Halloween Recipes With Halloween fast approaching here are a few Halloween recipes for some Halloween food inspiration. It’s that time of year when the joy of having feral children dressed up as Elsa and Spiderman come knocking on your door demanding a handful of sweets…

Theo’s live kids cookalongs and kids lockdown cookbook Join in with any of our live cookalongs below or just grab a recipe! During the first lockdown in March 2020 the kids and I hosted a live cookalong three times a week, every week for 3…

Rustica – Mediterranean village food by Theo Michaels – published 22nd September 2020 Rustica is Theo’s fifth cookbook and an inspiration of Mediterranean cooking. Published by Ryland Peters & Small. Photography by Mowie Kay A collection of delicious recipes inspired by the simple dishes enjoyed…

Welcome to our new weekly meal planning service – FiveDinners.com NEWS UPDATE: February 2023 – we have taken the bold decision to offer FREE lifetime memberships to FiveDinners.com (normally £49.99 per year) to help families and individuals around the globe with the cost of living…

Our One-Pot Chinese Rice My kids love this because it’s a little sweet and savoury and I love it because it’s packed with vegetables and it only uses one pot to make! We’ll be making these with chicken breast but you can easily swap this…

Cupcake Pizzas!  We’re making cupcake pizzas! These are really easy and great fun – shop-bought tortillas, bit of egg, some toppings and boom! You’re own little mini pizzas (OK, they’re more like quiches, but my kids own’t eat quiche so we call them cupcake pizzas…

CHICKEN RAMEN SOUP Who doesn’t love a decent ramen?! This soup is perfect even for fussy eaters; and I know my three love this. Today’s recipe is a real cheats, kid-friendly ramen soup. I’m doing mine as chicken ramen, but feel free to swap out…

CHOC CHIP PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES – OUR 30TH EPISODE! I can’t believe this is our 30th episode! Our Friday cookalongs have morphed into sweet Fridays; we always try to make something more of a treat on Fridays to celebrate the weekend, and this Friday is no…

FOOL PROOF SPAGHETTI CARBONARA! This satisfies even the most fussiest of eaters! We’re making a spaghetti carbonara but cheating a little from the uber traditional version to make it foolproof perfection! Vegetarian option: simply leave out the bacon and swap for mushrooms and find a vegetarian…

Homemade Chicken Nuggets and Halloumi Nuggets for our live cookalong! Chicken nuggets have always been a favourite of mine (aka mcnuggets!), these simple and incrediby crispy nuggets are a real treat and perfect for that fun kid inspired dinner (which all the adults loooove!). I’ll…

Apple and Blueberry Pie Recipe Who doesn’t love a delicious apple pie? This one is easy and no need to worry about what apples to get – we’ll use whatever we can get our hands on! You’ll need enough pastry to line your baking tin…

TUNA PASTA BAKE Oh this is so tasty and such a winner with the family! My kid friendly and really easy Tuna Pasta Bake SERVES 4  Serving Suggestion: steamed vegetables What you need: Frying pan Oven – preheated to 200cFAN Ingredients: 350g fusilli pasta, cooked…

SAVOURY DUTCH BABY PANCAKES Pancakes for dinner?! Savoury Pancakes? Just look at this beauty and tell me you don’t want to cook this!  These are good fun to make; a Dutch baby pancake is more a yorkshire pudding than a pancake. These are filling and…

SUPER EASY ETON MESS – kids cooking This just screams of summer and is sooo easy to make – the kids love it and really importantly; I love it! SERVES 4  Serving Suggestion: Sunshine! What you need: Mixing bowl Electric whisk Ingredients: 300ml double cream…

Homemade crispy pancake rolls (spring rolls) made with crepes. What kid doesn’t like making their own pancake rolls?! This is a fun one, we’ll be making super easy crepes, then cooking a little filling, rolling them up and off we go! There looks like a…

