Easy Peasy Tomato Soup Hello kind reader, BBC1 here! This soup has it’s origins and roots firmly in my past. When I was a lad my mum used to make the most wonderful and tasty beef and tomato gravy for steak, mash and peas. A few years back I kinda of replicated this for bangers … Continue reading
Chicken and Vegetable Hotpot Hello to all of you, I hope you are well and keeping warm. BBC2 here, by the way, and going back to last weekend (the one where our dog Max got first place for looking like me) our friend Liz and Teddy had come for a sleepover and I cooked this … Continue reading
Puff Pastry Pizzas Hi everyone BBC2 here! Thanks for looking in on our blog. We do look forward to any and all feedback on our recipes, good, bad or just constructive comments. Anyway back to these puff pastry pizzas, I was driving back from taking Max, our dog, for a run on the beach on … Continue reading
Jessica Hall’s Cuban Seasoned Chicken With Rice Hi folks, thanks for dropping by. Once again we have Facebook to thank for this totally scrummy and delicious recipe. Our niece who lives in the USA started an “I Love to Cook” page and we came across this recipe there and asked Jessica if we could reproduce … Continue reading
Minestrone Soup Hi folks I hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend on this ‘hump’ Wednesday. Not sure we say it often enough, but I’d like to thank you for visiting our blog. BBC2 here, and before I get down to the minestrone soup, I feel the need to have a … Continue reading
Beef Cottage Hotpot Hello kind readers, hope you had a great weekend! BBC1 here: This recipe came about some years ago when my brother Billy and his wife Angie brought my mother down here to Cornwall for a holiday with us. One of my favourite meals is Cottage Pie and my mum would always make … Continue reading
Milton’s Beef Chimichangas BBC1:Once again my dear Facebook friend, Milton, has been in his American kitchen cooking up a storm! Being an uneducated Brit, I had to ask what chimichangas were when he posted that he was going to make these. When he replied they were like enchiladas but without the beans, I knew I … Continue reading
The night of the storm: Seasoned Chicken Breasts, Tommy Pasta, and Coleslaw Hello kind readers! BBC1 here. What a dreadful Monday here in Britain! Awful stormy weather saw some people lose their homes or worse their lives! Loads of travel disruption and cancelled trains etc., and on top of that we were without electricity all … Continue reading
Curried Minced Beef and Vegetables (Keema) Hello friends! BBC1 here. I hope you’ve had the kind of weekend you wanted and all is fine in your world. We have had a lovely peaceful and productive one here in Cornwall. You may remember that BBC2 found a bargain on minced steak the other day and we … Continue reading
Milton’s Spicy Sausage and Potato Soup Hello wonderful visitor! BBC1 here. My wonderful Facebook friend, Milton, has been in the kitchen himself this time and has come up with his own version of the Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana…made in a slow cooker or crockpot. He posted the pic above and I just knew we had … Continue reading
Stuffed Keema Naan Hello lovely visitor! BBC1 here: Well, BBC2, or should I say Bargain Buyer Cook2, has been at it again. He just can’t resist a bargain, as a few of our groaning cupboards would testify! Whilst frugal and useful in these recession hit times, it can be a mixed blessing. Especially when you … Continue reading
Cheese and Onion Pinwheels Hey folks! Sorry not posted anything for several days. We have had ‘technical’ difficulties. In other words, BBC2 hasn’t got a clue, and I’ve been too lazy to sort it out! LOL😄. But we met some lovely people for the first time the other day and made a few new, and … Continue reading
Alice Spaghetti Children love this cheap and cheerful one pot dish. I made it for our godchildren and the eight year old proclaimed “this is great, it’s just like real spaghetti!”. They asked what cook book it was in and I had to explain it is something my mum used to make. So the children … Continue reading
British Bacon Cheeseburger Bites (BBCB’s!) BBC1 here and I just wanted to say that whilst looking at all the wonderful foodie blogs across the Internet I have come across some wonderful recipes and ideas. I have found it both educational and inspirational, if only I would remember to bookmark! I remember seeing a recipe the … Continue reading
Curried Beef Tartlets BBC2 made these and a mushroom tartlet in an experiment a couple of weeks ago. Whilst the mushroom ones were “OK” these were extremely more-ish and I have been nagging him to do them again because I enjoyed them so much. He finally got around to doing them again today and even … Continue reading
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