Jun 19

Jun 19 Charred Cabbage with Red Pepper Sauce

Charred Cabbage with Red Pepper Sauce

Such an easy side dish to make. Have it with BBQs or just when friends and family drop over. The sauce is great with more than just the charred cabbage, over some green beans or use as a dip.

Jun 18

Jun 18 Herbed Giant Couscous

Lee Majhen-Todd

Herbed Giant Couscous - giant couscous is a nice twist for this herbed side dish.

The combination of the balsamic dressing and the fresh herbs makes this a summer side that is perfect for BBQ weather.

Jun 10

Jun 10 Baked Onions with Cheesy Breadcrumbs

Lee Majhen-Todd

Baked Onions with Cheesy Breadcrumbs

Baked in the oven surrounded by stock and finished off under a hot grill, the cheesy breadcrumbs end up with a charred top surrounded with a creamy sauce.

Jun 10

Jun 10 Braised Peas with Serrano Ham

Lee Majhen-Todd

Always there when needed, peas are the perfect vegetable to use as a stand-alone side dish or, as in this dish, deliciously braised along with salty serrano ham.

This side dish is quick, colourful, convenient and a delight to eat.

Jun 10

Jun 10 Brussel Sprout Salad

Lee Majhen-Todd

Brussel Sprout Salad - Looking for new ways to consume these small green beads of flavour can sometimes be hard work, so why not eat them in their purest form!?

Jun 10

Jun 10 Melting Sweet Potatoes with Garlic Brown Butter

Lee Majhen-Todd

Melting Sweet Potatoes with Garlic Brown Butter. This sweet potato dish is deep with flavour from the chicken stock and rich with flavour from the garlic brown butter, resulting in potatoes that melt into a soft and delicious side dish.

Jun 4

Jun 4 Cauliflower Rice with Buttered Sweetcorn and Peas

Lee Majhen-Todd

This is seriously good cauliflower rice.

Garlicky, buttery and with a fresh hint of lime, it’s the perfect side dish to have with almost everything, and I do have it with almost everything.

Jun 3

Jun 3 Layered Vanilla Sponge Cake with Rainbow Sprinkles

Lee Majhen-Todd

Layers of sweet butter cream covering soft delicate cake with the tartness of jam, all in all a slice of heaven with or without a cup of tea.

If you’ve never butter creamed the outside of a cake before, be brave, it’s really easy to do.

May 14

May 14 Tuna Cakes

Lee Majhen-Todd

Tinned Tuna Cakes recipe for Karbon Homes using pantry ingredients .This easy and incredibly tasty recipe uses ingredients you’ve probably got in your pantry and fridge. Cooking should be fun, no stress and this dish is just that .

No need to spend hours in the kitchen, these tinned tuna cakes will soon be added to the family cook book.

May 2

May 2 Goat Cheese Caprese Salad with Goat Cheese & Walnut Pesto

Lee Majhen-Todd

Goat Cheese Caprese Salad with Goat Cheese & Walnut Pesto- Caprese salad is always a popular choice to add a tri-colour plate to a buffet table, but adding St Helens Farm Mature Goats Cheese & walnut pesto sends it into a spiralling taste sensation!

May 2

May 2 Spicy Peanut Butter Spaghetti Noodles with Carrot & Tomatoes

Lee Majhen-Todd

Spicy Peanut Butter Spaghetti Noodles with Carrot & Tomatoes recipe for Karbon Homes. This is such an easy recipe to make and even easier to eat. Using spaghetti instead of noodles make this dish one that can be made quickly with ingredients from the pantry and fridge. A family dish everyone will love to eat .

Apr 17

Apr 17 Chocolate Dipped Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies.

Lee Majhen-Todd

Chocolate Dipped Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies.

Oat cookies are a much-loved treat and most people have some sort of recipe that they fall back on when they have a need for an oaty treat.

Apr 12

Apr 12 Black & White Pinwheel Biscuits.

Lee Majhen-Todd

A pinwheel biscuit is a beautiful thing to behold!

It’s the contrast of the dark and the light, of the vanilla and the chocolate layers together, wrapped around itself making a pretty wheel of biscuit.

Not too sweet, this biscuit is the perfect thing to sit on a plate when visitors come knocking.

Mar 30

Mar 30 Charred Wedge Salad with Tahini Goat Yoghurt Dressing.

Lee Majhen-Todd

The crunch of the toasted breadcrumbs, the slightly salt flavour of St Helens Farm butter and yoghurt, and the tang of zaatar (a perfect mix of toasted sesame seeds, dried sumac salt and other spices) transforms simple lettuce into a side dish that’s special!

Mar 30

Mar 30 Creamy Goats Cheese Dauphinoise Potatoes

Lee Majhen-Todd

Make more or make less, all you have to do is adjust the ingredients!

Inside the steaming hot pot is a dish of potatoes with layers of St Helens Farm yoghurt, milk and cheesy goodness, tasty enough to sit on any table.

Mar 30

Mar 30 Goat Buttered Leeks – The Easy Way

Lee Majhen-Todd

This is the perfect example of a few ingredients coming together into a finished recipe that is easy to make and just as easy to eat.

Goat Buttered Leeks recipe - the easy way

Mar 30

Mar 30 Chocolate & Salted Caramel Self Saucing Pudding

Lee Majhen-Todd

Chocolate & Salted Caramel Self Saucing Pudding recipe . A warm dessert of chocolate with a decadent sauce of salted caramel and chocolate, and with no more effort than it takes to boil a kettle.

With the use of St Helens Farm butter and milk to add extra indulgence to this pudding, it’s easy to see why this is a favourite!

Mar 25

Mar 25 Rolled Lamb Breast with Meat Sauce

Lee Majhen-Todd

Lamb is such a great meat, but I do find some of the more popular cuts are expensive.

Rolled lamb breast is overlooked a lot by lamb lovers, and I think I have a reason for this.

Well, let’s be honest about it, it’s not he most photogenic of meats when cooked, but if you’ve not sank your teeth into this, it’s well worth switching the oven on.

Mar 20

Mar 20 Chicken, Leek & Yellow Pepper Tart

Lee Majhen-Todd

Chicken, Leek & Yellow Pepper Tart, a recipe I make for a light lunch, when friends come over for an afternoon of chats or as part of an afternoon alone when I just want to get my book out and munch on something comfortable and full of flavour.

You know I love chicken, so more often than not there’ll be some part of a chicken in my fridge, and this is another way I get to use every bit of the leftovers.

Mar 18

Mar 18 White Chocolate Dipped Chocolate Shortbread with Tahini Buttercream Filled Biscuits

Lee Majhen-Todd

Tahini buttercream is an amazing alternative to peanut butter buttercream, and as much as I love a bit of peanut butter, the taste of tahini buttercream brings bakes up to another level of deliciousness.

The subtle taste of sesame seeds is amazing sandwiched in between chocolate biscuits and helps to bring out the richness of the biscuits.

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