My kitchen is a happiest when there’s something spicy going down in it. I actually don’t think there’s much that Hubby and I cook that doesn’t involve some sort of spice, whether it’s of the fragrant variety or the heated.  This delicious recipe is full of both, and while it may look like quite the longest ingredients list don’t be put off by that as you can premix the dry spices ahead of cooking so it really...

FINALLY!  The sun is actually out and its beginning to feel warm!  So before it disappears again, taking our sorry excuse for a summer with it, time to get some appropriate beverages chilling in the fridge, like this easy peasy lemon squeezy homemade sweet iced tea.  The secret ingredient is bicarb, a pinch of which stops the final brew from going cloudy.  But you really can’t go wrong with a glass of this (or a jar, which seems to be...

I’m not entirely convinced that this recipe is in any way authentically creole, but it is authentically delicious and isn’t that what really matters   It’s also another one of my mum’s recipes that I’ve been cooking since Uni (at least) but I’d always made it with chicken…  Until now!  Mum made us her fish version last month and the whole family were completely converted, so much so that I don’t...

The first time Hubby and I went to NYC we found ourselves in this fabulous diner in Chelsea for breakfast, one of those ones in a long railway car, all retro and shiney, and had quite possibly the most delicious french toast ever. It was so good that we had to ask the staff what on earth they had done to it … turns out the magic was using melted vanilla ice cream instead of milk… the crazy geniuses! Needless to say we couldn’t...

Sometimes, you just want to throw something together for supper that’s quick and easy and uncomplicated but without compromising on the tasty.  This is just one of those  dishes, and something that Hubby pretty much made up out of whatever was in the kitchen one night. The big show off…  However, the flavour is that yummy that I can’t hold his genius ability to cook something out of nothing against him And for a dish...