Prep Time 15 minutes - Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes - Serves 5 I love this kind of food, really comforting just like a big hug in a bowl. Tender pieces of pork and veg in a beautiful sauce that is just screaming for some bread to be submerged into it. Ingredients 800 g of diced pork. 2 onions, finely sliced. 1 tbsp of smoked paprika. 1 tsp of grounded allspice. 2 tbsps of tomato purée. 2 tbsps of flour. 200 ml of red wine. 700 ml of chicken stock. 70 g of balsamic vinegar. 3

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 30 minutes - Serves 2 A good old hearty bowl of soup, perfect on a cold and wet day. Ingredients 100 g of chorizo, diced. 100 g of smoked diced pancetta. 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary, roughly chopped. 1 small carrot, diced. 1 potato, peeled and diced. 1 stick of celery, roughly sliced. 1 tbsp of flour. 500 ml of chicken stock. 2 handfuls of sliced curly kale. 200 g chickpeas. Method Into a large pot pour in a good drizzle of oil. Followed by th

Prep Time 15 minutes - Total Time 3 hours - Serves 4 What can I say about this dish apart from its like the Lancashire countryside, it’s just stunning. This is the kind of food that I want to see on a pub menu, not a Thai green curry or pasta. This recipe is a prime example that you don’t need 100’s of different ingredients to create a beautiful dish. Just good quality ingredients, treated with respect and put together correctly and you are onto a winner. A great family dinne

Prep Time 20 minutes - Total Time 4 hours - Serves 6 I feel like chilli tonight, do you? I make my chilli using actual cuts of beef instead of mincemeat. Cook it low and slow so the beef is super tender. I just love the combination of the spicy beef with the cool and refreshing avocados and zesty lime juice. If you love chilli con Carne but normally have it with minced beef give this recipe a go, you’ll love it and it will fill the house with amazing smells that will have the

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 40 minutes - Serves 4 Double pork, fennel and cider, a match made in heaven. A perfect weeknight meal as it only takes 30 minutes to cook. Just make sure to have some nice bread with it for mopping up all the beautiful juices. Ingredients 500 g of minced pork. 100 g of chorizo sausage cut into bite-size pieces. 1 fresh fennel bulb, roughly sliced. 1 red pepper, roughly sliced. 1 onion, roughly sliced. 1 tsp of garlic granules. 400 g tin of bu

Prep Time 15 minutes - Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes - Serves 4 Veggies have never tasted so good. This recipe is a great way to get rid of stuff you have hanging around the fridge or cupboards. And the beauty about this recipe is that you can pretty much use any veg you have left. Ingredients 1 butternut squash, peeled and cut into bite-size pieces. 2 peppers, roughly chopped (any colour). 1 sprig of fresh rosemary, chopped. 1 tbsp of Dijon mustard or whole-grain. 2 tbsps of

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 45 minutes - Serves 2 I love love lentils, and I often have them with some good quality sausages, with confit duck legs or with salmon wrapped in pancetta. But for this recipe I thought I would replace the meat with chickpeas instead and it was mega. Ingredients 1 small carrot, diced. 1 small onion, diced. 1 stick of celery, diced. 1 small courgette, diced. 2 tsps of rose harissa. 200 g green lentils. 1 chicken or veg stockpot. 400 g tinned

Prep Time 5 minutes - Total Time 45 minutes - Serves 4 Judías! That's what we called it growing up in casa Rodriguez aka mountain food or comida de cuchara (spoon food). This is a very rustic dish full of flavour and so simple to prepare and one of my favourite childhood dinners. This recipe originates from Maria, my dad's mum. Maria taught my dad to cook this dish before he left the village and he’s been making it ever since. (You will also find this recipe on page 134 of my

Prep Time 10 minutes - Total Time 40 minutes - Serves 3 This is a really easy hearty warming and satisfying dish. So simple to make and will make you smile. And I know it doesn’t look like the most attractive looking stew but where it’s lacking in looks the knockout flavour makes up for it. Love me tender chicken, stunning sausages in a Dijon mustard white wine sauce with lots of fresh herbs, I mean what’s not to love? Ingredients 600 g skinless & boneless chicken thighs, rou

Prep Time 15 minutes - Total Time 3 hours - Serves 5 Meat, root veg, red wine, cooked low and slow, does it get any better? Yes, it does, serve it with a mound of buttery mash! As the title states I’ve used oxtail (no surprise), but you could use any cut meat you like, beef or lamb and just follow the recipe the same. Enjoy on a cold winters day with a glass of red. Ingredients 2 oxtails, cut into pieces. 2 tbsps of flour. 2 sprigs of fresh rosemary, roughly chopped. 2 carrot

Prep Time 20 minutes - Total Time 2 hours 30 minutes - Serves 6 Cold and miserable days call for comfort food. And Irish stew has to be up there with one of the best. I love this kind of cooking, a one-pot wonder with simple ingredients but o so good. Ingredients 700 g of diced lamb. 1 heaped tablespoon of flour. 1 tbsp of fresh thyme leaves. 300 g of baby onions, left whole. 3 medium carrots, roughly chopped. 1 swede, roughly chopped. 1 leek, roughly chopped. 400 g baby/new