Asian & Oriental

Thai Red Curry with Chicken and Pineapple

Seafood Char Kuey Teow with Spinach

Egg fried rice with cashew nuts, ginger and lime

Beef and Ginger Noodle Soup

Thai Chicken and Coconut Noodle Soup

Chicken and Prawn Egg Fried Rice

Reheating Rice

Reheating Rice I regularly reheat rice I have cooked up to 4-5 days in advance. I will either zap it in a microwave in a cling film (perforated) covered ramekin with a drop of water, or make a recipe like this. Whilst I am sure there are valid reasons as to why I should be…

Flambéed Pear, Blue Camembert and Walnut Salad.

Dull and wilted salad leaves this is not – I have been making it a bit of a personal mission of mine this summer to see how many new salad concoctions I can come up with. In summer, in particular, I really enjoy having big ‘meal-in-one’ salads and am really enjoying the process of assembling…

Warm chickpea, curly kale and pine nut salad

I would love to claim to be a superfood guru who would wilfully substitute red wine for broccoli juice and live off sprouted mung beans for sustenance. That is not a realistic projection. That does not mean for a moment that there are not certain foods often labelled ‘super’ which I do not thoroughly enjoy…

Chimichurri Tuna Melt Panini

My approach to cooking is most definitely liberal – then again I would extend that statement to much of life in general. Whilst there are times that I will follow instructions to the letter (I do enjoy reading a product manual more than the average Joe), there is many the occasion that I will not…