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Kitchen Basics Recipes

These kitchen basics recipes are designed to make your life easier in the kitchen. From an easy white sauce, to a cheat’s white sauce recipe, the best simple pancake recipe, how to make an omelette and many more. Good cooking is not about complicated and fussy recipes, it all comes down to the kitchen basics.

Honey Mustard Sausages in a bowl with a dip

Christmas Recipes

Honey Mustard Sausages

Side Dishes

Easy Cowboy Butter

pasta al pesto in a white bowl

Easy Pasta Recipes

Pasta al Pesto

homemade pistachio pesto in a glass jar

Kitchen Basics Recipes

Pistachio Pesto (Pesto Al Pistacchio)

pasta al pesto pistacchio on a plate

Easy Pasta Recipes

Pistachio Pesto Pasta (Pasta Al Pesto Pistacchio)

A bowl of creamy pastina with a spoon in the bowl.

Comfort Food

Creamy and Easy Pastina

Beef short ribs ragu with pappardelle on plate.

Easy Beef Recipes

Slow Cooked Beef Short Ribs Ragu

Braised beef short ribs on mashed potato.

Easy Beef Recipes

Red Wine Braised Beef Short Ribs

Foldied triangoli on silver tray.

Easy Pasta Recipes

How to Make Homemade Triangoli Pasta

formed garganelli.

Easy Pasta Recipes

How to Make Homemade Garganelli Pasta

Chicken katsu cutlet in slices served over a bowl of rice with spring onions, chilli slices, lime wedges and coriander as a garnish.

Chicken Recipes

Chicken Katsu Curry

Spiced Carrot and Lentil Soup with Feta Crumble

Soups

Spiced Carrot and Lentil Soup with Feta Crumble

salmon omelette on white plate with fork.

Smoked Salmon Recipes

Easy Salmon Omelette

greek chicken lemon potatoes in a white dish.

Chicken Recipes

One-Pan Greek Chicken with Lemon Potatoes

homemade chicken stock in a jar.

Kitchen Basics Recipes

Easy Homemade Chicken Stock

roasted white potatoes with rosemary in a white bowl.

Side Dishes

Roasted Potatoes with Rosemary

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