A friend of mine had a lot of excess home-grown garlic and turned it into crushed garlic that they frozein ice cube trays. We used it once on home made pizzas, mixed with a bit of oil – I think the texture was really mushy…

We have had a SUPER bumper crop of tomatoes this year and have Passata overflowing in the freezer (yeay !!!!) but more on that another day… As we transition through Autumn and say a last hoorah to the milder weather, here’s a little celebration of…

14-Jun-20: Another weekend to draw the curtain on in this funny old year with COVID. We finished this weekend with a yummy but easy Sunday dinner, with the most effort being stirring the risotto 😊 As per usual, menu is fashioned for two people. Miguel…

10-Jun-20: Mid week yumminess in the form of a quick crispy Asian style slaw (just a packet jobby from the supermarket will do) to which I added a cubed half an avo, fetta and a semi-runny poached egg. Sounds a bit weird but is yummy……

24-May-20: Well things continue to go ok with Covid, as we start to enjoy a little bit of freedom but the weather is turning, with the iminent winter starting to flex its muscle with a chilly weekend… so we haven’t gone too far this weekend…

2-May-20: So we’ve had our starters and feeling somewhat satisfied and relaxed. A little break whilst we cook main and time to finish off that magnificent Verdelho… and Yes ! Really taking advantage of the season with another version of mushroom risotto. This time “amping”…

2-May-20: Starting to get itchy feet but clearly not able to go out yet 😕  So with lots of time on our hands, the weather still quite nice, it inspired me to just grab hold of the joy of cooking and presenting an “in house”…

19-April-20: So at the end of all that gardening, it would have been wonderful to go out, not cook and enjoy a beautiful dinner to celebrate all our hard work… sadly not possible with the COVID Craziness. Didn’t feel like takeway either, as wanted something…

10-April-20, Good Friday: Whilst not a practising “mick”, with both of us having grown up in that environment, long held traditions are hard to break… so no red meat today. Don’t’ know about you but I always find Good Friday one of the least exciting…

1-April-20: Well, we were good Monday and Tuesday nights but it’s “hump day”, it’s been a glorious Autumn’s day, so don’t want anything too heavy… Hmmm we have that yummy left over Mushroom Risotto from Sunday night I don’t want to let go to waste.…

29-March-20: This is one of mine and the Chief Taste Tester’s favourite for comfort food on a chilly Sunday night – wild mushroom risotto. There are many recipes to follow out there, if you need a step by step guide but this is the basics…