We've had a change of roles in our house recently. For the last 4 years, Ben has been cooking every single night with maybe 5 exceptions, because a) he really enjoys cooking and b) I'm a bit of a horrible chef, so we thought. Well, for the last couple of weeks, I've been cooking our dinners and I am proud to report that a) Ben and Amy enjoy what I am cooking and b) I am really having fun in the ...
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Caramelised Turkey With Chinese Coleslaw: Lean on Turkey
Ingredients for caramelised turkey 600 g of roughly diced turkey 220 g of brown sugar juice of 3 limes 2 tbsp fish sauce Ingredients for braising stock 620 ml Shaoxing wine or white cooking wine 370 ml soy sauce 220 g brown sugar 6 crushed garlic cloves 75 g of thinly sliced ginger 4 spring onions sliced halfways 5 star anise 2 cinnamon sticks rind of half an organge 1 tsp sesame ...
Cookery lesson with Growing Up Milk Info and Fiona Faulkner
Can you believe it? I can tick number 10 off my "100 things to do before I die" list, because I actually went on a mini cookery course yesterday and improved my cooking skills. Go me! I have neglected my list a little, although I have done or am still doing some of the things that I wanted to achieve, but when I started writing this post, I remembered that I wanted to learn some new cooking skills ...
February Food Favourite & Mother’s Day Chocolate Gift Ideas
This post might look a bit random at first glance. The combination of savoury snacks and divine chocolates might not be an obvious one, but there is a reason behind my apparent madness. From now on, I want to introduce one foody item a month that was a firm favourite in our household during each month of the year. As you can see above, February's favourite were the Deli 24 snacks. We were sent an ...
Restaurant Review: Chiquito in Cribbs Causeway/Bristol
A couple of days ago, we had the chance to review Chiquito's new menu and as it happened, we managed to book a table for Valentine's Day - for three, of course, as these days romantic dates don't take place without Amy. We went to their Bristol restaurant in Cribbs Causeway and had a really enjoyable time. Having booked before arrival, we didn't have to wait before being seated and could instantly ...