This post contains an affiliate links. I first tried Cinnamon Pineapple last year at a Brazilian steakhouse restaurant on Christmas Day. My first thoughts were, ugh, hot pineapple - that sounds wrong. No! I was the one that was wrong - ...
Savoury Dishes
The Ultimate Mushrooms on Toast
For such a simple meal, there are so many combinations of ingredients that can go into making Mushrooms on Toast. This is a dish that I take seriously and have spent several years trying to perfect. This is more of a breakfast recipe ...
Low Fat, Speedy Spicy Seafood Pasta
Like a lot of families, we are constantly on the lookout for fresh, new mid week meals. We are all fans of flavour in this house though. Bland dishes just will not do. This spicy seafood pasta or spicy shrimp pasta dish is perfect for when ...
Piri Bacon Potato Cakes
Now the weather has turned colder, its much more pleasant to get back in the kitchen. After 12 weeks of lockdown, we are needing inspiration for savoury meals. Lunchtimes in particular feel in need of a revamp. We recently had a glut of ...
Easy Family Chicken Sausage Pilaf
I wanted to experiment with a dish we quite often eat with sausages: Our Easy Family Chicken Sausage Pilaf. While we are huge fans of risotto in this house, sometimes its just not practical to stand over a stove stirring the rice for over ...
Vegan Parsnip & Carrot Lentil Leftovers Soup
There are so many posts about using up leftovers at this time of year. They are fantastic but mainly presume that the leftovers have already been cooked. What about the people whose fridge vegetable drawers are still bulging and just can't ...
5 Ways to Serve Perfect Poultry
Like a lot of families, our mid week menus consist of a lot of Turkey & Chicken Dishes. I don't know how we would survive without the versatility of poultry in our meals. So readily available, economical and goes with everything - rice, ...
Healthier Oven Baked Vegetable Samosas
Well, that was an unexpected break from baking! After a week laid low with a chest infection (And I've got quite some chest to get infected ;-) )I'm back. Much as I tried to get into the kitchen last week, I simply couldn't stay awake long ...
Storecupboard BBQ CousCous
We are so typically British in this house. First sniff of a sunny afternoon and we utter the words, "Shall we have a BBQ for tea?". I've got a bit of a confession though. I'm not that much of a meat eater. I'll enjoy a burger or kebab but ...
Fresh Lime & Mint Potato Salad with Jersey Royals
This is a sponsored post in collaboration with Tesco & Jersey Royals Potatoes. Much as I love a good buffet or picnic, I am so often left disappointed by the potato salads on offer. None of us Costellos are huge fans of overly creamy ...
