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Sorry there is no picture but I haven’t cooked these yet. We have a tradition in my section at work called “pies”. If any event occurs that’s worthy of some sort of recognition then the person involved is required to put on pies. Some of these events include birthdays, promotions, retirements and even speeding fines [...]

Agape Technologies is a company that operates a large network of recipe sites. Browsing through their home page they list 10 sites, most of the sites are large recipe databases, though they also have a site on chocolate history. If you add the chocolate history site to the chocolate drink site and the chocolate desert [...]

This is a variation on the traditional shepherds pie recipe that is low fat and low carb. It’s great comfort food on a cold day and is easy enough for just about anyone to cook. Ingredients 750gm Low Fat Beef Mince 2 finely chopped celery stalks 1 Medium sized Carrot (diced) 1 Large Onion (diced) [...]

It’s approaching the deep dark depths of winter here which is a great time for comfort food. And it doesn’t get much more comfortable than a flavorsome beef stew. If you’re looking for a step by step recipe with a detailed list of ingredients then don’t bother reading any further. This one is about fundamental [...]

2cups water 500gm smoked cod (or other fish) 4rashes bacon onion garlic 2medium potatoes 2 1/2cups milk 3T P Flour Tin of crab meat or seafood extender or other seafood include prawns, scollops, mussels 2tsp lemon juice can creamed corn cup of rice 1. boil the smoked fish simmer 10mins…then drain keeping one cup as [...]

I love tinned tomatoes, they are cheap and make a great base for a thousand different sauces. The foodies out there might say it’s cheating and you should use fresh, but I work for a living and there is nothing easier than opening a can of tomatoes, adding a few fresh ingredients and coming up [...]

Back here I wrote about the first time I ever tried to cook a roast. Well I did it all again and it went just as well, I even remembered to make the gravy. The other thing I did differently was used foil pie tins to cook the vegetables in. Instead of just drizzling the [...]

Here is a pretty basic meal that is easy to jazz up, the only cooking skills you need is to be able to cook a sausage and slice a bread roll. Just by using some good ingredients you’ll come up with a quick and tasty meal. I picked up some good quality lamb and rosemary [...]

These are a quick and easy snack that can be as gourmet as you like, or you can do what I did and use stuff I had in the fridge. For the bases I used small pita breads, turn your grill onto high and place the pita under the grill until one side becomes crisp. [...]

I’ve just got back from an afternoon of almost sailing. We were all set to go for the first race of the summer season, but overnight we’d had snow to sea level, there was a lumpy swell rolling up the river and the wind was gusty. We took a vote and decided we’d be happier [...]