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Pearl Barley – Use it with Everything, Especially Chicken
Pearl Barley is a neat little thing, its awesome for many reasons, it holds the flavour of whatever you cook it in a lot better than rice, its really not that expensive, its not
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How To Cook Chorizo And Lentil Stew – Spanish Tapas
We have loads of places to eat out where we work – a hot spot of Cheshire gastronomy called Altrincham. The reasonably recent redevelopment of the market House has been featured extensively in the
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How To Cook Slow Cooker Korean Chilli Ribs. Slow or Even Slower….
Ah Korea. Land of Taekwondo, odd pop music and highly questionable politics to the North. There’s one thing you can’t question and that’s their ribs. I eat a lot of ribs and now I
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How To Cook – Slow Cooker Lamb
The slow cooker. An amazing invention which fell out of favour for some reason or other but is making a come back and should be in everyone’s kitchen gadget list. The set and forget
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Potatoes without the Hassle – Hasselback Potatoes
Potaotes are awesome and versatile and when done properly they can be pretty special. Far and away one of the most amazing ways to do potaotes is to make Hasselback beauties, they’re pretty easy
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Smokey Pork and Baked Cannellini Bean Oven Bake
Baked beans are one of those foods that we so often over look in the 21st century, we take them for granted and at best all we manage to do is whack them on
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People – Brine Your Chicken Now
If like me you eat a phenomenal amount of chicken, especially chicken breast then you need to do this immediately. If you’re grilling, baking or ‘Qing your chicken then take note as this will
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Italian Biscotti
Really easy to make but you need to watch the cooking times as they can vary – especially if you need to get the dough consistency right by adding more flour or eggs or
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Mojo Verde Sauce – use it with potatoes, fish, chicken and especially pork!
This sauce is from the Canary Islands and typically served with the fantastic small, salt encrusted potatoes known as Papas Arrugadas (recipe coming). There is a red version which is good but this ones
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Chinese New Year Lucky Lunar Crispy Pork
January 28 signals the start of the Chinese New Year. For 2017 it’s the turn of the rooster and to celebrate The Man Times has decided to honor the rooster by not eating it
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