We are at the top of berry and soft fruit season. Warm and sunny summer gives us plenty of strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, cherries, blackcurrants etc. My in laws have so many raspberries this year that they feature in our diet pretty much daily now. I already made several jars of blackcurrant jam with chia seeds (give it a go by the way, it’s amazing!). But this recipe is about blueberries. Last weekend I had to figure out how to use…
Some people love chocolate, other have cheese fetish. There are even marmite lovers (don’t know why so don’t ask me)! I simply couldn’t live without bread. Don’t judge me. I know it is not a trendy fit food. I do not belong to the low carb, ramen, paleo club. I don’t care. I absolutely adore the stuff. For me there is nothing better than a bite of a freshly baked baguette or a slice of bread drizzled with olive oil…
Few weeks ago I published photographs my wife’s fish pie on my instagram and facebook pages. It intrigues several of my followers and I promised to prepare a recipe for this dish. Apologies for the wait but your patience is now being rewarded. Last weekend I cooked fish pie for dinner according to my wife’s strict instructions and I am now ready to share her secret. This is a great dish for using spare bits of fish after filleting. Filling…
Recently I published a recipe for a pan fried mackerel and now I am continuing with a fishy theme. However, if you consider the mackerel as cheap and cheerful this one is completely opposite. Using higher value ingredients I consider this dish as a fish equivalent of beef steak dinner. I created this dish quite a while ago and it features regularly in our menu when we want to treat ourselves to a bit more indulgent fish meal. Like many…
If you were to ask my wife how does she want her fish cooked I can bet the answer would be: pan fried. So naturally I cook fish this method most often. Usually it would be sea bass or cod fillets, sometimes salmon. However, recently I decided to give it a try with mackerel. As you probably already learned I really like fish and I try to have it in my diet around twice a week. Mackerel usually features there…