Albondigas (Spanish Meatballs)

I love meatballs! What can I say! There’s something so satisfying in them. I especially love the Spanish version called albondigas. I always order them in Spanish restaurants and always eat the lion’s share. So, making them at home is dangerous as I have a tendency not only to eat them from the pan, before [...]

Sausage with Fava Beans

I’d bought some gourmet lamb sausages a few weeks ago and have been meaning to use them ever since. I love the combination of sausages with grains and pulses so knew this dish would be delicious. It’s a really simple dish to make. You don’t have to hunt out lamb sausages, it would work equally [...]

Chicken in Brandy and Herbs

A delicious little herby number for some chicken. It’s very simple and tasty. I love a meal that just sits in a pot getting tastier and tastier while you get stuck into the wine. Perfect. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL RECIPE:

Chorizo with Baked Rice and Eggs.

Here’s another magnificent one-pot Spanish dish. I was inspired by my Lebanese Chicken Fattee to create something which could feed us from the one pot. It saves a lot of hassle and washing up after all. This was an ideal little dish and really tasty to boot. I couldn’t stop eating! RECIPE:

Saffron Roast Potatoes

The distinctive, yet subtle flavour of saffron makes this delicious side dish really stand out in both taste and colour. The vibrant yellow of saffron does it’s magic on the potatoes and will guarantee a ripple of applause from either yourself or your guests when it comes out the oven. Just make sure nobody’s looking [...]

Spanish Quail & Proscuitto Croquettes

I had a couple of quails leftover from something (I forget when), They’d been in the freezer for a while so needed to get rid of them. This great recipe immediately jumped out. Being a child of the 70s I love croquettes. I’d made these before but used chicken – to be honest the taste [...]

Prawns with Garlic, Herbs and Wine

There are times I wish I hadn’t set a precedent of cooking from scratch every night. Tonight was one of those nights. All I wanted to do after work was heat up some oven chips and make some chip sandwiches. Sadly oven chips do not exist in my house, so after a little scour in [...]

Chicken with Garlic & White Wine

I missed a couple of posts – apologies, but I’ve been quite unlucky of late with my recipe choices neither of which will feature on this site. Bad and bad – firstly a dreadful parsnip puree I had on good authority was delicious, instead was a rancid metallic nightmare. And most recently Balinese duck – [...]

Cauliflower Soup with Chorizo

I called upon this delicious soup that I’d made a while back for my first course. It’s a deliciously mild flavour, tarted up with a zing of smoky chorizo sausage. It went down a treat! give it a go, it’s lovely. RECIPE:

Spaghetti with Chorizo and Prawns

This is a delicious pasta sauce. Seriously delicious and seriously easy! I just love the smoky taste of paprika and I am properly addicted to chorizo. Those Spaniards! RECIPE: