Risottos and rice salads
This easy bacon and pea risotto recipe is so simple to make once you get the hang of making one. And it really is easy, as long as you don’t stray too far from the kitchen. This is because regular stirring is required. You also …
I’d been meaning to make a bacon or ham and egg fried rice for ages, and finally got round to it with some leftover ham from slow-cooking a piece of gammon. Sometimes I make a ham and asparagus risotto with it, but this time I …
A mushroom and prawn risotto combines two of my favourite flavours in the whole world – succulent, salty King prawns, and super savoury yet mild baby button mushrooms. From taking your cook’s knife in your hand to picking up your fork, it can be on …
This easy ham and asparagus risotto is one of a number of recipes I make with the meat and stock, after cooking a gammon joint in the slow cooker. Risotto recipes make for such a simple and delicious supper – whether it’s for a family …
This easy chorizo and pea risotto recipe is perhaps more of a chorizo paella – but it contains neither chicken nor seafood. Instead of using additional meat or fish, protein is provided by the fried egg perched proudly on top. The idea for this came …
This easy tuna paella recipe was borne of a sudden flash of inspiration when trying to throw a quick dinner together at home. It’s really tasty, great for topping up your five-a-day and fish intake, and cheap and easy to make too. You can of …
Should it be called ‘Curry Nation‘, rather than coronation rice salad? We are such a nation of lovers of the spicy, saucy foodstuff… Anyway, I had a supermarket version of something similar to this rice salad recipe several times at family parties. Then I tried making …