On Thursday last, I gave you all an insight into how I plan meals for the week, This process is (usually) quickly followed by the weekly shopping. Having an outline of your meals for the week is a great start to making a shopping list. I used to be one of those “ah shure, I’ll [...]

Possibly the two most important skills when cooking for one are imagination and division. Let’s look at the second of those first, division. It’s a fairly basic skill and this will allow you to take a recipe meant to serve 4 and allow you to cook a single portion of it. Of course it can [...]

Freezing is one of the most convenient ways to preserve food. There really is nothing to it, just pack your food in something and put it in your freezer. A lot of people use tinfoil trays (like you get your takeaway curry in) or plastic boxes to freeze almost everything. While they are definitely a [...]

In this post we’re going to give you a number of quick tips for cutting onions in lots of different ways. Firstly there is no magic cure, some onions will make you cry when you cut them no matter what, but there are a few things that you can do to minimise the effects. Breath [...]

Once we found out how simple this is to make, a pasta machine was ordered and while we still keep some dried pasta on the shelf, most of the time we make our own fresh pasta. When possible, it’s best to use Italian tipo 00 Flour, which is very easy to source in Italy (about [...]