Articles Category: Recipes
Cracking ice-cream flavour combo: Coconut and chocolate
On yet another fun Saturday night out at National Cycling Centre to watch the Revolution Cycling Series I set off in search of a snack! I had often seen the ice cream stand at the Sapporo noodle bar, but had never tried the ice cream.
I joined the queue to get myself an ice cream, deciding to get two scoops (despite declining the offer more »
The great Indian restaurant lamb scandal?
Whilst we were out in Tanzania on Safari something wasn't quite adding up, every night at the hotels there was several Lamb dishes to be found on the menu. The thing was vexing me was that despite being in the country for nearly a week and spending at least eight hours a day driving through various types of countryside I'd yet to lay eyes on more »
Slow cooker goulash
Slow Cooker Goulash Recipe
By Martin Childs
Authentic tasting, easy and tweakable from a soup to a hearty main meal.
My first experience of this popular Hungarian dish was during a trip to Budapest to visit a friend. We we stopped for a bite to eat having visited the Royal Palace.
I'm a fan of sampling the local cuisine when we are more »
Perfect Corn on the Cob
Corn on the Cob Recipe
By Martin Childs
A super easy and cheaper corn on the cob recipe.
If there is one con in the food retail business it is adding value to your product when you simply don't need to - sweetcorn is the prime example. It is almost impossible to find a corn on the cob in the supermarket with it's husk intact. Most more »
Roasted Monkey Nuts review
Roasted Monkey Nuts
Reviewed by Martin Childs
£1.00 per 250g
Nutrition per 25g as consumed: 155kcal; 12.0g fat (2.1g saturates); 7.1g protein; 2.6g carbs ;trace salt.
Quality snacking at a good price.
These roasted monkey nuts really are great, their roasted flavour really does make them much more tasty than their regular plain more »
Quick & Tasty Coleslaw
Coleslaw Recipe
By Martin Childs
A quick, easy and healthy alternative to shop bought coleslaw.
Once you've tasted homemade coleslaw and you see how easy it is to make your own, I'm telling you theres no way back. I certainly haven't, I now find the shop bought variety unnecessarily swimming in some white saucy stuff and if you look on the more »
Chorizo and Pepper Pasta
Chorizo & Red Pepper Pasta Recipe
By Martin Childs
Super tasty, super cheap and super easy - what else do you need for a dish!
I normally make a very similar-ish meal with sliced pepperoni, but having been seduced in sainsburys by a chorizo ring I don't think I'm going back! The texture it adds to the dish makes it for me plus I'm always a more »
Alison and Martin's Carbonara
Pork & Mushroom Carbonara
By Alison Hardy & Martin Childs
A quick cheap and tasty twist on your traditional dish
I'm a fan of Carbonara but don't care so much for pancetta, it's more than double the price for what amounts to basically bacon. I don't like using regular bacon in the recipe either - I only buy thick cut rashers if you are more »
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