Orzo Recipes | Orzo and Seafood Stew This orzo and seafood stew is a hearty deliciously rich stew that works all year round. You could add chorizo, Greek sausage or even smoked lardons for some extra umph! This particular orzo and seafood stew I’ve kept…

Spaghetti Tray Bake – Baked Sausage Pasta Recipe – it’ll change your life! My spaghetti tray bake – a baked sausage pasta recipe is AMAZING! OK, I know this doesn’t sound very modest, but it’s really good and has totally changed the way we make…

Kid Friendly Paella  Everyone loves this easy paella recipe (especially the kids!) it’s very versatile allowing you to cook an easy paella with basmati rice using whatever ingredients you prefer!. You choose whether you want a seafood paella, meat paella or vegan paella – see…

Pad See Ew Recipe or known to many as the delicious wok fried rice noodles dish which is a staple of Thai street food, especially in Bangkok. I believe the official translation to any Pad See Ew recipe is Fried Soya Sauce – but what…

Microwave Cooking for one – Spaghetti Carbonara in a mug! Traditional spaghetti carbonara is a total guilty pleasure of mine – I always end up ordering this in our local Italian restaurant Microwave cooking for one doesn’t have to be a chore. Try making my…

Clay Pot Rice always reminds me of Hong Kong…  Strolling along the streets of Kowloon market the main event is the street food, in particular the clay pot rice and the black bean clams (but more on the clams another day…). Clay Pot Rice Recipe is inspired…

How to make pasta – homemade pasta is a wondrous thing and making your own pasta dough is as therapeutic as it is enjoyable to eat. Ever so easy yet transforms the most simplistic of pasta dishes into something to savour and cherish. This is my…

Thai Beef Salad – there are some salads you eat that you literally feel your body thanking you for. That’s exactly how I feel when I’m diving into a bowl of my Thai Beef Salad. Crunchy, fresh, zesty, nostalgic flavours of Thailand and Vietnam this is the…

This Spaghetti Carbonara recipe is a wonderfully simple yet delicious pasta carbonara recipe. The origins of a carbonara sauce is a topic of debate and but pasta carbonara’s popularity is not. Spaghetti carbonara recipes vary dramatically, but I like to cook a pasta carbonara that is…

My brother-in-laws bacon and egg frittata recipe is perfect to use up leftover spaghetti. But first, what the hell is a frittata? Is it an overcooked omelette? Is it a quiche without the pastry? I’m not quite sure.. But I am sure that my brother-in-laws…

Fried Rice Recipe – this is really a leftover rice recipe, if you try using just cooked rice it’ll be stodge, you want leftover rice that is cold and is perfect for a fried rice recipe. My leftover rice recipe is the only way to…

Pastitsio is a typical Greek Cypriot pasta bake also known as Macaroni de forno. Pastitsio or Macaroni de forno or whatever you want to call it is a wonderful creamy and meaty Greek pasta bake that can be served hot or cold. Pastitsio (or Macaroni…

How to cook basmati rice – a foolproof method.  Learn to how to cook Basmati rice perfectly everytime. Never again eat burnt rice or stodgy rice. Follow this simple rice recipe to learn the secret of cooking perfect rice everytime.. Got leftover rice? Make my delicious fried…

Seafood Pasta Recipe (Greek seafood pasta actually!) My seafood pasta recipe is simple, elegant and damn tasty and more to the point it is cooked in 10 minutes flat! I prefer to make this as a seafood linguine but any pasta will work.  I’ve slightly…