Dinner recipes

Homemade Gnocchi I had a fantastic weekend, generally cooking and eating lots of fabulous things. There’s nothing like a bit of time to spend pottering in the kitchen, hence homemade gnocchi. I tried making this once at university with pumpkin I think, anyway it was a disaster, the high water content in the pumpkin just made gloopy […]

Pizza I don’t normally go in for homemade pizza, I would much rather make flatbread pizzas, so much quicker! But, dinner was left up to Pete and this is what he came up with. Very impressed I was too. He used the Jamie Oliver recipe for pizza dough (he prefers Delia’s though) and we got 4 […]

Big Mack Cakes Cheap and easy to make and SO tasty!

Smoked Mackerel Kedgeree Using smoked mackerel is a slightly more sustainable take on the classic smoked haddock variety.

Scallops with Lentils and Roasted Tomato Mmmm, yes more decadent eating. This was a mesh of lots of recipes that I saw, mostly including bacon, so I adjusted them a little bit. In fact, the sweetness of the roasted tomatoes goes really sweet scallops. If you’re not feeling so flash, I think this would go really well with haloumi instead. Another […]

Broad Bean Pilaf I made this with fresh broad beans, but they are another vegetable like the pea that freeze well, so this is just as good with frozen broad beans. I had this with the Mackerel Salad below, but this would be good with curry too. Ingredients 1 onion, finely chopped 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped 1tsp […]

Chickpea burgers These little cakes are a delicious alternative to falafel, serve with pitta, yoghurt, salad and the tomato salsa below. These are also really easy to make, literally mashing chickpeas and frying them. Some obligatory fried onions obviously work a treat here too. This makes enough for 4 people, but I bet these also freeze really […]

The Loveliest Daal A lovely bowl of soft comforting daal. Eat with rice and naan. Counts as one of your 5-a-day too. Its worth making loads of this as it lasts really well and freezes superbly. Ingredients 1 onion, finely chopped 4 cloves garlic, finely chopped small piece ginger, finely chopped 1 red chilli, finely chopped ½ tsp […]

Fish Pie Loosely based on a recipe by Gordon Ramsey, this is seriously the best fish pie I’ve ever tasted. He makes it topped with puff pastry, but why miss a chance to use mashed potato? Use any combination of fish you like (see fish online), prawns or scallops would be a particularly decadent addition. some kind […]

Sweet Vegetable Tagine This is a step up from the ubiquitous vegetable tagines, there is a real depth of flavour here. You can’t really go wrong topping this pine nuts and coriander, they really counteract the sweetness of the tagine, plus I love pine nuts…Anything you can eat with bulghar wheat yoghurt is always a winner for me […]