Recipes

Yeast-free pizza base and homemade pizza sauce
Lamb chops with boiled & grilled artichokes, aubergine & radicchio
Boiled & grilled artichokes with olive oil & rosemary
Tim tam tarts with chocolate mousse, freshly whipped cream and raspberries
Belgian meatloaf with sour cherries
Malteser croissants (croisstesers) made with puff pastry
French toast with cinnamon & vanilla
Yellow & green courgette salad with salmon, feta, olives, dill, thyme & lemon
Irish black pudding potato croquettes with bacon, onion & garlic
Broccoli & turkey meatballs with ricotta, basil, lime & honey fettuccine
Braised red cabbage with apple & red onion
Fresh homemade smoked salmon rice paper rolls
Thyme flatbreads with figs, goat cheese, walnuts, rocket and caramelised red onion
Homemade thyme flatbreads
Nutella & Walnut Filo Cigars
Boiled & pan fried chicken dumplings with enoki mushrooms & a roasted peanut salad with bok choy & Chinese spinach
Breaded blue grenadier (fish) tacos with papaya, avocado, dragon fruit & cherry tomato
Homemade jambons (Irish ham & cheese pastry pockets)
Whipped feta shortcrust tartlets with strawberry & pistachio
Sausage rolls with cheese
Chocolate tartlets
Amontillado sherry braised pulled boar with coleslaw & dressing
Halloween stuffed peppers with mince and mozzarella
Parmesan fish & chips
Broccoli, spinach & pea pesto pasta shells
Stuffed butternut squash with pearl couscous, cherry tomato, walnuts, parsley and chorizo
These low sugar chocolate brownies are the perfect weekend treat
Lamb filo pie with feta cheese, spinach, chestnut mushrooms and pistachio nuts
Chorizo, pancetta, mushroom & green and red pepper paella with smoked garlic
Walnut & pistachio baklava with almond flakes & orange sugar syrup

I've been struggling to keep up with my monthly cook book tips as I simply haven't bought a single book since I came to Australia (I just don't have the space to bring it back home) but since I now use ebooks I have been looking into buying books that way until we go back home. And the first one that I bought is Gordon Ramsey's ultimate cookery course (as there is a limited Kindle deal on it at the moment). For some reason I don't actually have any Gordon Ramsey books at home, even though I did watch quite a lot of his TV shows in the past. I do think he's a brilliant chef though so I have no doubt this book is going to be the start of a Gordon Ramsey book collection. The book is ideal for those wanting to lean about cooking without the use of fancy pancy equipment or super complicated recipes. The book will first take you through a few classics with a twist, like tomato risotto, beef wellingtons, apple crumble and stuffed roast chicken. Other chapters include fish, meat, spices, good food for less, cooking in advance, cooking for one or two, [...]