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Easy Carbonara Recipe

Ingredients Should feed 4 people 500g pancetta bacon chopped into small chunks (I used 2 packets of Cure and Simple Pancetta) 2 shallots chopped finely 10 mushrooms of your choice chopped finely 6-8 cloves garlic depending on how many vampires you’re trying to ward off 400g of your favourite noodle pasta (We can’t be having […]

The best corned beef pie recipe ever

Feeds 4-8 depending how hungry you are Ingredients 2 tins of corned beef (roughly 300g each) chopped into small chunks 6 medium to large potatoes for mashing 3 medium sized carrots chopped finely 4 shallots chopped Around 15g fresh thyme, leaves only leave out the stalks. I used roughly half a 30g pack from Tesco […]

Superfood overnight oats

Coconut, chia seed, bee pollen and honey overnight oats Ingredients 50g oats 125ml protein yogurt splash of whole milk 2 teaspoons chia seeds 1/2 an apple either chopped finely or julienned 2 teaspoons shredded coconut 2 teaspoons honey 2 teaspoons bee pollen Instructions Mix the oats, chia seeds, coconut and honey with the splash of […]

Burger Theory Review at Kongs Cardiff

So after two shakey starts I thought I’d give Burger Theory @ Kongs in Cardiff another try and was hoping for 3rd time lucky on Saturday. I’d had an invite for the opening night back towards the end of last year but double booked myself and had a few things on being the run up […]

Pork Bahn Mi Recipe

Bhan Mi Pork Seasoning Ingredients 500g pork fillet cut into 4 pieces 1 shallot chopped finely 3 cloves of grated garlic 1/2 chilli chopped finely 1 1/2 tablespoons fish sauce 3 tablespoons maggi seasoning sauce 1 tablespoon chinese 5 spice Instructions Mix all of the above in a bowl and and pour onto the pork […]

Negroni recipe

My first taste of a Negroni was the woodland Negroni at Duck and Waffle in London, which I have to admit wasn’t to my taste as it tasted like i’d just necked a bottle of pond water as it was seaped through layers of nature or moss as I’d call it. I wasn’t put off […]

Gin Sake Martini cocktail – sakitini

Ok so I’ve been a late adopter of the classic cocktail the Martini since sampling a bloody filthy one at Lab22 in Cardiff just before Christmas. Not being a fan of Gin till about a year ago and the idea of putting something salty in my drink never really appealed to me before as I […]

Sweet potato, bacon and courgette frittata recipe

Ingredients 2 medium sweet potatoes diced 1 medium red onion 3 – 4 rashers of bacon depending how see through they’ve been cut ¼ chorizo sausage chopped 6 free range eggs 1 courgette 1 chilli chopped 2 cloves of garlic chopped Slithers of your favourite cheese or enough to grate and melt on top to […]