Taste of Glasgow

I opened the fridge the other day and noticed I had one lonely little leek left that needed to be used or it was going to compost heaven.  Being someone that doesn’t like waste I had a look in my cupoards hoping for inspiration.  That’s when I saw my packet of risotto rice and the [...]

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Fancy doing something a little different with chicken, why not add some spicy Moroccan flava! I found a couple of recipes online and kinda fused them together to create this easy flavoursome teatime delight! Ingredients olive oil for cooking 8 chicken thighs/4 chicken breasts (whichever you prefer) 3 garlic cloves (chopped) 1 tbsp ground cumin [...]

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  You know there isn’t much wrong with the world when you can sit down to a big plate of Italian meatballs! This recipe takes full advantage of slow cooking and is a real winner. I am sure there must be some Italian blood in me because I bet this is as good as any [...]

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I came home from work the other day with the plan of making some sort of mince dish for dinner.  However I realised that I had some potatoes to be using up, so instead of the usual mince n tatties, I thought I’d rustle up something a little different for a change….. Ingredients: 1 onion, chopped 400g lean steak [...]

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Mmmmm, looking for something warm and hearty this weather?  Well have a bash at this quick, easy and full of goodness hotpot! Ingredients: 1 onion 2 garlic cloves 1 courgette 1 red pepper 1 yellow pepper 1 green pepper bunch of fresh tarragon 1/4 pint of vegetable stock (organic is best) 1-2 potatoes sliced thinly [...]

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You might remember me getting a bit excited just before Christmas when I explained that Santa was bringing me a copy of ‘Larousse Gastronomique‘, well as I read through this epic tome, I shall be sharing some of my new gained knowledge with you all.  Now before the copyright lawyers down there at Octopus Publishing [...]

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