Jul 3

Jul 3 Goats Cheese & Avocado Dressing

Avocado and goats cheese dressing is perfect for salad and to smear on some toasted sourdough with a few slices of crispy bacon. Drizzled on this fresh mackerel and prawn salad giving a creamy dimension to this already filled salad.

Jun 19

Jun 19 Tiramisu

Lee Majhen-Todd

This Tiramisu recipe is super easy to make and just as easy to eat. Traditional, authentic tiramisu with Creamy mascarpone, piped creamy top with a thick dusting of cocoa powder over the top. Perfect to double the ingredients and make it a show stopper for a family or friends get together.

May 31

May 31 Sweet Potato & Wild Garlic Gnocchi in a Three Tomato Cream Cheese Sauce with Charred Sesame Oil & Ras El Hanout Courgettes

Lee Majhen-Todd

Sweet Potato & Wild Garlic Gnocchi in a Three Tomato Cream Cheese Sauce with Charred Sesame Oil & Ras El Hanout Courgettes recipe has a few steps to it but is a super easy dish to make.

Enjoy the gnocchi in a big bowl with the charred courgette on the side. Gnocchi is a great make ahead dish, letting them sit in the fridge until the next day. Just re-heat the sauce, cook the gnocchi and then let them sit in the warm sauce until each one is coated in the sauce.

May 25

May 25 Lamb Peka- A Croatian Lamb Dish

Lee Majhen-Todd

Lamb Peka- A Croatian Lamb Dish , a recipe that needs to be in every family recipe book for those days that you need amazing flavours but don’t want to work too hard. Full of flavour and a Croatian dish and sends love smells around my kitchen every time i make it.

May 22

May 22 Asparagus Tart with Wild Garlic Butter Flaky Pastry

Lee Majhen-Todd

Asparagus Tart with Wild Garlic Butter Flaky Pastry recipe is one of the easiest savoury tart to make and really showcases the summers crop pf asparagus.

Using wild garlic butter to make the quick flaky pastry is a game changer, and the pastry takes this tart from something good to something great.

May 22

May 22 Kuglof – Croatian Apple Bundt Cake

Lee Majhen-Todd

Kuglof – Croatian Apple Bundt Cake recipe. A cake that looks as good as it tastes. With undertones of citrus and with apples running through the light sponge, It’s light and comes out of the tin in that unmistakable shape from the Bundt tin. Its the tin that gives the name to the cake, so if you can find a pretty one in a charity shop, i’d snap it up straight away.

Apr 27

Apr 27 Slow Cooker Balsamic Caramelised Onions

Lee Majhen-Todd

Slow Cooker Balsamic Caramelised Onions, so easy to make and great for a family BBQ or for a crowd of people. When i need time for other things, this is the way to cook onions that are soft and full of favour.

Apr 24

Apr 24 No Yeast Beer Bread with Black Olives & Rosemary

Lee Majhen-Todd

No Yeast Beer Bread with Black Olives & Rosemary so easy to make without any yeast. Once it’s mixed it just takes a hot oven for it to rise to perfection every time!

When the beer is added to the dry bread ingredients, the beer’s yeast content reacts with the baking powder and starches in the flour, causing the dough to rise and start to leaven. I hope that sounded as though i know what i’m talking about?!

Apr 17

Apr 17 Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken Lettuce Wraps

Lee Majhen-Todd

Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken Lettuce Wraps, an easy to made and delicious to eat recipe thats great for those days when i want to have the comfort of the slow cooker and also want it to taste a little lighter. Introducing the magic powder of Vegeta, a Croatian staple in every kitchen that is always right next to the paprika, another staple.

Apr 3

Apr 3 A Traditional Quiche Lorraine

Lee Majhen-Todd

Gruyere cheese gives the quiche a rich, creamy, salty and nutty flavour which goes perfectly with the lardons (or bacon bits), the creamy texture of the eggs with the added pinch of nutmeg.

Mar 30

Mar 30 One Pot Chicken, Bacon & Parsnip Curry with Chick Peas & White Beans

Lee Majhen-Todd

One Pot Chicken, Bacon & Parsnip Curry with Chick Peas & White Beans recipe has no grinding and is perfect for a mid week comfort meal for all the family.

