I am sure that I’m not the only one finding cooking 3 meals per day (and thinking about the occasional healthy snack) something of a challenge at the moment. I LOVE COOKING and yet it has tested my patience, resolve, ingenuity and stress levels as time has passed. If a full-time chef could have been[Read More]
slow cooking
One-For-The-Pot Chicken, Apple and Lentil Casserole
Despite warm weather on the horizon (maybe even a mini heatwave over the Easter weekend!) the evenings are still chilly and we’re still eating warming food from the oven rather than from the barbecue until then. But I have been giving the traditional slow-cooked casserole mix something of a summery lift and boosting the protein[Read More]
Pork & Bean Winter Casserole
I love a stew, casserole or slow-cooked dish that is meltingly tender and full of flavour, especially in the winter months (although I have been known to knock-up a casserole on a summer’s day when the mood takes me and the salad fayre starts to pale in interest). This is a pork one paired with[Read More]
Slowly Does It!
My mailbag frequently has a request for a slow cooker recipe suitable for bariatric eating – and never more so than at this time of year when most of us are back from work late; need a nourishing meal on the table for family in record time; and the meal invariably needs to[Read More]