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Steak Bavette with Chimichurri Sauce
Steak Bavette with Chimichurri Sauce Steak Bavette with Chimichurri Sauce, my favourite cut of steak is the steak bavette in this post I am doing a simple but classic way of cooking bavette or flank. The Bavette steak is a French name for the...
Chicken Jalfrezi
Chicken Jalfrezi Another curry that is not truly authentic, Chicken Jalfrezi is well up there on the UK curry house favourites list. It is not listed in any of the books I have by Indian chefs. The name in rough translation from Bengali means Jhal meaning hot and...
Naan Bread
Naan Bread Is a curry without a Naan Bread even a curry to us in the west, be it a plain naan, garlic and coriander, keema or Peshwari, though to me Peshwari is like eating cake with savoury and not my thing. Fluffy warm bread to dip in your sauce and mop up the...
Aloo Gobi
Aloo Gobi Yes I occasionally cook vegetarian food and it is often Indian, this Aloo Gobi being one of my favourites. Cauliflower (gobi) is so versatile and takes on spice and flavour really well. My choice of potatoes (aloo) is a baby new potato diced up roughly or a...
Depression, Addiction, self-medicating
Depression, Addiction, Self-Medicating Where to start with this post about depression, addiction, self-medicating. Along with wit depression or any mental health issue, the first step to recovery is admitting to yourself that you have a problem. So I have never...
Pork chop with Sauerkraut
Pork chop with Sauerkraut I had a pork chop with mash earlier in the week and had another chop in the fridge, a look in the fridge and an excess of sauerkraut, so an easy choice pork chop with sauerkraut. A dish is common in the south of Germany where they consume a...
The best burger bun
The best burger bun The argument over the best burger bun could go on forever, we see brioche everywhere these days though I find many far too sweet and better suited to a bread and butter pudding than a burger bun, we have the sesame seed buns, the bog-standard...
Perfect Burgers
Perfect Burgers With the amazing weather and time on our hands why not make your own perfect burgers. Everybody loves a good burger and with an early BBQ season on us and all being at home, there is not a better time to make your own perfect burgers. All the fast-food...
Chocolate Cake
Chocolate Cake This is one of the most requested recipes I have done, by far the easiest chocolate cake I have ever made. I first made this getting on for 10 years ago with Ffion. We have made it a number of times over the years and still can not get over how simple...
Ian Callaghan
Ian Callaghan is a mindset coach and meditation expert dedicated to helping individuals overcome self-limiting beliefs and unlock their true potential.