My wife and I absolutely love Gran Canaria with its year-round warm climate, friendly people and its abundance of great food, especially the locally caught fish.
Recent Posts
Easy Homemade Tomato Passata
I have had a good crop of tomatoes on my allotment, far more than I can use in salads so I am going to make tomato passata and store it for future use.
How To Pickle Gherkins
Sweet and crunchy home-pickled gherkins. You can’t eat fish and chips without one!
Acqua Pazza – Poached Fish From Italy
Acqua pazza in Italian means “crazy water”. This recipe is a one-pan Neopolitan classic, simple to make and tastes amazing.
Potato Salad with Anchovies and Quails Eggs
This Greek-style potato salad recipe is one I found when I was looking for a recipe to use up all the quail eggs I had.
How To Cook Runner Beans
I prefer my beans cooked fairly quickly in boiling water for 5-8 minutes but alternatively, you can steam them for 15-20 minutes or stir-fry them for 3-5 minutes
Easy Corn on the Cob
If you are looking for a really easy corn on the cob recipe then you cannot get any easier than this one.
How to Make Blackberry Jam
Making blackberry jam doesn’t have to be hard and this recipe is straightforward. Get yourself a digital food thermometer and off you go.
The Perfect Crisp Sandwich
For the perfect crisp sandwich where do you start? Do you use your favourite loaf from the local bakers, and which flavour crisps for the filling? Should the crisps be plain or wrinkled? Do you use butter or margarine?
Don’t panic! We will consider all the options and come up with my guide to making the perfect crisp sandwich.
Jasmine Rice
Jasmine rice is a lovely, subtly perfumed rice used across South East Asia. It’s strongly associated with Thai food, and used for serving with everything from Thai marinated chicken to Chilli Basil Stir Fry, Satay Skewers and the many Thai curries out there.