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This may or may not be news to you established gourmands but I wanted to post based on my recent personal experience. 1 - Potatoes in Chicken Stock If you're boiling, roasting, par-boiling, mashing or whatever - cook your potatoes in chicken stock. The flavour is just outstanding. My...

Thought I'd share what we had for dinner last night - it was a huge hit with DW! Salmon with lemon pasta and broccoli I bought two really nice pieces of organic salmon for this. I used the chunkier fillets from the middle of the fish. The rest of the ingredients was: Linguine (or spag or...

Bought some pork belly this morning which is currently marinading in some spices. Will roast it later for 2 hours or so to make some crispy chinese belly pork (I hope!)

Oh Noes!! Wrong forum!! Can someone move it please? Sorry! Well, as the topic says, I keep a little book (which happens to be blue) that I keep handy in the kitchen. If I ever get a light bulb moment or see an interesting recipe on the TV (I'm a habitual UK TV FOOD channel watcher!) I grab...

Making up dinner as I type here.... Roast chicken breast with herbs. I'll be putting Feta cheese under the skin of my portion (wife don't like cheese!). I can see this taking on a Greek theme so I think I'll serve with some aubergines (eggplant) and courgettes (zucchinis). I tend to dust...

I'm intrigued to hear what quality of beef you guys get around the world. Here's the situation in the UK where supermarkets are concerned: The big supermarkets in the UK are convinced and obsessed that the British public want joints of meat that are bright red with absolutely no fat showing at...

Thai Fishcakes. Not sure what to serve with them at the moment. Some kind of stirfry I think.

Quite excited by tonights dinner after being inspired by a cookery show I saw earlier in the week. Slow roast whole duck (2.5 hours). With the fat that drips out going to saute some potatoes. Will serve the breast of the duck and pots with with a gooseberry and onion.. err.. salsa...

Been cooking some beef in red wine for 4 hours now. Only another 4 to go. One potted the beef with some potatoes, shallots and carrots.

Wife is at her mothers' this weekend so I've availed myself to a piece of Rump Steak the size of my head. Not sure what to serve with it yet but there will be a fantastic bottle of Italian Amarone for certain.

Peppered Mackeral with leafy salad and a load of fresh crusty white bread. Washed down with a chilled glass (err, bottles) of wine. Want it now! EDIT: spelling.

Roasted herby chicken, broad beans with onions & bacon. Some kind of potato - maybe I'll roast em with the chicken. Bottle of white plonk - a Sav Blanc of some description.

Not sure how it happened, but I appear to have accumulated about 10 bananas. Any suggestions on how to use 'em up? Sweet or Savoury ideas welcome :)

Only 9:15am and already thinking about dinner tonight. Pan fried salmon fillets, roasted potato chips (fries) served with tomato, bacon and basil fried in EVOO. I don't have a fat fryer so make my fries like I do roast potatos - just cut them into chip shapes :tongue:

Hi everyone - been a lurker in your fine forums for a while now. I often pop over here if I'm stuck for ideas. Me: hitting the horrid 40 in June :/ Live in Greenwich, London, Uk with my lovely missus. I've done all the cooking in our 16 years of marriage. I love cooking and never tire of...