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Thai Green Curry with Chicken and Aubergine

Thai Red Curry with Chicken and Pineapple

Seafood Char Kuey Teow with Spinach

Egg fried rice with cashew nuts, ginger and lime

Apple, Carrot, and Ginger Blitz

Beef and Ginger Noodle Soup

Thai Chicken and Coconut Noodle Soup

The very first time I tried Thai food was at the Chiang Mai Kitchen in Oxford, in 1994. It had opened the year before, and was somewhere I just had to try. Whilst my memory is far from photographic in terms of all the ingredients which made up the Tom Yum Poh Thek (mixed seafood…

Baked cod loin with ginger and spring onion

Fish is great for you. It gives you a shiny coat and a wet nose. Oh, wait, that is Omega-3 for dogs – either way I ensure it features a couple of times a week in my life. It is good value, versatile, and (normally) really quick to prepare and cook. I do really rate…

Couscous with roasted Mediterranean vegetables

Thought I had run out of steam where couscous is concerned? Wrong- think again! This is one of my favourite couscous recipes, and one I have been making for nearly 10 years. It has taken several iterations to get this recipe as I wanted it – it first gained popularity when I cooked in for…

Menemen – Spicy Turkish Scrambled Eggs

Just over a month ago, I had travelled from Yorkshire > London > Amsterdam > Paris > London by train for various work commitments, then, getting up at 0300 embarked on an 11 hour trip to Turkey. All by cattle class. If anyone is seething with envy – please don’t. Economy travel is not what…