The vegetables are growing fast in the garden, the Pak Choi is ready to be eaten, so my Aunt asked what we could make with these as they need eating now! I decided to have a go at Chicken Laksa, I haven’t made this before but I love it, plus I got to use other … Continue reading Chicken Laksa

Once again we have some Nispero’s to use up, so after racking my brain for what to do I remembered a Tagine recipe I cooked for friends a while ago which had dried apricots in, I thought I would give this a go using Nispero’s replacing the Apricots. What I love about this Tagine is that it isn’t overloaded … Continue reading Chicken Tagine with Rosemary and Nispero’s

After having this dish for tapas in a bar in the next town Almuñécar (free tapas too I might add), a plate of curry and chips :), the curry tasted so good; like chip shop curry back home!! I decided to try to have a go at making this dish. It’s a very simple recipe but the … Continue reading Spanish Style Chicken Curry and Chips 🙂

This dish is a regular for me especially if I have friends over for dinner.  It started from the Cranberry sauce, I made loads of it one Christmas and was trying to think of recipes and ways to just use it up!  Plus I also love blue cheese!  This recipe is a great winter warmer, … Continue reading Chicken Stuffed with Blue Cheese & Cranberry wrapped in Pancetta

This curry is just so tasty you cannot stop eating it!! The smell of this is like when you order a Chinese take away, but the taste is so much better. I always loved satay as I love peanuts and you can use the basis of this recipe to make chicken satay skewers and cook … Continue reading Chicken Satay Curry

Summer is practically here, I already blogged my Chicken Satay Curry recipe but this is the skewers version perfect for the BBQ!! The same marinade ingredients as the chicken satay. If you cook it right it should melt in your mouth!

Last Sunday we all had slightly sore heads from a bit too much ‘vino tinto’ on Saturday night ;-)….so we needed a nice comforting dinner. My Aunt has a cook book by Ghillie Basan, called ‘Tagines & Couscous’ and it has some great recipes in. I decided to try one out, but as usual I … Continue reading Chicken Tagine with Caramelised Pears & Roasted Vegetable Couscous

After a heavy dinner on Sunday night, the only think I fancied eating yesterday was a fresh and tasty salad. My Aunt had made me a salad a few weeks ago using a mango mayonnaise with Thai spices it was so delicious was like a coronation chicken but better. I had also been watching Jamie … Continue reading Chicken Salad with Creamy Mango and Macadamia Nut Dressing

The other evening I visited my Aunt who lives here near the beach, I asked her to cook me something that I could pop on my blog. I just cannot believe she had never made this curry for me before as it is absolutely delicious!! Similar to Tikka Masala but much better than the take away’s … Continue reading Auntie Heather’s Chicken Tandoori Masala

This was a favourite curry of mine as a kid, it was not a family recipe but it was something my Mum would always order from the local Indian take away!! It was always really good; spicy, lemony and tasty. Not many places would have this on the menu but my Mum would always ask if they could … Continue reading Chicken Sambar

Whilst I was making Christmas recipes for the Blog, my Aunt Heather cooked me an amazing dinner. She had 2 very large duck breasts, and as I had just made redcurrant sauce she decided to use some of these for the Duck sauce. The taste was delicious, take a look at the recipe… Serves 3 Ingredients: … Continue reading Heather’s Duck with Redcurrant and Port sauce

This is a quick recipe very similar to my Turkey Meatball Goulash… https://lululemonandlace.com/recipes/comfort-foods/turkey-meatball-goulash-with-cauliflower-rice/ But this is an Italian take on it rather than Hungarian.  I make this fairly often as it is substantial but low fat.  You can serve with spaghetti or linguine, or if you are cutting down on carbs use courgette spaghetti….. Serves 4 … Continue reading Italian Turkey Meatballs

January, it’s cold and we want comfort but at the same time are all trying to stick to a New year’s resolution of healthy living and eating.  I was visiting a friend in London and said I would cook us dinner, she requested it to be low carb and low-fat. This recipe is an old recipe … Continue reading Turkey Meatball Goulash with Cauliflower Rice

I first tried this dish in a restaurant in London called ‘Mestizo’, one of the best authentic Mexican restaurants I have visited in the UK.  This is my version 🙂 Traditionally served in a ‘Molcajete’ which is Mexican Spanish and is a stone tool similar to a pestle and mortar.  We use to call it … Continue reading Salsa Roja Picante en Molcajete

This recipe is a great starter or could be amazing cooked on a BBQ this summer.  These wings are sticky, sweet and sour.  This sourness comes from the Tamarind and lime.  Quite unusually tasty, and moreish. Ingredients: Chicken Wings (enough for a couple per person) I used 14 3 Tbsp. tamarind paste 2 Tbsp. light … Continue reading Tamarind Sticky Wings

Many would turn their noses up to offal, which is such a shame as if cooked well it can be very tasty. I love liver, even as a kid I found it tasty; yes, I was a weird child but it was a favourite of mine.  I have cooked this for friends in the past … Continue reading Chicken Liver Risotto

This is a lovely summery dish, tangy from the lemons, and pretty healthy. You can swap the orzo for rice if you can’t find it, or you can just make the bake with vegetables. Ingredients ½ chicken chopped, skin removed 1 onion diced 1 celery diced 2 carrots diced 2 garlic grated 1” ginger skin … Continue reading Chicken, Lemon and Rosemary Orzo bake

I was lucky enough to travel around Thailand a few years ago, and as I LOVE Thai food I decided to visit a cookery school. There they taught us how to make authentic Thai curry pastes and curries and we got to pick out all of our fresh ingredients from the local markets, it was … Continue reading Thai Green Chicken Curry