FRIDAY 8TH MAY – KIDS COMPETITION WINNER DINNER! OUR YOUNG SUPERSTAR ‘EMMA’S’ – BROCCOLI AND BACON PASTA! This simple and delicious pasta recipe is the winning dish from ‘Emma N’ our Kids Draw a Dish competition winner! We really like this recipe because its simple…

KIDS Friendly CHILI-con-carne with NACHOS This is an easy chili recipe with a couple of cheats to make it quick and delicious and easy for the kids! We serve these with nachos and salad bits.. SERVES 4  Serving Suggestion: Pack of nachos! Shredded Lettuce, grated…

Salmon Wellington – such a great kids cookalong! This is a family favorite; a beautiful piece of salmon wrapped in puff pastry and baked in the oven; it couldn’t be easier to make with the kids, no cooking involved until it’s popped in the oven.…

French Toast with Caramelized Bananas Who doesn’t love French toast?! Especially topped with caramelised bananas with a drizzle honey! This is a great lunch for the kids… SERVES 4  Serving Suggestion: A glass of milk to wash it down What you need: 1 mixing bowl…

Homemade Vegan Burgers! So this show was a bit of a shambles! One of the kids smashed the bowl with the mincemeat so we only ended up cooking vegan burgers! But the kids loved them so that was a result! It’s real life and real…

HOMEMADE KIDS CURRY WITH RAITA (INDIAN STYLE YOGURT) I’ve made this super easy for the kids to make, but there’s plenty of scope for the adults to jazz it up even more. This is a very ‘loose’ curry best served in a bowl, if you’d…

EVA’S CHOCOLATE TIFFIN I can’t take any credit for this one; Eva my daughter made us this chocolate tiffin the other day and we loved it so we’re sharing it with you! SERVES 4  Serving Suggestion: A glass of milk or cup of tea to…

UPSIDE-DOWN CHICKEN PIES This is a great one to make with the kids, it’s a substantial dinner the whole family can enjoy as well. NOTE: we’re going to make this a chicken and mushroom pie, but you can swap out the mushrooms for broccoli if…

MAC’N’CHEESE – LIVE KIDS COOKALONG Another awesome kid-friendly recipe! This simple macaroni cheese is a total winner for the kids; I’ve kept the ‘cheesiness’ quite light for those with a more delicate palate 🙂 But my kids love this one and it’s super easy to…

Fish CAKES!  Another awesome kid-friendly recipe! These are great fun to make and shape with the kids and then cook off together. NOTE: You need PRE-COOKED POTATOES  and FISH- see below SERVES 4  Serving Suggestion: Jacket potatoes and salad would work! What you need:…

HOMEMADE SAUSAGE ROLLS  One for the whole family! This is a great one with the only real cooking done at the end in the oven – until then it’s all about making them!! SERVES 4  Serving Suggestion: These are just so moreish! Goes great…

2 Ingredient Chocolate Mousse!  Did you eat all those Easter eggs?! I hope not! Use up your leftover chocolate and make these indulgent kid friendly chocolate mousses! SERVES 4  Serving Suggestion: None – just eat them! What you need: 2 Mixing bowls + wooden…

What kids don’t like fish fingers!? My homemade ones are designed for maximum fun for the kids and minimal cooking.. We bake these ones in the oven to make them easy to handle for the kids, but feel free to shallow fry if you want…

MONDAY 6th April – Stuffed Potato Skins These fun and easy stuffed potato skins are easy for the kids to make and filling enough for dinner! Make sure you PRE-BAKE your potatoes!  SERVES 4  Serving Suggestion: baked beans with steamed vegetables, or… green salad…

FRIDAY 3rd April – Cup-o-banoffee ! Absolute mayhem…  INGREDIENTS LIST I’m not one to do many sweet dishes; but since it’s friday these little banofee cups are a real treat and a great pudding to save for after dinner (you won’t last till after…

Wednesday 1st April – Homemade Greek Meatballs with Broken Hummus!  INGREDIENTS LIST This is fun, we’re going to make little Greek meatballs with a kid-easy hummus! The meatballs known by the Greeks as Keftedes are inspired from my book Orexi!  Serves 4  What you…

