Tag: Dinner for Two

Slow-cooked beef short rib and potatoes recipe

Slow-cooked beef short rib and potatoes recipe

Beef, slow-cooked beef short rib to be exact, and potatoes, what could go wrong? Nothing, absolutely nothing! This recipe is key for beef lovers. Other than salt and pepper, this recipe does not call for any additional seasoning. Do not start putting things like sage, […]

Cured duck and roasted butternut squash pasta salad

Cured duck and roasted butternut squash pasta salad

  My partner and I went to Brugges for the Christmas markets and picked up some lovely cured duck. The ingredient was a specialty from the French region that the market seller hailed from. I do not remember the region now for the life of […]

Pesto sea bass and almonds with a tropical salad

Pesto sea bass and almonds with a tropical salad

  Sea bass, I find is a great hybrid of salmon and cod. It is a white fish, so you can do a lot with the flavours and play with it, but it also has the skin on the fish that you can crisp up […]

Gruyere Cheese Mashed Potato and Parsnips Recipe

Gruyere Cheese Mashed Potato and Parsnips Recipe

  This is an interesting take on your normal mashed potatoes.  This mashed potato recipe has an additional gruyere cheese and parsnip, as I felt a little taken with French cuisine for this dish, I have added some creamed horseradish and mustard to the mixture. […]

Slow-Cooked Beef and Gravy Recipe

Slow-Cooked Beef and Gravy Recipe

  This slow-cooked beef and gravy is an excellent one dish recipe.  It contains braising beef, mushrooms, carrots, and red wine in the gravy.  This dish has a really thick sauce to it, so it is a greater focus on the beef and the richness […]

Grilled Vegetables With Cheese Sauce & Brown Rice Recipe

Grilled Vegetables With Cheese Sauce & Brown Rice Recipe

I am lazy when it comes to lunches.  I find them difficult because I want something good, and usually I want something warm, but I cannot bring myself to make a long and complicated dish.  This is the quickest healthy recipe I have come up […]

Tuna Steaks With Tomato & Feta Salad Recipe

Tuna Steaks With Tomato & Feta Salad Recipe

This is more of an indulgent Summer salad, but it is light and fresh and depending on your mood, good for all year round.  It can be difficult to cook Tuna, and it really depends on your tastes to how long or short your cook […]

Chicken, Broccoli, Brown and Wild Rice Tray Bake Recipe

Chicken, Broccoli, Brown and Wild Rice Tray Bake Recipe

Why tray bakes work I am weird about textures.  If a food has a weird texture that I don’t like then I just won’t eat it.  And this is how my life has been with brown rice.  People will rant and rave “it’s so healthy” […]

Tomato soup with toasted garlic recipe

Tomato soup with toasted garlic recipe

I am a fussy eater when it comes to Tomato soup.  For a very long time I hated it.  I hate the smooth texture of it, I felt that it was just warm tomato juice and I didn’t like that either. It was an emotional […]