Mussels are in season right now and up until a few years ago I had never tried them. I was never great at trying different shellfish apart from prawns and lobster (especially after a bad experience with an oyster!) However my husband convinced me to try them one day on holiday in Canada and I…
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Fish Burgers with Harissa Mayo
I have your Friday night fakeaway ready for you! Yes this is a very naughty recipe, but let’s just put that aside. Let’s focus on the positives here. Homemade crispy chip shop style fish, spicy harissa mayonnaise with crisp shredded lettuce and a soft brioche bun, served with homemade chips. Yes please! If we can’t…
Homemade Fries
Ok so this is another treat! But my nephew came to stay and I decided to treat him. I thought I would try and make my own chips but fry them this time. So I chopped my potatoes (with the skin on to give it a rustic look) into thin chips and par boiled them…
How to get your Sweet Potato Wedges crispy…
I don’t know about you but I have always struggled to get my sweet potato wedges crispy. Without deep frying them, I couldn’t understand why they were a bit soggy? Then I realised that this is what sweet potato is like! It’s soft and difficult to get crispy unless coated in something. I ordered some…