Tag: Cooking

Smoked Salmon & Summer Vegetable ‘Risotto’

Smoked Salmon & Summer Vegetable ‘Risotto’

Tonight I was staying at my parents’ house, and it was just going to be my mum and I as my dad was away.  We both like to eat the same thing and we both eat a similar diet.  Her’s is the Specific Carbohydrate Diet 

Huevos Rancheros with Chorizo

Huevos Rancheros with Chorizo

Typically a Mexican Brunch dish, I’ve become a big fan of Huevos Rancheros recently.  I love the spicy tomato flavour paired with the gooey egg and I also add avocado on mine to cool everything down. Breakfast? Brunch? Lunch? Dinner? Doesn’t matter – I could 

Easy Guacamole

Easy Guacamole

Heading home for Father’s Day, the plan was for my brother and I to cook lunch for my dad – hopefully a BBQ, but in England you always need a backup plan in case the weather doesn’t cooperate. Luckily, the weather looked as if it 

Caprese Chicken ‘Pasta’ with Courgetti Spaghetti

Caprese Chicken ‘Pasta’ with Courgetti Spaghetti

This post was published on my Courgetti Spaghetti Recipe Round-Up Tonight the weather was a bit miserable so I wanted something warming and comforting.  Not able to eat ‘pasta’ as such, I decided on cooking a Courgetti Spaghetti dish using my Spiralizer.  Longing to be back 

Forest Fruit & Blueberry ‘Cheese’Cake

Forest Fruit & Blueberry ‘Cheese’Cake

Heading to a hen party tomorrow, I wanted to make something a little bit special (but still healthy – so that I could eat it).  I’m not usually a huge fan of sweet things, and would always pick cheese over a dessert, but I knew 

Honey & Mustard Grilled Chicken Salad

Honey & Mustard Grilled Chicken Salad

This post was featured on my Summer Salad Recipe Round-Up What an ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ end to my day today.  Walking past Liberty’s on my way home tonight I bumped into these two loons, promoting their new movie.  They really do seem as nuts and funny 

Family BBQ

Family BBQ

The weather today was much better than expected and Dan had some of his extended family over so we all decided to do a BBQ at his mum’s house in St Albans. Having said before that Dan doesn’t cook, he does in fact do a mean 

Salmon and Swede(s)

Salmon and Swede(s)

Tonight’s dinner had to be a quick and easy, but tasty one, for two reasons… BODY PUMP class doesn’t finish until 7.30 Our hungry guests were arriving at 7.30!!! Tonight two of our friends from Sweden arrived in town to spend some time with us 

Carrot Cake Muffins with Dates & Pecans (SCD/Paleo)

Carrot Cake Muffins with Dates & Pecans (SCD/Paleo)

It’s my Mummy’s birthday in a couple of days and I’m taking her to Madrid for the weekend.  We’ve usually gone to Portugal or Paris but fancied a change this year, so watch this space for the Madrid Recap!  Our birthdays are less than 2 

Stuffed Mushrooms & A Trip Home

Stuffed Mushrooms & A Trip Home

Feeling like we should probably do some exercise (after last night’s excesses) Dan and I got up this morning and went to our Saturday morning BODYPUMP class.  After that I showered quickly and jumped on the tube out to Essex to spend some time with my 

Prosciutto Wrapped, Feta & Sundried Tomato Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Prosciutto Wrapped, Feta & Sundried Tomato Stuffed Chicken Breasts

After gym class tonight it was back home to prepare dinner.  I’d decided on chicken breasts stuffed with feta and sundried tomatoes and wrapped in prosciutto (mainly because I had feta and sundried tomatoes to use up).  Recently I’ve taken to buying chicken breasts from 

Pan-Fried Harissa Salmon Fillets with Avocado Salsa

Pan-Fried Harissa Salmon Fillets with Avocado Salsa

After yesterday’s BBQ which was pretty meat-heavy, something a bit lighter was on the menu for tonight.  I was originally just going to and easy go-to meal of do Pan-Fried Salmon with the Avocado Salsa but when I opened the fridge to get out the