This recipe takes me right back to my childhood, my mum used to make a very similar dish and I had completely forgotten about it until I was reminded about it in college last (academic) year. It came up in one of our practical cookery classes and since then I have experimented with it several [...]

Ingredients; 2 x 125g bags “boil in the bag” couscous 2 sticks celery 1 small bell pepper (your choice of colour) 3 medium tomatoes 1 200g tin sweetcorn Handful frozen peas Handful baby broccoli Handful fresh flat-leaf parsley Handful sun-dried tomatoes 3 handfuls raisins Half teaspoon chilli powder Herbs to taste (e.g. dried oregano, basil, [...]

Ingredients; 4 chicken breasts, diced 2 medium onions, finely diced 2 cloves of garlic, finely diced 2 chilies, finely diced A thumb-sized piece of ginger, finely diced (or half a teaspoon of ground ginger) 80g butter 1 teaspoon turmeric 500ml of hot water Half teaspoon of ground coriander 50g salted peanuts 40g raisins I like [...]

Ingredients; 1 cup all purpose flour 1/3 cup white sugar 1/3 cup brown sugar (packed) 1 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp ground allspice 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1 extra-large egg, beaten lightly 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup grated apples 1/2 cup raisins Preheat your oven to 170 C. Mix [...]