Chili and Cranberry Sauce

If you still buy your cranberry sauce in a jar, stop wasting your money. Cranberry Sauce is the easist thing in the world to make. Minimum ingredients, minimum effort, minimum time, tailored to your own personal tastes. This is the traditional sauce for turkey and cold meats, but with a hot chili twist. Adjust the…

James’s Christmas Menus

It should be a Christmas of 2 halves this year. With the vegetarian MIL around for Chrismas day, I’ve decided that just for once I won’t be cooking something special just for her. Instead it will be vegetarian all round. To prepare for this, we felt that a meat fest was in order, so our…

Chicken Jambalaya

One of my favourite Cajun recipes, and surprisingly straightforward. I find that this recipe appeals to a wide range of people, and makes a regular appearance when I have guests to entertain with something that can be prepared in advanced and left. This dish has the most amazing aroma which fills the house, and is…

Chicken Bhuna

A traditional curry dish with a dry sauce. This dish can (and should) be made with extra garlic instead of the onion – you’ll need a couple of bulbs, but it’s great! This recipe follows the ‘framework’ for many of my curry recipes – master this and it’s easy to diversify with alternative meat or…