When I’m not developing recipes for others, writing blogs or cooking for the lovely Mr G, this is wha

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Hi.

My name is Lee, welcome to my pages. I hope we can have fun together?

When I’m not developing recipes for others, writing guest blogs, writing my own blog, or even trying to learn how to paint, I’m usually spending time with the amazing Mr G (my husband) or with my lovely daughter or my lovely son (very proud mum).

What is this all about? Great question. This site is about real cooking and baking, real recipes and real mistakes.

No filters here, (although i’d love to find a filter that can take ten years worth of laugh lines away. Just me, whats happening, and whatever cameras or phone i have to hand .

There are many things that get under my bonnet and wiggle around, one of those is food waste. If i buy ingredients specifically for a recipe, and i only need a small amount of the ingredients, i want to be able to use the rest up and not have to throw them away. My mum used to say , “Waste not Want not” is that still a saying ?

For me, waste is not just about using up all the ingredients. What about leftover food? If i’m able , i hope to give ideas as to how to use up any leftovers too.

Be Brave

Cooking isn’t hard , neither is baking, its all about being brave and being ok with making mistakes

Croatian Potato Salad

Croatian Potato Salad

Yes, it’s easy and yes it has very few ingredients, but that doesn’t mean that anything is taken away from this Croatian take on a Russian salad.

 To me it’s just a Croatian salad.

 Everyone has probably got their own recipe for a classic potato salad; I know I’ve got a few!

Some have a mayonnaise dressing some have vinaigrette, but this covers so many of the must have essentials that I need on my summer table.

 The Greek yoghurt cuts through the fattiness that a mayonnaise dressing can have and the gherkins add the much-needed acid that I think is left out of a lot of side dishes.

 Then there is the paprika and mustard, more flavour and more levels to this simple Croatian salad.

 Perfect to make ahead and keep in the fridge in an air tight container, and some would argue, the lovely Mr G for one, that it’s even better the day after and the day after that!

 Go on, give it a go and enjoy your sweet life!

 What You Need

  • 500g Potatoes - Peeled

  • 300g Carrots - Peeled

  • 300g Frozen Peas

  • 300g Pickled Gherkins

  • 2 Apples – Skin on and cored

Cut the vegetables the same size

 Dressing

  • 250g Greek Yoghurt

  • 120g Mayonnaise

  • 2 Tbsp Grained Mustard

  • 1 Tsp Paprika plus extra to serve

  • Sea salt - to taste

  • Pepper – to taste

All the colours of the rainbow

 How It’s Done

  • Fill a large pot with water, add salt and bring it to the boil

  • Cut the potatoes, carrots, apples and gherkins into cubes that are the same size. – See Tip Box

  • Set the apples and gherkins aside until needed

  • Place the potatoes and carrots and peas into the boiling water and cook until they are just fork soft – See Tip Box

  • Drain them really well and add them to a large bowl along with the chopped apple and gherkins.

  • Place all the dressing ingredients together and mix really well to combine.

  • Add the salt and pepper to taste and them mix again– See Tip Box

  • Pour the dressing over the vegetables and gently mix until everything is coated.

  • Store in the fridge but take out 15 minutes before serving

Bring it all to the boil and cook until everything is fork soft

Tip Box

  • Chopping – Having all of the ingredients the same sizes mot only looks better, but it means that the potatoes and carrots will be cooked at the same time.

  • Boiling -  The potatoes and carrots should be fork tender when cooked but nor soft. Make sure that they are not over cooked snd mushy.

  • Apple – My favourite apples o a royal gala, so i always use what i like to eat. You do the same. Keeping the skin in adds another element of colour and crunch.

  • To Taste - When i say add the salty and pepper to taste, i mean what tastes good to you. Remember, salt was added in the water to cook the veg , so this may make a difference to how much sat you need in the finished dish.

Enjoy

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