Cucumber jelly

We have quite a few cucumbers at the moment, and I was wondering what to do with them I’m not a fan of pickled cucumber so that is out the window. So, I looked on my preserving books and came across cucumber jelly I then researched it online and thought why not give it a

Sweetcorn, chilli, and pepper relish

The corn on the cob is ready and so far, this year we have beat the rats and the mice to it which is a bonus. We have had a few on the BBQ and they were amazing but there are so many of them I decided to do sweetcorn, chilli, and pepper relish. I

Tuna Pasta Bake

Its time to make my lunch for the week and its going to be tuna pasta bake since I have already made the pasta just the tuna sauce bit to do. I know on my blog you dont see much about fish because Im not a big fan of it and Im scared of fish

Chuck it in quick stir fry

Now I bet you are wondering what I was going to do with the other half of the tin of pek well a chuck it all in stir fry So, I chop up one onion, one banana shallot, one carrot one yellow pepper, two chestnut mushrooms and one white mushroom. I chuck them into the

Cheesey mac and cheese with a bit of heat

Time to make one of my lunches for the week. Since I wanted to play with the pasta shape maker and make macaroni, I decided to make mac and cheese. As far as I can remember I don’t think I have ever made mac and cheese, so this is going to be fun, yes it

Super cheesy chicken pasta bake

 know two posts in one day amazing since I haven’t written anything for a while. But I still have half a tub of ricotta to use up. I slice up a leek, 2 white onions and 2 banana shallots. I leave them on the chopping board. I spray the pan with 1 cal cooking spray.

Burger relish

I think my head of department knows when I’m about to try a new recipe that I need jars for as she dropped some on my desk during the week. I was reading through one of my preserving books and saw a recipe on burger relish. So on a lunch time at work between watching

My version of chicken tikka masala

Lunch number to for my lunch for work. I made the tikka paste last week and so I thought I would use it this week. So I’m going to make chicken tikka masala with vegetables. It might not be exactly like normal chicken tikka but this is my version of it. I cook the paste

Chicken and mushroom noodle stir fry

It’s Sunday again. For some unknown reason I woke up at 6am who knew there were two 6 o’clocks on a Sunday. So up I get. Give mum her mother’s day presents she’s happy with them. So time to make a mess in the kitchen. So dish number one for my lunch for work. I

Balti chicken and tomato wild rice

It’s Sunday and time to make my lunch for the week. This is one of two dishes. I have left over balti paste from last week so I’m going to use it up. I cut up 1 ½ chicken breasts and put them in a bag I then add the balti paste and mix it

Chicken balti

Lunch post number two. So when I make curry it kinda always tastes the same doesn’t matter what curry it is and it doesn’t always taste quite right, so I’m going to try one more time to make curry from scratch. To start I make the balti paste. I chop up two massive onions put

Red pepper chili chicken noodles

It’s Sunday and it’s sunny again. It’s time to make my lunch for the week. I have been meaning to try my red pepper and chilli sauce that I made in the summer. So I was thinking what to use it in. I know ill do noodles to try it. I cut up 1 red

Spring vegetable soup

It’s a sunny Sunday for once and I can see blue sky which makes me happy. Its time to cook my lunch for the week. As I said in a previous post I was going to make soup to go with the oatcakes. It took a while to decide on what to make but I

Chicken lasagna

It’s Sunday and I need to make my lunch for work. I’m doing two different dishes this week the first one is chicken lasagna. Now I’m guessing you have figured out why I made the basil pasta earlier. To start the dish off I make the meat sauce. I boil the kettle. I put a

Potato, chicken and mushrooms

Last post of the day and this is my other lunch for this week. I saw the recipe in the potato book (yes chemistry teacher I said the potato book). I looked at it an thought I like the look of it but I want to make it my own so I added stuff and