After the great success we had with my first book last year (Microwave Mug Meals) I’ve been busy writing my second; Microwave Mug Soups which is out now! You can pick up a copy at Waterstones online and Amazon and a plethora of other bookstores…

Curried Chicken and Gnocchi recipe cooked en papillote is part of a new series of brand new recipes I’ve created especially for the lovely folk at David Lloyd Clubs – and this is the first one out! Want something fast, healthy and tasty to ward…

TheoMichaels.com is now live! The new official home to me – Theo Michaels! TheoCooks.com (where you are now!) will continue to deliver great recipes with lots more coming and focus on all things food. Meanwhile TheoMichaels.com will be my own little home on the internet…

Another great show this week on ITV’s This Morning with Philip and Holly (and a surprise appearance by Ryland – who knew he was scared of fish! :)) I whipped up three great summertime microwave mug meals (more microwave mug meal recipes here), this is…

Travel Phuket I arrive in Phuket from Bangkok fresh and raring to go. I love cities but was starting to ache for the smell of the tropics and the sound of the ocean. My first and only stop is the Paresa resort carved into the…

Guest Chef at the Paresa Resort in Phuket, Thailand.   I wave goodbye to Bangkok and the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit after my first celebrity guest chef appearance and fly into Phuket which only takes about an hour to fly. Check out the links above for traveling in…

Guest Chef at Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit, Bangkok. Last week  (May-2017l) I was lucky enough to be invited by the Sheraton Grande Sukhumvit in Bangkok to visit as their guest celebrity chef and host a two-night, exclusive food and wine pairing event. Well, I say host,…

Travel Bangkok From Budget Traveler to Luxury Travel in Bangkok – I’ve been ruined forever… For the purposes of disclosure I will state now that I have always been somewhat of a budget traveler. That term may immediately conjure images of an overweight, middle aged…

Microwave Recipes – another great show on ITV’s This Morning with Philip and Holly – I love those guys! Today we cooked three delicious Microwave Mug Meals! Today we had fun microwave cooking my Puffin in a Mug (love child of a pizza and a…

I had another wonderful day with the folks at ITV’s This Morning cooking my Christmas Dinner special – in a mug! If you missed the show you can watch my segment below. The amazing production team at This Morning (whom I have to thank for…

A great day had for my debut appearance on ITV’s This Morning where I was lucky enough to showcase three recipes from my new cookbook Microwave Mug Meals. I cooked my Stuffed Chicken Breast wrapped in Pancetta on a cumin and chick pea ragu, Laos…

Reveal Magazine feature Microwave Mug Meals cookbook by Theo Michaels (that’s meeee!).

Best Magazine are a lovely bunch of people and I’ve been lucky enough to have worked with them for a while. This time they’ve featured one of my recipes from my new book – Microwave Mug Meals!

The guys at the Hertfordshire Mercury Newspaper have always been super supportive and were lovely enough to feature a little article on my new cook book.

“London’s Best Home Dining Services” by Evening Standard I won’t brag because anyone that knows me knows how humble and modest I am (anyone that knows me is shaking their head in disbelief about now). See a snippet of the article below! Not much to…

Another great show on the BBC 3CR Weekend Kitchen programme with Nick Coffer, the amazing Justine Pattison and uber-talented Kim co-owner of the Cinnamon Travelling Cafe. This weeks BBC 3CR Weekend kitchen show had Kim making the most incredibly delicious jerk chicken curry that had…

I had a great day this weekend on the kitchen demo stage at the St. Albans Food Festival. I was on stage with Jonny Seabrook who’s a great compere and a thoroughly decent chap as well! I’ve done a few of the local food festivals…

My China Travel Guide, or rather my alternative guide to travelling in China using a hi-jacked bus… I never intended to write a China Travel Guide and I haven’t, but I thought I’d share a little gem of knowledge that is, in hindsight, very funny,…