Hunter chicken was definitely not a thing growing up, but chasseur chicken was.   I can’t remember the recipe from home and would not dare suggest it came from a pre made mix as never did to my knowledge. This is not hunter chicken or chasseur chicken, but recipe fans, you will not be disappointed, read on! It gives me enormous pleasure to bring share this recipe from Gary Maclean.  Credit and permission to share: Gary Maclean.  You will need Pheasant is an iconic and beautif

For nearly 40 years, I have been the proud owner of Practical Cookery.  It was the primary reference to my first formal introduction to professional cooking in college and one of few hard copy recipe books I still keep after all this time and reference regularly. You will need: Reproduced with permission from Hachette Learning, from  Practical Cookery, 14 th  Edition  by David Foskett, Patricia Paskins, Neil Rippington and Steve Thorpe.  1½ kg           1 x 3 lb         roast

In the 80s UK your local village probably had: ·       a fish and chip shop doing deep fried top quality battered items, our local chippy had a lady that was about a million years old and cooked the best deep fried cod ever and the best chips, cooked in beef fat and served in newspaper   ·       a butcher that did (no more than 2) variants of a hot pork sandwich (savoury pork or saveloy) with options to add stuffing and have it ‘dipped’ in gravy   ·       a quality baker wher

Credit and permission to share: Kevin. Simple and economic - another one of those recipes inspired by wandering around the supermarket, you see something, you know have stuff in the cupboard that might work with it and it might even pass naysayers (children in this household). So, Monday night dinner here it is, you will need: A non stick frying pan with a tight fitting lid 6 chicken thighs 1 Tbsn Chinese five spice 1 can chopped tomatoes 100g tomat

Credit and permission to share: Farmfoods Recipes are often created for different reasons, I was reminded recently that a number of my past recipes from 30 years ago often had chopped tomatoes in them.  I could say it was because adding fruit and vegetables to dishes is a positive thing as at the time, the contract caterer I worked for held a prestigious ‘Heart Beat Award’ issued by the local authority environmental health department.  But in reality, it was for commercial be

Credit and permission to share: Aldi UK. It is with enormous pleasure to be able to share this recipe from Aldi.  Much of my very early recipe [eating] experience (Mam’s cooking) is from growing up eating tasty dishes that will not knack (break) your budget and this is right up there.  I love the fact Aldi have suggested a cider (Tarus) as an option as it gives me an excuse to make rough cider  again, although I am still finding bits of apple on the ceiling from last time. Yo

Credit and permission to share: Lifestyle with Sharon It is with enormous pleasure to share this recipe from the lovely Sharon, the below...

Credit and permission to share: Wild Food UK We have a lush Thai green curry on the site already and I wanted a red one too, but then I...

Credit and permission to share: Jersey Dairy If you’re going to have a pie, you might as well go large and make a creation that’s rich...

Credit and permission to share: Camp.Grill.Eat . Meatloaf and camping were regulars on the growing up menu (whilst never together, we did...

Credit and permission to share: Pasta Garofalo Mac and cheese seems to be a quite recent (and extremely popular), or an American import...

Credit and permission to share: KHANA Flavor with Ayesha Zaib You may have noticed, my local north east England hometown was not big on...

Credit and permission to share: Quorn. I became a full time vegetarian in May 2021, then a part time one in May 2022....anyway.... Quorn...

Credit and permission to share: Kevin. The only grilled fish I remember (other than fish fingers) growing up was probably trout, stuffed...

Credit and permission to share: wagamama This recipe story links to my first encounter with the dish tonkatsu decades ago (not the recipe...

Credit and permission to share: Stefan Stefanov. Growing up ‘casseroles’ or basically anything that could be cooked in one pan was a...

Credit and permission to share: The British Curry Guide. Apart from my Mam’s curry, which if I could go back in time I would eat in a...

I originally reached out to FareShare to share this recipe as I have seen first hand how essential food banks are (they are sadly needed)...

Credit and permission to share: Kevin We all have our own version of a curry, for me, this one is special as it brings in ideas from many...

Credit and permission to share: Schwartz. We all have a roast chicken recipe story.  Mine is back in Spain seeing the rotisseries on...