Winter Warmers

What is Scrumptious Simple Spaghetti I hear you say? Spaghetti, by its nature is a nice and simple dish to cook. The Spaghetti itself, if using the dried variety, takes around 10-12 minutes in a pan of boiling water - simple. However, making the sauce that goes with it will either make or break you meal. This is a super easy dish to make and won't take you much longer than 25 minutes from the moment you pull the first ingredient from the fridge (I've of course assumed that you have already heated the oven!) This dish uses very traditional flavours when it comes to Italian cooking; tomatoes, garlic, basil and parmesan cheese. Is that all? Yes it is. Well, you can add in a bit of...

As we enter the winter season, there is nothing better than cooking a roast for the family or friends. A slow cooked cut of silverside beef, is a wonderful meal to prepare if you are cooking for four people plus. As this is a slow cook recipe, there will be ample time to cook up the other elements of the meal such as the roast potatoes, vegetables and Yorkshire puddings. My other love of this dish are the aromas that you get in the house. Cooking with garlic and wine never ceases to impress. Beef is one of those roasts that can sometimes be quite difficult to get absolutely perfect. However, by cooking it slowly, you can almost guarantee that you end up with a roast that...

Roast dinners are certainly not complete without a yummy Yorkshire pudding. They really are a staple when it comes to cooking up a family roast. Whether you are cooking up lamb, beef, chicken or pork be sure that you add a Yorkshire pudding to the menu. Easy to cook and using little ingredients. They are best served straight from the oven onto the dinner table. Timing is quite key and personally I make sure that everything else is on the table before I serve these little gems up. Whether cooking for guest or family, they will be grateful for these. Enjoy the recipe. Yummy Yorkshire Puddings No roast dinner is complete without a Yorkshire pudding. Whilst you can buy them pre made in the shop, nothing really beats making them...

Almost everyone that I know loves roast potatoes. I think it is fair to say that other than the meat that is served with a good old Sunday roast, the second most important thing is the potatoes. And, believe it or not, every family will have a different take on what is 'the perfect roast potato'. However, this particular recipe is something of a family favourite and I would call it somewhat 'perfect'. It's not just the potatoes that I love about this recipe but also the aromas that come as a result of cooking it. Garlic and rosemary are top of the agenda when it cooking roast potatoes and there's no doubt that this perfectly compliments a roast lamb dinner. That said, when you season...