Easy to make and easy to eat , packed full of parsnips and beans a great dish to use up some of those tinned beans and chickpeas. Pantry ingredients cooked in the best way

Mar 22

Mar 22 Chicken Thigh Pie with Red Pepper, Baby SweetCorn Surrounded by Rosemary Flaky Pastry – Made with Chicken Cuppa Soup

Lee Majhen-Todd

Chicken Thigh Pie with Red Pepper, Baby SweetCorn Surrounded by Rosemary Flaky Pastry – Made with Chicken Cuppa Soup

Not much time to get stuff together, so a batch of my 30-minute flaky pastry, some packet chicken cuppa soup mix and I was ready to go. There always seems to be just a little pastry left.

Those bits left over from rolling out, and i cant bear to waste them, so i always have to find something else to use them for and what i wrap the pastry around depends on what i have lying around

Feb 24

Feb 24 Harissa & Dark Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread

Lee Majhen-Todd

Harissa & Dark Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread recipe. Really black and overripe are the perfect bananas to use for any banana bread recipe. Those bananas that lie in the fruit bowl forgotten and rejected are the ones to use.

So, why harissa in this recipe? The only way to answer this question is to make it for yourself and try it.

The short answer is that the harissa adds a little bit if umami and a small bit of heat on my tongue, a combination i like.

Feb 16

Feb 16 Honey Nut Cornflake & Coconut Biscuits – Gluten Free

Lee Majhen-Todd

Honey Nut Cornflake & Coconut Biscuits recipe – Gluten Free recipe. So easy that making them with kids is a great way to spend an afternoon of messy baking.

Then there’s the fact there’s no need to rush out to the shop if I want to satisfy my sweet fix, all of the ingredients are in my pantry right when I need them.

Feb 13

Feb 13 Pistachio Cream Filled Biscotti

Lee Majhen-Todd

Pistachio Cream Filled Biscotti recipe, a combination of layers of smooth pistachio cream surrounded by a firm yet crumbly twice baked biscuit. Not too sweet and nothing difficult about making these, which is why they are on my favourite biscuit list. Fancy biscuits that are so tasty.

Jan 27

Jan 27 Chocolate & Pistachio Thumbprint Cookies with Pistachio Cream

Lee Majhen-Todd

Chocolate & Pistachio Thumbprint Cookies with Pistachio Cream Recipe. Oh my, these Chocolate & Pistachio Thumbprint Cookies with Pistachio Cream are something else, and by that, I mean they’re very special.

Jan 26

Jan 26 Saffron & Pistachio Biscuits

Lee Majhen-Todd

Saffron & Pistachio Biscuits, a recipe that is so easy to make and once you’ve tried them, you’ll be addicted to their flavour and beautiful golden colour.

Jan 23

Jan 23 Sweet Potato Lasagne with Pork Sausage, Chicken Mince & Kale – Gluten Free

Lee Majhen-Todd

Gluten Free Sweet Potato Lasagne with Pork Sausage, Chicken Mince & Kale recipe, perfect for Freeze ahead Friday food. So easy to make and it’s great to make ahead. Thinly sliced sweet potto substituted for pasta is a fabulous way of cutting out the gluten and adding more vegetables. Cut out the red meat and using pork sausage and chicken mince gives it an edge for a healthier January. No matter how healthy food is, i wont eat it unless it taste great , and this does.

Jan 10

Jan 10 Dill and Black Pepper Gravlax

Lee Majhen-Todd

Easy to make and easy to eat Dill and Black pepper Gravlax . Dill cured salmon, one of the easiest things to make and perfect for a special event and get together. Christmas, birthdays or any celebration, make this for every family get together.

Jan 5

Jan 5 The Ultimate Chocolate Cake with Caramel and Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream, Almond Praline and Dark Chocolate Shards.

Lee Majhen-Todd

An Ultimate Chocolate Cake with Caramel & Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream & Almond Praline recipe. Easy to make and once assembled, an in the middle of the table showstopper.

The Swiss meringue buttercream is smooth and flavoured with caramel and chocolate giving it a luxury texture and Topped with almond brittle, takes it over the top indulgent .

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