Creamy Chicken with Wild Mushroom and Truffle Sauce from Hello Fresh. Ad: This post was written in conjunction with Hello-Fresh Recipe boxes are a great way to learn how to make new dishes. All your ‘mise en place’ is done – the food arrives ready prepared and portioned. When you need a specific, unusual ingredient […]
5:2 Diet Frugal Fasting – Turkey Leftovers
5:2 Diet Frugal Fast Days – Spicy Turkey Meatballs These low-calorie spicy turkey meatballs are a result of looking for healthy ways to use turkey leftovers. 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. An advantage […]
Mediterranean Chicken Tray Bake and Wine
Delicious Mediterranean style chicken tray bake and a fabulous wine pairing. What do you do when you are craving roast chicken but you live by yourself. Or when you have a pack of chicken thighs or drumsticks but don’t want a casserole. So long as your chicken pieces still have skin (and preferably some bone) […]
Classic Coq Au Vin Recipe
Coq Au Vin – A Classic Recipe from my Childhood: Now I’m well past my forties, I’ve become a firm believer that fifty is the new twenty. Despite that, I increasingly find myself spotting things that were significantly different when I was growing up. There are certain foods which really seem to have changed in terms […]
Turkey Breast Paupiettes with Pickled Walnut, Apple and Sage
Christmas in a Parcel – Turkey Breast Paupiettes with Opies Pickled Walnuts. #Ad: Written in Conjunction with Opies It’s that time of year again! The festive season when everyone else seems to be planning a feast for 500 or so. For those of us with small families, though, I’m sharing some of the options around […]
Roast Chicken Supremes with Tarragon
Tarragon Roast Chicken Supremes Recipe Given half a chance I buy my meat from a butcher or from the local farmers’ market rather than from the supermarket. In the case of the butcher, I have rather a good ‘almost local’ butcher a few stops south on the tube. But, that’s a special journey, which only […]
Mexican World Tour – Simple Chicken Mole
Spicing it up with Simple Chicken Mole: A simple mole is something of a contradiction in terms. According to Wiki an authentic mole will have anything from 20 to over 30 ingredients and will comprise at least 3 different chillis, in addition to ingredients to create a balance of five different taste sensations, including hot […]
Gressingham Duck Recipe – A Special Dinner – Chinese Roast Duck
Gressingham Duck Recipe. Duck is hugely underrated meat, and I really can’t think why. If you like beef, and you like chicken as well then, while duck is not exactly a mix of the two, trust me, you’ll like it. The meat from duck is also very low in fat, so if you are watching […]
Sichuan Chicken Recipe – Stir Fry Szechuan Chicken
Sichuan Chicken Recipe to make at home You may remember I went to the School of Wok for a day of Chinese cookery. I was particularly thrilled with the Sichuan Chicken recipe we made and wanted to share it with London Unattached readers, but not until I’d checked with the School they were happy for […]
Sous-Vide Balsamic Duck Breast – a Thermocook Recipe:
Thermocook Sous-Vide – Balsamic Duck Breast: One of the biggest attractions for me of the Thermomix was having a kitchen utensil that was really multi-functional. I’ve never quite been able to justify spending over a thousand pounds though. So, I was (and still am) really excited to be given the opportunity to review and use […]