Now I know that I’ve missed the boat and that Easter has gone for another year, well till at least the day after Boxing Day when Easter eggs are back in the shops! But let’s just say that, as this cake tastes and looks amazing I thought I would share this recipe. So you could…
The RETURN of DNAequalsfood
So there has been quite alot of radio silence in the last year or so. This has been due to the arrival of a new family member – Felix. Felix joined the DNA equalsfood family last April and is showing signs of being a great foodie with his huge appetite! Aria is tending to be…
Lime leaf chicken sweet chilli & peanut dipping sauce
Darren had kept this recipe for about a year, ripped out of some magazine, he have finally got round to making it this weekend and I can’t believe we didnt make it sooner, the dipping sauce is so yummy. Hmmm wonder if we could bottle it and sell it?!! Whizz up the following in a…
Sausage & Lentil Conchiglioni
We had this dish last night and it was delicious, you could substitute the sausage meat for butternut squash or sweet potatoe little cubes if you wanted to make this vegetarian. 2tsbp olive oil 1 onion finely chopped 1 tsp fennel seeds 1 1/2 tsp tomato purée 6 quality pork sausages (we used Dutch orginal…
Courgette Soup – with a little help from Aria
Sunday morning and aria was looking glum maybe if she had a lay in then she might have been in a better mood, We would have been 🙂 So to get aria in the happy mood, off to the kitchen we went, as we had a batch lot of courgettes courtsey of my friend sue,…
Olive Magazine – Pork, Lemon & Herb Meatballs
The monthly arrival of Olive Magazine always means new recipes to try, It was Darren’s turn to pick and he chose Pork, Lemon and Herb Meatballs with Orzo Salad. Ingredients Pork Mince 500g 1 Red Onion, half grated and half sliced 1 Lemon, zested and juiced 1 Garlic clove, crushed Parsley, small bunch chopped Olive…
Boundary Review
Where oh where to take mummy for birthday lunch so many lovely places but we were looking for somewhere near Liverpool street, Boundary popped into my mind and after looking at the menu a table for two was booked! When we arrived at Boundary and then descended the stairs to the main restaurant, I was…
Two Greedy Italians
Let’s face it as a Foodie, is there such a thing as having too many cookbooks? No of course not! Through twitter Quadrille publishing asked for some people to review the latest Italian cookery book Two Greedy Italians, not only are we off to Italy on holiday this year but Italian is one of our…
Hunanese Beef with Cumin
We tried this recipe last friday night as part of our Chinese night in and it was heavenly the technique that “velvets” the beef makes it taste fabulous! Ingredients 350g Sirloin or fillet steak, trimmed 400ml groundnut oil 2cm fresh root ginger, finely chopped 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped 2 red chillies, seeded and finely…
Hotel Chocolat – Eggspose
Sometimes there are good things to be said for re development, especially when they go and build a new city shopping space and there is a Hotel Chocolat store for your other half to pop into when they don’t know what to get for Valentines! This is how I was introduced to the wonderful Hotel Chocolat, with a…
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