave Chinese style dishes, it’s my take on a dish I had at the Szechuan Red Chilli Restaurant in Manchester when it was on the specials menu, unfortunately it’s not always on the menu so I had to figure out how to make it for myself! I actually took this …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Last but not least! a tasty crispy pork dish with a fiery sauce! There are 2 parts to this recipe, I would suggest making the sauce ahead of the pork. This is a recipe from Olive Magazine. Szechuan Chilli sauce Ingredients makes 150ml. 1 tbsp chilli flakes 2 tsp crushed Szechuan peppercorns 100ml Oil 3 …

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 …

Adapted from a takeaway fave! Tasty and meaty, spicy mushrooms! Ingredients serves 2 as a starter or serve with rice and noodles as a main 1 packet of mushrooms – closed cup, button or chestnut. 2 cloves of garlic – chopped finely 1 small onion diced finely 1 small green pepper diced finely 2 red …

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 …