Some days all you need is a bowl of pasta. I feel a little sorry for pasta these days. The ‘clean eating’ crowd have made it almost a sin to enjoy this much loved easy and simple ingredient. These guys have more or less put pasta under the same category of bad foods as frozen ready-meals. But pasta has been serving the Italians, and Mediterranean diets, perfectly well for a very long time. For me this is a key ingredient, it crops up on my meal plan once, or twice, a week as it is so versatile and is perfect for a quick yet delicious meal. This Pappardelle with Pork and Sage Meatballs…
Creamy Sauce
Chicken wrapped in Parma Ham with a White Wine Sauce and Courgettes
Do you have plans this Valentine’s Day? Or do you simply see this day as grossly commercialised? I wouldn’t say I am a huge fan who goes all out but then I am not going to say no to a bunch of flowers and a nicer meal out than our usual Tuesday night pizza and beer dinner date! ‘Can you not show your love all year round?’ or ‘It’s such a pain going out the same night as everyone else’ the pessimists say. The fact is while this shouldn’t be your only night to spend time with your loved one, most of us are often busy….
Classic Fish Pie
I think after the news this week, we could all do with a little comfort food this weekend. I had one guy tweet me this week saying that he wishes more women were at home baking treats like myself, that a woman’s place is in the kitchen (I assume that he means the kitchen at home seeing as the top leading chefs in the world are mostly men and women are of small numbers in their kitchens…). I would like to point out that actually I have a full time career in digital marketing…