If you have read any of my other food/recipe reviews then you will no that cooking is not my strong point but I have a few favourite dishes that never go wrong and this is one of them. A few weeks ago at work one of my colleagues was eating something called habas fritas. I tried it not knowing what it was except that it was very tasty. I was then told that it was fried broadbeans. I then admitted that I'd never had broadbeans and didn't know how to serve them. This is when I was told of a recipe which I have adapted to suit my taste. ~Ingredients~ Broadbeans Bacon Mushrooms Pitta bread Mayonaise As normal, I ...  Read the complete review

Being a working mum with two hungry boys to feed, I have learned the importance of rustling up simple, quick dishes in as little time as possible. So here is a selection of my favourite standby items and quick snacks that can be rustled up in the time that it takes a child to say "Mum! I'm hungry!" *Quesadillas* These are great for kids of all ages, especially as you can hold your head up high amongst all the yummy mummies at the school gates when your two year old is asking for Quesadillas for tea! Basically, a quesadilla is a kind of mexican version of cheese on toast. Take one flour tortilla and pop it in a pre-heated frying ...  Read the complete review

Snacks and standbys - here is a review that could be expertly written by my 13 year old son, who is constantly hungry, and pretty independent when it comes to cooking. He makes about half the meals (all cooking from scratch) that we eat at home, and when he gets as far as university, he will never go hungry or be destined to spend 3 years of his life eating baked beans cold out of a tin, or 8p noodles..... Snacks and standbys for some people mean a cupboard full of crisps and bars of chocolates. In my house, the rule is that you can eat as much fruit and yoghurt as you want in between meals, but that if you "need" something proper, you have ...  Read the complete review

Thinking back to my childhood in Italy, I can remember there often being evenings when my mother was coming home late from work, my dad had quickly left to go work a second shift, and there was seemingly nothing to eat in the cupboards. Yet within a half hour my mother had appeared, and rustled up a meal for herself and four hungry kids. All of this without a call to the take-away, an artifical ready meal, nor a sniff of frozen chips, and definately no mention of a "chicken" nugget, or vile fish finger. Sadly, many of todays mothers across the developed world, have lost this skill, apparantly todays mothers work harder, feel more tired, and have ...  Read the complete review

I have an illness which affects my stomach, my immune system, and (rather unfortunately as I love food) my appetite. Therefore, I often need reminding or encouraged to eat, or to eat a 'proper' amount of food, the right type of food, or indeed, any food at all that isn't yoghurt! For this reason, I often cook snacks or smaller meals for myself, or my lovely other half will make them for me, if I am too tired or having one of my bad days. I very seldom have the appetite to cope with a huge plateful of food, and find it off-putting to say the least. A small bowl of soup followed by a sandwich is my normal evening meal, sometimes just the soup is enough, and I ...  Read the complete review