Chicken pies are just great and this recipe is for 6 small pies or about 20 ramekin sized pies which are excellent for a snack instead of the usual snack types. Just load them onto a tray with teaspoons and believe me your guests will love them. I had similar little...
Thai green vegetable curry
This Thai vegetable curry is mild with a coconut cream sauce that makes vegetables taste like nothing you have ever tasted before. There are so many of us who don't eat enough vegetables and what I usually do is have Chinese food when I feel I need more vegetables in...
Traditional steamed Christmas pudding
This Christmas pudding recipe really needs a scale, I have tried to get it to cups but depending on the size of some of the ingredients, whether they are chopped or not etc... just does not do it justice. Head on over to the appliances section and get one, they are...
Scotch eggs
Scotch eggs are simply delicious and perfect for breakfast or lunch with a nice salad. Having them in the fridge over weekends allows you to whip up a great meal in seconds but beware, they seldom last long enough. They are great hot or cold and take little effort to...
Paella
There are loads of Paella recipes around and this one is a fairly traditional Paella recipe which uses spicy sausage, chicken and prawns but you can add other ingredients to it to suit your own taste. Some like to add mussels, some like more chicken and less sausage....
Braised brisket
Brisket has got to be one of the most under rated cuts of meat around. the best part of it is that the cooking methods that suit it best are slow cooking like braising, so it is almost impossible to muck it up no matter how inexperienced you are in the kitchen. It...
Fish in beer batter
Fish and chips just like the take away makes it. This is a light and crunchy beer batter good for any white fish. Kingklip is my favorite. The Crispy beer batter is what makes fish and chip shops famous, so here you go, try this crispy fish batter. It is so much...
Pork with mint and green beans
Pork is really cheap right now and this is a really fresh tasting pork recipe that is quite unlike any other pork recipe I have tried. It's a really nice change, fresh and healthy that went really well with tagliatelle pasta. Give it a try, it's simple and economical...
Hertzoggies
Hertzog cookies are just the best little tarts, everyone loves them. They are an apricot version of lemon meringue pie with a hint of coconut. these days you can buy frozen pastry which makes them so easy to make, you can have a dozen hertzoggies straight from the...
Mushroom starters
Mushroom bruschetta are ideal if you are having people over or want something tastier than chips when watching a great DVD. That Salticracks ad of the beginning of the month, middle of the month, end of the month salticracks got me making these. They are really simple...

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