Grandads Cookbook

Butternut Squash Macaroni Cheese

20/11/2023

Adding roasted butternut squash to this classic recipe gives it a lot of seasonal flavour.

Char Kway Teow

20/11/2023

Char Kway Teow is the classic Malaysian street food dish with that big taste of smoky rice noodles. Quick, easy and healthy.

roasted whole chicken in a baking tray on a bed of onions

Roast Chicken with Beer Butter Onions and Kale Salad

17/11/2023

A classic roast accompanied with an unusual kale and grapefruit salad

chicken paprikas in a cast iron casserole

Chicken Paprikash

09/11/2023

Paprika chicken or as it should be called Chicken Paprikash, an authentic Hungarian dish.

Beer Can Chicken

05/11/2023

The best chicken you will ever taste cooked on a BBQ sat on top of half-full a can of beer!

chicken thighs in a mushroom sauce in a cast iron casserole dish

Poulet à la Forestière

04/11/2023

Poulet à la Forestière, that’s chicken in mushroom sauce to the non-French-speaking world is a classic autumn dish in French kitchens.

sausage and pepper pasta in a serving bowl

Roasted Pepper Pasta with Spicy Sausage and Cavolo Nero

02/11/2023

This is an absolutely brilliant mid week meal with tasty sausage and dark Cavolo Nero cabbage.

Cheeseburger pasta in a cast iron pan on the table

My youngest grandson was staying with me this weekend and said “Grandad, can we make cheeseburger pasta like Mummy makes”? I have never heard of cheeseburger pasta but guessed it was some kind of pasta bake. He is a fussy eater so it had to be tasty but definitely not […]