Slow Cooked Mexican Beef & Mango Galettes

Hi everyone! This slow cooked beef is just another upmarket fajitas and what family doesn’t like fajitas. The meat is wonderfully tender and the flavour is rich and delicious. I recommend cooking this the day before as the flavours infuse really well. It called for tequila and as I have mentioned before, this blog […]
Beef & Prune Tangine & Strawberry & Coconut Cake

If I haven’t said it before I will say it now, this Modern Classics book is a must for all everyday type cooks like me. It can make you look really good, trust me. This beef recipe is very simple, economical (because you are using a cheaper cut of meat) and extremely tasty.
Steaks with Whisky Cream Sauce & Rockmelon Ice-cream

This brings back memories of actual dinner parties in the 70’s and early 80’s when we thought we were just so very modern and on trend. I decided I wanted to go back in time and try some of the old dinner party recipes from Women’s Weekly.
Beef Bourguignon Pies & Balsamic Strawberries

This Bourguignon would be great made up and frozen as the flavours would settle into the meat even more and it is just a wonderful meal to have on hand. So very easy with the ready-made pastry and frozen chips as recommended in the recipe.
Thai Beef Salad and Lime & Raspberry Tart

This menu was a great summer night menu. I have made various Thai Beef salads over the years but this one just hit the spot. I did, as suggested and added and subtracted. I added blanched asparagus, mango, avocado and beautiful little tomatoes.
Beef steak with scent of Chianti rub & Tiramisu

The rub is easy to make up and keeps in the fridge for up to four days so anything left over can be used at a later date. This was nice but you know what at the end of the day a steak is a steak is a steak!!