Family Favourites

Sometimes when I come home from work I don’t want to make a meal from scratch so I cheat and use a shop-bought sauce like Sainsburys Thai Green Curry Style Sauce.

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

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

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

This is an absolutely brilliant mid week meal with tasty sausage and dark Cavolo Nero cabbage. Roasted Pepper Pasta with Spicy Sausage and Cavolo Nero For the Roasted Vegetables:4 Red and green bell peppers (de-seeded and sliced)250 g Cherry or baby plum tomatoes (halved)1 Red onion (sliced)5 cloves Garlic (large, peeled)2 Chilli peppers – medium

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 spicy or peppery otherwise he

Every roast dinner deserves a really good gravy, it’s just too dry or plain without one!

These really easy-to-cook cinnamon-baked pears will fill your kitchen with the most beautiful aroma and are melt-in-the-mouth delicious.

Recently in Gran Canaria, we had an unusual combination of chicken and prawns in a green pepper sauce. But it works!

You can go down to any British high street and get fish and chips to takeaway. But cook this iconic British meal at home, complete with a side dish of mushy peas.