Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 15 minutes - Makes 1 Leo is my son and this is his recipe. If you love pesto (who doesn’t) then you need to try out this spinach version. Unlike normal pesto, this has no cheese and you don’t miss it. I think I might start making this one from now on, instead of regular basil pesto. Ingredients 50 g of walnuts. 1 large handful of baby spinach. 100 ml of olive oil. 2 garlic cloves. Method First, get a frying pan over a medium heat and dry fry

Prep Time 1 minutes - Total Time 5 minutes - Serves 4 Aioli which basically translates to garlic and oil is a Spanish style garlic mayonnaise, a real Spanish favourite. This recipe was taught to me years ago by my very good friend Montse, and I have been making it this way ever since. This is a basic recipe but once you have this under your belt you can add stuff to it like fresh herbs or saffron. Also, you can add as much or as little garlic as you like, depending on who you

Prep Time 5 mistunes - Total Time 10 minutes - Serves 4 If you like feta & who doesn’t, you’ll like it, even more, whizzed up with garlic, roasted red peppers and Greek yoghurt. This dip will pretty much go with anything but I can eat it just on its own with some flatbreads. So if you're missing travelling to the Greek Isles go give this recipe a go and get an authentic taste of the med at home. (You will also find this recipe on page 168 of my book Richard’s Family Favourite

Prep Time 5 minutes - Total Time 10 minutes - Serves 4 This is the only sauce/salsa you will ever need to go with grilled chicken, lamb and especially steak. In fact, although I’ve never tried it I bet it would be mega mixed through spaghetti, (note to self by spaghetti). It’s tangy, it’s fresh, it’s a little spicy and it’s amazing. If you’ve never tried it, I urge you to give this recipe a go. (You will also find this recipe on page 150 of my book Richard’s Family Favourites

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes - Make 1 Are you a chilli junkie like me? Do you need that kick with every mouthful? If you do then you need to give this recipe a go. The beauty about making your own chilli sauce is that you can control how hot it is. You can play around with different types of chillies from fresh to dry. I’ve used scotch bonnet chillies in this recipe so it’s hot as hell. Probably as hot as the surface of the Sun if you gave it a lick. Th

Prep Time 5 - Total Time 20 minutes - Makes 1 Christmas for me is all about food, family, friends, presents under the Christmas tree, snow (hopefully) and more food. Now Christmas dinner or even cheese and crackers would not be complete without cranberry sauce. And the smell in the kitchen when you make this is incredible. Ingredients 1 large Bramley cooking apple, peeled and cut into cubes. 400 g of frozen cranberry’s. 150 g of caster sugar. 1 tbsp of ground mix spice. 1 tsp

Prep Time 5 minutes - Total Time 15 minutes - Serves 2 When it comes to having a sauce with a steak there are only two options for me either a chimichurri sauce or peppercorn. I love the heat a peppercorn sauce brings to the party and it just lifts the steak. And if you are having chips with your steak (and why wouldn’t you), forget tomato ketchup and dip them chips in the pepper sauce. Also, the great thing about a pepper sauce is that you can tailor it to your taste, by add

Prep Time 5 minutes - Total Time 10 minutes - Serves 4 Everyone likes hummus right? Great for plummeting sticks of veg into or spreading generously over bread, but do you normally buy the readymade stuff from the shop? If you do, don’t! Instead, make it yourself you’ll never go back to shop bought I promise. Ingredients 400 g tin of chickpeas, drained but reserve the juices. 2 tbsps of tahini paste. 3 garlic cloves. 1 lemon, juice. 2 tbsps of extra-virgin olive oil, plus a li

Prep Time 5 minutes - Total Time 25 minutes - Makes 1 I don’t really like shop-bought BBQ sauce, it just doesn’t do anything for me. So, of course, I had to come up with my own version and with me being a chilli freak my sauce has to have a kick. I think it’s better than your standard BBQ sauce but I would say that. It’s perfect poured over pulled pork, smother over ribs, on your burger, basically, it tastes good on anything. (You will also find this recipe on page 140 of my

Prep Time 5 minutes - Total Time 20 minutes - Makes 1 Who doesn’t like feta but have you ever had it baked? If you haven’t you need to give it a go, it takes it to the next level!! It’s a wicked little side dish or lunch. It’s Soooooo good, make sure you have some bread for mopping up all the goodness. Ingredients 1 block of feta. 400 g tin of chopped tomatoes. 2 tbsps of extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra. Red wine vinegar. 1 tsp of dried oregano, plus extra. 8 mixed olives.

Prep Time: 10 minutes - Total Time: 5 minutes - Makes 1 Guacamole, I love the stuff and I can’t get enough of it. You can have it on its own with lots of tortilla chips and cold beers, with fajitas, with chilli con carne or on top of a burger . Ingredients 1 handful of fresh coriander. the juice of 2 limes. 2 avocados 3 spring onions, roughly sliced. 1 small red or white onion, roughly diced. 6 cherry tomatoes, roughly chopped. ½ tsp ground cumin. 2 garlic cloves, crushed. ch