Crab & Lemongrass Broth

I have been looking forward to cooking this for ages, but it seemed like it would be hard, it turned out to be less challenging than I imagined. Finding crab was a bit of an issue. I had originally decided to get a fresh crab, which would have been an adventure in itself as I [...]

Chermoula Tuna

This is the last recipe for me in the African chapter of the World of Flavours book, and every one of them was amazing. This recipe was just as good as all the others. I did struggle a little with co-ordinating things. First you have to cut and marinate the tuna, then thread it onto [...]

Grilled Vegetable Salad

I have been trying to cook some of the vegetable side dishes. I often skip these and for those meals where I am eating at home and have already had my protein for the day I usually just roast some veges. But that gets a little monotonous after a while. This meal was far from [...]

Lamb Cutlets with Roasted Mediterranean Vegetables

This is another recipe I have been meaning to cook for a while. I was initially sceptical because it looked complicated, and there were parts that were definitely challenging. Make sure you have a bit of time to prepare this meal, you will need to marinate the lamb, roast the vegetables then let them cool so you [...]

Stir Fried Beef with Asparagus

I got to use my mortar and pestle for the first time on this recipe. The recipe calls for garlic, coriander and chillies to be combined in a food processor to make a paste. I find that smooshing something together with two bits of rock makes past much easier. Don’t get me wrong, I love [...]

Beef & Salad Burger

Ok, so it doesn’t really seem like a burger if there is no bun, but this was a seriously tasty meal AND it has real caramelised onions on it, not just burnt onions masquerading as caramelised onions. I am also super happy that my photo looks very much like the one in the book, although [...]

Chimichurri Steak

This meal was a bit of a failure. Not only did the chimichurri sauce not work out, I overcooked the steak, ruining perfectly good fillet steak. Oh, and I probably went over the daily allowance for corn. I am not sure why this didn’t work. Gordon’s theory is that I didn’t have enough parsley. Here [...]

Paprika Chicken with Mushrooms & Beans

This is my first post in a couple of days, I have been relaxing (read “being lazy”). I cooked this meal on Friday night and ate the leftovers for dinner yesterday. As my BMI is now under 40 I am down to 1 protein serve a day. That said I am going to start exercising [...]

Spicy Prawns

This meal took me even less time than the pork of the other night. It was helped along by the fact that I bought the salad ready made so just had to put that on a plate. The longest part of cooking the prawns was waiting for Gordon to sort through the spices and pass [...]

Fisherman’s Stew

I love stews. I don’t know why but I really enjoy ladling food into a bowl and eating with with a spoon. Strange? Maybe. I also LOVE seafood although I was initially skeptical about cooking this recipe because the picture in the cookbook put me off a little. The picture showed a stew pot with a red [...]