Cheesy chicken tomato bake

It’s a sunny Sunday and I need to cook my lunch for the week. So this is dish number one. I go to the top of the garden armed with scissors. I cut several sticks of celery and I pull some leeks out of the ground. There is something very satisfying to be able to

Cheesy onion mash bake

What to do with left over mash potato. I think I will make cheesy onion mash bake. So I get the left over mash out of the fridge. I get a white onion from the garage. I find the cheese from the fridge. I go in the cupboard of dread praying nothing falls out and

Stuffed peppers

So last post of the day. This is my other lunch for the week. I weigh out 10g of beef mince and put it in a pan. I cut up 1/2 a red onion and grate ¼ of a carrot. I put I all in a pan with a good splash of sesame oil. I

Sloppy Giuseppe sort of

So it’s time to make my lunch for the week this is dish one of two. I boil the kettle. I put 4 sundried tomatoes and a small handful of dried mushrooms in a bowl. I then pour boiling water over them and leave them to rehydrate. I chop up a red onion and ½

Spicy chicken rice

Happy new year to anyone reading my blog. So first things first it’s Sunday and I need to make my lunch for the week. Don’t tell anyone but I don’t want to go back to work I’m so liking my 8am lay ins then a whole hour or two of TV while I drink coffee

Posh pizza

It’s coming up to lunch time on a cold wet horrible Wednesday. So I decide to make a posh pizza for lunch. I get the filo pastry out. I line a baking tray with baking paper. I lay one sheet of filo on the baking tray. I crack on egg in to a mug and

Fajitas

I’m making Sunday lunch but not the traditional English Sunday lunch. I’m making fajitas. I cut up 5 white mushrooms, 3 banana shallots, one red onion, one white onion and 5 cherry tomatoes and one red pepper. I cut up three chicken breasts. I put it all in the pan and cook it. I then

Breakfast Danish pastrys

I started this recipe yesterday as it takes two days to make. Well the pastry takes two days to make. I asked my friend the biology teacher and my friend the chemistry teacher what they thought of this recipe and they both said it sounded nice. It’s only taken me two weeks to get round

Chicken leek mushroom pie

Second dish for my lunch this week. A certain chemistry teacher said do you only cook with hot hot chili sauce I said wait till my next post and guess what this hasn’t got any hot hot chilli sause in. So I can cook with out it. Plus I don’t think chicken, leek and mushroom

My bolognese my way

So the second dish for my lunch. Is bolognese. So I go in the garden and cut four stalks of celery and I cut some thyme. I come in the house and wash them. Then I cut the celery up and a few of the good leaves. I then cut up two white onions, two

Chicken pasta mess up

Dish number two for lunch this week. I had trouble naming this one as I was going to call it three types as it got three different onions, tomatoes and mushrooms in it but then I thought that was too boring and so I came up with chicken pasta mess up. This recipe has been

Bbq chicken pasta

It’s Sunday and it’s sunny outside. Time to cook my lunch for the week. So lunch number one is bbq chicken pasta. Make the homemade bbq sauce first. 150 g tomato ketchup, 4 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce, 4 tablespoons of clear honey, 2 teaspoons of dried chilli flakes, 2 teaspoons of my homemade mustard and

Spicy chicken noodles

So dish number two for lunch for work. I chop up ½ a red onion, two white onions, 1 banana shallot. In the frying pan I put sesame seed oil and 1 cal stir fry spray. I let it heat up I then add in the onion and let it soften. I chop up 1

Tomato pasta

Time to cook. What to cook to day. I have some tomato sauce that I need to use up. I made the tomato sauce during the summer when we had millions of tomato’s. It was meant to be tomato ketchup but it wasn’t thick enough so I decided it would be a sauce and I

Crazy lasagne

So I made cheese yesterday and pasta today there was a reason for this and this is it. I’m making lasagna. Well the pasta was resting in the fridge while I made the sauce. First go up the garden pick the baby celery, peppers and get some onions out of the garage. In the house