Kitchen Diaries Challenge 2013

I love roast chicken and often follow Nigel's advice to squich roast garlic cloves into the winey deglazed pan juices, so I knew we'...

After a splendid Malaysian lunch at Oxford's Makan La restaurant, we needed something light for supper. Nigel's soused mackerel dis...

I mentioned last night about the hot chocolate pudding being a much more effective air freshener than those horrid plug-in ones. Well, this ...

Halved this recipe and baked it in a small oven dish rather than ramekins. I didn't have Nutella spread so added toasted chopped hazeln...

It is quite shocking a) how expensive fresh clams are (£12 a kilo at our fishmongers in Oxford) and b) how little clam meat there is in half...

To follow the prawn and coriander fishcakes below, and an excellent, simple roast chicken (a Devonshire Black from Duchy Originals), we hav...

Oooh, these were so good. I've commented before how good Nigel is at patties and savoury cakes, and these were no excpetion. We made th...

Perfectly nice recipe , similar to ones that I have turned out time and again - essentially, sauteed pork chops, with a sauce made from the ...

Well, to be honest, we thought this dish was going to be a dog's dinner - onions, parsnips, sausages, black pudding, browned in a roast...

With a face that only your mother could love, oxtail will never win any beauty contests, but it tastes and smells fantastic! Cooked Nigel...

Lovely forced Yorkshire rhubarb, baked for 20 minutes or so with the juice and zest of a blood orange and some sugar, turns into a juicy com...

Three Nigel recipes today! This little beauty is tucked away on the freezer for tonight to accompany roasted rhubard (recipe above). This is...

I love kippers, so these patties were always going to be delicious, especially with a mustardy dill mayonnaise to accompany it. We dished u...

A nice soothing dish , this, made with an immaculate piece of smoked haddock from the Port of Lancaster Smokehouse that has been sitting in...

Lovely way with potatoes , and I made it even easier by sprinkling the potatoes with a little turmeric and grinding over garam masala spices...

The first of two Nigel recipes tonight - ideal veggie main course for a cold, possibly snowy night. Although why Nigel used fresh tomatoes i...

The flat was full of the fragrance of orange this weekend, as we made a batch of marmalade with some very good Seville oranges - I think it ...

There is a snow storm heading our way from the Urals, apparently, and I am feeling a bit wibbly and hormonal - a good day for Nigel's re...