Five of my favourite mains from 2020

Five of my favourite main meals from 2020. The ones I have used repeatedly and found to always be a winner.
Cuban Beef Empanadas & Strawberry Cannoli Tart

Beau Ryan’s recipes are easy to follow, family friendly and economical.
Slow Cooker Beef Ragu & Banbury Apple Pie

The Banbury Pie is linked to a town in Oxfordshire and is from a recipe found in a 1928 newspaper. You will find this and many of these wonderful British recipes in Oats in the North, Wheat from the South: The History of British Baking, Sweet and Savoury by Regula Ysewijn
The WWW Lasagna & Lemon Curd Tiramisu

Relaxing into cooking and trusting yourself is far more important than following a recipe. Often we don’t have the exact ingredients or the correct size pan or piece of equipment and we have to improvise. That’s when the magic happens.
Beef Cheek Daube & Honey Vinegar Pie

Delicious Magazine has outdone themselves for the month of June with their mouthwatering and unusual winter recipes.
Roasted Fillet with Red Wine Rissotto & Pear Tart

The key to this week’s meal is starting with the very best quality meat. By doing this the whole process becomes flawless.
Fifty-fifty bolognese

Here we are slowly and gently entering back into the Wine Wednesday’s with the blessing of the Premier. I do hope you and yours remained well through this difficult and unusual time.
Classic Surf & Turf & Fig Parcels

“The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook.” – Julia Child Hello everyone, Don’t you just love this quote from Julia Child? I know most of us have to diet at some stage or other in our lives, but gosh it’s boring. I’m a great believer in […]
Beef with Bourbon & Cola & Lemon Blueberry Cheescake

Beef with Bourbon & Cola Women’s Weekly Cooking for Friends Pg 45 Blueberry Lemon Meringue Cheesecake Women’s Weekly Cooking for Friends Pg 125 Hi everyone, I hope you have had a great week and tried out some new recipes from your collection of cookbooks. This week I used the slow cooker again (always a bonus […]
Corned Beef & Citrus Delicious

Corned Beef Country Women’s Cookbook (original) Citrus Delicious Taste.com “This magical, marvellous food on our plate, this sustenance we absorb, has a story to tell, a journey. It leaves a footprint. It leaves a legacy………” Joel Salatin Hi everyone, No truer words could be said than when applying them to the Country Women’s Association […]