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Italian Main course Rice Starters Vegetarian

Garlicky pumpkin risotto

Serves 6 Cooking time 60 mins Ingredients Pesto large bunch of basil 3 cloves garlic, roughly chopped 3 tbsp pinenuts, toasted olive oil 50g parmesan, grated Risotto 6 cloves garlic, peeled 1.4 litres hot chicken stock 85g unsalted butter 400g pumpkin or squash (unpeeled weight), peeled, seeded and cut into 1cm cubes 2 tbsp olive […]

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Chicken Curries Indian Main course

Indian chicken stew

A fragrant curry, this Indian chicken stew is a real crowd pleaser, for more flavour we prefer thighs, just cook for an extra 20 mins

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Curries Indian Main course

Chicken curry with mango chutney

Serves 4 Cooking time 40 mins Ingredients 1 Red onion, chopped Small piece of ginger, chopped 2 Cloves garlic, chopped 1 Green chilli, chopped 2 Large tomatoes, chopped 2 Whole cloves 2 Cardamom pods 1 tsp Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp Fenugreek seeds 1 tsp Salt 1/4 tsp Turmeric 1 tsp Ground coriander 1 tsp Paprika […]

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Lamb Main course Mediterranean Spanish

Spanish lamb stew

This is an excellent Spanish stew recipe, ideal for a Sunday dinner, try and get a single piece of lamb that you can dice yourself into nice big chunks, or ask the butcher to do it for you

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Italian Lamb Main course Pasta

Lamb and sweet pepper sauce

This is a great pasta dish, I would never of thought of having lamb and pasta together but it works perfectly and the peppers add a nice sweet flavour

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Main course Pork US/Caribbean

Rum glazed pork chops with sweet potato

You can use pork chops for this but I find that steaks are better if you can get them.  This is a Caribbean style of recipe hence the addition of rum and allspice

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Indian Salads Side dishes Starters

Chickpea, mango and coconut salad

This is a great little Indian starter, chickpeas, mango and coconut all work well together to create a fresh favoured dish

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Asian recipes Chicken Main course Salads Starters

Vietnamese Chicken Salad

This is a really easy Asian salad recipe that involves no cooking, apart from poaching a chicken breast and that’s hardly taxing! It’s great to have if you feel you’ve been overdoing rich and heavy foods as it is light, fresh and healthy.

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Main course Mediterranean Pork

Chorizo and pork belly with polenta chips

Pork belly is amazing, it just needs alot of cooking, it goes well with chorizo (double pork!) Polenta chips are a good addition but any carb will work with this dish