Cookery School

Baking Powder Vs Bicarbonate Of Soda

What’s the difference? They can be rather confusing, having similar uses and names but in short, baking soda is a

How To Turn Plain Flour Into Self-raising Flour

If a recipe calls for self-raising flour but you only have plain (anyone ever baked a cake in mainland Europe?!

What Kind Of Oil Should I Use?

Broadly speaking, oils can fall into two categories: neutral oil and not. A neutral oil is one that has very

Melting Chocolate: A Guide

How to melt chocolate in microwave This may sound very simple but even as chefs, this has tripped us up

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Let’s make lunch. These roasted sweet potatoes f

Let’s make lunch. These roasted sweet potatoes filled with a herby nutty lentil salad with pomegranate, plenty of humous, feta and quick pickled scrunched red onion are so good. You can make a big batch of the lentil salad and then simply pop the sweet potato in the oven and forget about it for 45 mins.

Recipe is up on www.desertislanddishes.co 💖

#sweetpotato #easyrecipe #lunch

Creamy Coconut Red Curry Laksa with lime and chill

Creamy Coconut Red Curry Laksa with lime and chilli butter basted salmon - this is so quick and easy and the salmon is so so good. Packed full of flavour and so comforting. Singing with ginger and the perfect amount of heat balanced with a little sweetness and cool creamy coconut.

This recipe is coming to my newsletter on Sunday to ALL subscribers! It’s free! You can sign up via the link in my bio or head to www.dinnertonight.substack on my substack www.dinnertonight.substack.com. Easy weeknight recipes delivered to your inbox every Sunday - it’s a serialised cookbook and honestly writing the newsletter has become one of my favourite things I do. There are now nearly 16,000 of you which is just the most exciting thing ever.

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I still get tagged in so many amazing videos of St

I still get tagged in so many amazing videos of Stanley’s sandwich from his episode of Desert Island Dishes which I love so much! If you haven’t listened to his episode, it’s well worth a listen, he’s so charming and of course has some brilliant choices of his seven desert island dishes. Find it wherever you get your podcasts 💛

Had to share this one from @seriousfoodfetish as it looks SO GOOD. Love her page, she makes really brilliant videos.

This really is an excellent sandwich 🥰

#sandwich #stanleytucci #grilledcheese

This is SO good. Very easy, and quick and it’s j

This is SO good. Very easy, and quick and it’s just so delicious. I could eat this every day. Crispy pan fried chicken on a bed of braised beans with tomato and winter greens. Topped with a simple salsa verde and a very easy tarragon aioli. My idea of heaven.

Coming in the newsletter this Sunday. This one is for paid subscribers. Including tips on how to get perfectly cooked pan fried chicken with crispy skin, the easiest way to make aioli and how to change up the recipe depending on what you have.

The newsletter has a recipe every week but it’s also full of tips and tricks to make your life easier and how you can improve your cooking at home. 💖

#crispychicken #easyrecipe #dinner