Category: Recipes
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Organic Christmas: Goats Cheese and Bacon Parcels
THIS POST IS PRODUCED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ORGANIC TRADE BOARD [separator type=”space”] When I was a student I would eat pretty much anything. A particular favourite meal was mayonnaise and sweetcorn sandwiches. I remember them being absolutely amazing at the time, but probably not something I plan to revisit now. As I’ve got older…
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Recipe: Sausage and Toffee Apple Traybake
I’ve been waiting a whole year to share this recipe! Every time I make it it’s a dark Autumn evening. I keep thinking one day I’ll make it, set up some lights and take some great photos, or maybe I’ll make it for a lunch but I never do. This is fabulous comfort food and…
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Meal Prep: 3 Easy Make Ahead Lunches
Planning my meals has been one of the things that’s made the biggest difference to how I eat. It’s made me healthier, and it’s saved me money. Make ahead lunches were my first forays into meal planning. I used to get to lunch time, starving, and realise there was basically nothing in the house. Prompting…
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Recipe: Blueberry & Blue Cheese Burger
Did you know today is National Burger Day? I didn’t until I started getting emails telling me it was National Burger Day. My first instinct was to raise an eyebrow and disbelieve that such a thing existed. But then I got several emails, from several PRs. Most of them were trying to get me to…
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Recipe: Strawberries and Cream Overnight Oats
We’re right in the middle of Wimbledon fortnight right now. That has meant not only that I have I spent many afternoons watching some VERY exciting tennis, but also that I get the urge to make things with strawberries a lot. I eat strawberries on their own, I put strawberries in my smoothies, I get…
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Recipe: Preserved Lemon & Coriander Chicken with Fruit & Nut Cous Cous
Todays recipe is inspired by a tasting event I went to a couple of weeks ago with the Women’s Tennis Association. Each year the WTA hold a pre-Wimbledon party at the Roof Gardens in Kensington. Guests tuck into all sorts of delicious canapes and specially chosen wines. Being just a few days before the tournament…
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How to Make Your Own Tortilla Chips
Recently I discovered how to make own tortilla chips. I love it when I discover things that are super easy to make. I would like to think of myself as some kind of budding Nigella, baking and making delicious home cooked meals from scratch, but in fact I’m just far too lazy. Plus I can’t…
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Retro Chick Cooks: Cranberry and Maple Syrup Sweet Potatos
I told you I wasn’t going to give up on this recipe lark! After Octobers nicely seasonal Pumpkin Pasta recipe I’m back, with another seasonal recipe! This recipe for Cranberry and Maple Syrup Sweet Potatos is actually a side dish. I had mine with meatballs in a cream sauce, but it’s also a perfect dish…
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Retro Chick Cooks: Spiced Pumpkin & Chorizo Pasta
On Monday I promised you a leftover pumpkin recipe. And today here it is. A Pumpkin pasta recipe to be precise. Recipes are a bit of a new thing for me. I did start doing a few many years ago, but with Mr Chick working away a lot the meals I cooked just for myself…