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The recipe for the hummus shown in the pictures below. You’ll need the following: 1 x 400g tin of chickpeas 1 clove garlic The juice of 1/2 a lemon 120g tahini (in my opinion don’t use this much, maybe 90-100g) 1 tbsp olive oil A pinch of paprika 10g toasted pine nuts Pitta to serve … Continue reading Hummus

I’ve used this sauce to create a pasta dish for 1 🙂 2-3 tomatoes 1 large red pepper 1 clove of garlic Splash of oil Mixed herbs 1tbs of ketchup Start by chopping the tomatoes, pepper and garlic into small pieces Grab a frying pan and add the oil, turn up the heat adding the … Continue reading Homemade tomato and pepper sauce

These are brilliant! Half popadom, half naan. To make these the ingredients are: 200g self-raising flour, plus extra for dusting 1⁄2 tsp salt 1 tbsp vegetable oil 100ml water vegetable oil, for frying Brush some cling film with oil | Fine grater or Microplane | Large saucepan | Frying pan | Rolling pin or clean, … Continue reading Roti

This recipe has got to be the best one for a really taste curry. This curry recipe includes a how to make roti to go alongside this dish, I’ll put the method in another post😊 To accomplish this you’ll need: Daal 1 large onion 30g fresh coriander 3 garlic cloves 2.5cm piece fresh ginger 21⁄2 … Continue reading A DELICIOUS curry

I’ll be sharing how I make a nice chickpea curry You’ll need the following:  The paste 2 tbsp oil 1 onion, diced 1 tsp fresh or dried chilli, to taste 9 garlic cloves (approx 1 small bulb of garlic) thumb-sized piece ginger, peeled 1 tbsp ground coriander 2 tbsp ground cumin 1 tbsp garam masala … Continue reading Chickpea curry

Today I’ll be sharing with you my mums fool proof chocolate brownie recipe,  All you’ll be needing is: 250g chocolate  200g butter 200g caster sugar 3 eggs 125g plain flour 50g coco powder Pre heat oven to 160 degrees Melt the butter and chocolate  Whisk sugar and the eggs until they become smooth + creamy … Continue reading Chocolate brownies

In this post I’ll be sharing how I’ve made these delicious pasties, All you will need is the following: 300g potato , peeled and cut into small chunks 100g frozen peas 2 tsp oil 1 onion, sliced 1-2 tsp curry paste (any type) 1 tsp black mustard seeds juice half a lemon handful coriander , chopped 375g pack ready-rolled puff pastry 1 egg, … Continue reading Curried potato pasties

This is a recipe for bread cooked in the slow cooker, its not the same one that I used to make the loaf in the picture but the results to the recipe below would be similar. All you need is: 500g strong wholemeal flour or strong white flour (or a mix of flours, see tip), … Continue reading Slow cooker bread