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Pan fried cod fillet with chorizo and prawns

Pan fried cod fillet with chorizo and prawns

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…

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Red lentil soup – slow cooker version

Red lentil soup – slow cooker version

Originally I intended to write another bread baking recipe, burger buns maybe. But then I thought to myself: come on! We are in a middle of winter. People are not going to have barbeques and burgers now. What they need is a bowl of warming soup instead. I don’t know how about you, but for me winter is definitely a soup eating season. There is nothing better than a bowl of steaming soup after a long wintery walk. This recipe…

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Chickpea, lentil and chorizo soup

Chickpea, lentil and chorizo soup

During the last weekend I celebrated my birthday. As usual on such occasion I went away with my family. We have spent a wonderful weekend on a North Sea coast and got back home on early afternoon Monday. The traffic on the way back was bad and we were all a bit tired and did not fancy doing grocery shopping at all. Therefore I had to trawl through kitchen cupboards and fridge to see what ingredients I have available to…

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Spanish style chicken and chorizo

Spanish style chicken and chorizo

There is no doubt that chicken is now a staple protein in our diet. Poultry accounts for nearly half of meat bought in the UK. In 2013 chicken has officially overtaken beef in US as most popular meat being consumed. Yet chicken can be seen as a bit inferior to other types of protein or maybe even boring. Fear no more, this recipe brings the humble poultry to the spotlight. Arguably the most flavoursome part of the chicken is thighs…

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Slow cooked green lentils with chorizo

Slow cooked green lentils with chorizo

There are days when I just don’t want to spend too much time in the kitchen. Sometimes because the weather is simply too good to stay in, sometimes because I prefer to spend time with my little boy on my day off… or both. Regardless of the reason, I simply have other things to do than cooking. However at the same time I do not want to compromise on food and still want to have an enjoyable lunch. On those…

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