wholegrain egg fried rice recipe

Ingredients 1 cup of rice 2 medium carrots 1/2 savoy or hispi cabbage 5 spring onions 1 shallot 4 cloves garlic 1 teaspoon chinese 5 spice 1 chilli 3 teaspoons xo sauce paste with 1 tablespoon warm water (I got this from Tesco in the world food section Tesco own brand) 2 eggs Optional Cooked […]

homemade pan fried scotch egg recipe

Always fancied making a homemade scotch egg but not got a deep fat fryer? Fear not we’ve got it covered with a recipe needing only a standard frying pan below. Ingredients 1 packet sausage meat 50g breadcrumbs 50g plain flour 1 egg beaten 2 eggs whole salt and pepper Optional Chopped herbs of your choice […]

sweet potato, goats cheese and chilli rosti

Ingredients 1 medium / large sweet potato 2 medium shallots 1 chilli 50g goats cheese 1 egg salt and papper to taste Instructions Peel then either grate or julienne the sweet potato. Slice the shallots and chilli then combine with the sweet potato and mix by hand to make sure there is an even distribution […]

scallops with bacon and french sausage at the pot bistro in Cardiff

I first came across The Pot Bistro back last year whilst researching French restaurants in Cardiff to compile my list of places celebrating Beaujolais Day. After doing a bit more digging and seeing some of the pics of the food they are banging out of the kitchen i’ve been desperate to go try it there. […]

Carbonara with pancetta and parmesan

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 […]

corned beef pie

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 with bee pollen, honey and chia seeds

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 […]

kimcheese burger from Burger Thoery 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 […]

coconut, papaya and chia seed proats recipe

Ingredients Oats (Depending on how hungry you are, I usually add 1 third of a kilner jar as they expand with the wet ingredients) 3 teaspoons chia seed 2 tablespoons desicated coconut 2 teaspoons honey Splash whole milk 125ml greek yogurt 1 papaya chut into chunks Instructions Add the oats, coconut, chia seed, honey and […]

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 […]