Category: Kitchen Talk

Whew – finally reached Christmas Day and got to eat my Christmas lunch… for one, of course.  I’d rethought last year’s menu and tweaked it a little …

I’ve just grabbed an Oakdale Basted Turkey Breast Joint for my Christmas lunch – it’s a frozen turkey breast at 800 grams and I will cook it in

A cook ahead Christmas dinner can make things easier on the day.  I will typically cook ahead a lot of my Christmas lunch, so there’s a little bit

Roast parsnips have always been one of my favourite Christmas lunch side dishes – we always had these at home, I love the taste – but I dislike

I love this new cheery red Aldi reusable shopping bag, which has a Christmas theme.  There’s a santa hat over the letter “C” and pictures of thyme replace

I need a substitute for flaked millet for my Christmas Nut Roast.  I’m using the Cranks Cashew and Brazil Nut Roast as my base recipe, but I’m then

I do like Christmas and bought some Christmas serving spoons for my sibling the other year, then instantly regretted not keeping them for myself!  So it was with

I’ve just bought a head of celery, but I won’t be using it for nearly two weeks, so I needed to store it for that amount of time,

One of Lidl’s Pick of the Week Offers this last week has been this beef lean diced steak from Birchwood Farm.  The pack size is 400 grams, which

Another Aldi Bag for Life, reusable bag, presented its opportunity to be purchased at the till today!  A glorious blue bag with the slogan “You Take the Biscuit”

Many slow cooker recipes start off by telling you to fry and brown the meat first – for many this isn’t an option.  Whether you’re without a stove,

I’d bought two 1.5Kg bags of flour and I wanted to buy a Lock & Lock Flour Box, to use as a flour storage container – which you’d