Dinner at Ishtar – a Glimpse of Traditional Turkish Cuisine in London: A year or so ago I was asked to visit Istanbul on a world foods trip. Although it was only a whistlestop 24-hour trip, it gave me a real insight into Turkish cuisine and a real appetite for more. So I was delighted […]
Festive Turkey Meal for Two Made Easy
Easy Turkey Dinner for Two – Christmas Made Simple: Christmas lunch is one of those sacrosanct meals that you just need to make special. If you have a big family, in many ways it’s easy – albeit hard work. You buy a big turkey – you prepare everything in advance as much as possible – […]
How to Carve a Turkey – Tom Copas Demonstrates
Visiting Copas Turkey Farm for a Turkey Carving Lesson: Just outside Maidenhead, at Kings Coppice Farm, Tom Copas Senior has been farming turkeys since 1957, when his own father gifted him 153 turkeys. Having been lucky enough to be sent a sample of a Copas Turkey (and offered one to give away to London-Unattached readers), […]
Copas Christmas Turkey Review
Copas Turkey – not just for Christmas: Those of us who write food and lifestyle blogs know only too well that turkey is not just for Christmas. Whilst we might not start Christmas planning QUITE as early as the supermarket product development specialists, many of us do spend a few happy days in the summer […]
Turkey Pirate Ships for the #TurkeyTractorChallenge
Turkey THREE ways – turning a Turkey Meatball into a Pirate Ship. Mea Culpa – I was in far too much of a hurry when I went shopping to create my Mozzarella Turkey Meatballs. The result was that, although I bought red tractor turkey and onions and used Hillfarm rapeseed oil, I managed to skip the […]
Turkey Mozzarella Meatballs Two Ways
Cooking with Turkey – Mozzarella Stuffed Turkey Meatballs: This recipe started as part of a blogger challenge to cook ‘Pirate Themed’ food with British Turkey. I’m not quite there yet…but I’m so pleased with these meatballs I’m going to share the recipe anyway. The inspiration comes from a recent evening learning about Mozzarella and then […]
#Christmas #Giveaway – Turkey Crown from Donald Russell
Win your Christmas Lunch with Donald Russell: Does organising christmas lunch leave you in despair? All those traditional bits and pieces you know you need to provide to stop a family war breaking out, which turkey to pick to keep everyone happy from your ethical daughter who only wants free range meat to your foodie […]
Low Calorie Turkey Bolognese – A 5:2 Diet Recipe
Turkey Bolognese – a Low Calorie 5:2 Diet Recipe: This dish of bolognese sauce made with turkey leftovers scores no points for authenticity. But, it is a delicious, low fat, low calorie way to enjoy leftovers of turkey from Christmas (or chicken) and a good example of how making a few simple changes in what you eat […]
The Last Turkey of Christmas
Potted Turkey – My Last Stand! It is that time of year when if you tried cooking a turkey, you might just be wondering what on earth to make next! I was rather pleased with the Tom Yum soup and the Meatballs. But, right at the moment, I don’t feel much like eating turkey again […]
5:2 Diet Frugal Fasting – Turkey Leftovers
5:2 Diet Frugal Fast Days – Using up that Turkey: One of the biggest challenges of the 5:2 diet for me has been how to cope with family Christmas. To some extent I haven’t tried too hard. One advantage of the 5-2 diet, so far as I can tell so far, is that it DOES […]