Thai-style chicken with holy basil

I think that I’ve written about this sort of dish before, but it is such a favourite that I thought that I’d do a new post

Garlic chive stir-fry with pork

I cannot take any credit for this delicious recipe, it comes from the brilliant Woks Of Life website.

Grilled sea bass

Sea bass is becoming more and more affordable, mainly because it has become a farmed fish, which is good news for those of us who think it is a fish worth eating.

Pollo alla Romana

Otherwise known as “Roman-style chicken”. I can remember eating something called Pollo alla Romana many years ago when I was a student, but it was nothing much like this.

Tex-Mex pork and black bean stew.

I’m calling this “Tex-Mex” rather than Mexican because I doubt that it scores many points on the Mexican food authenticity scale but

Fuchsia Dunlop’s stir-fried beef with peppers and cumin

This recipe comes from Fuchsia Dunlop’s book Every Grain Of Rice, but I have doubled the amount of peppers used, because I like the sweet crunch of stir-fried peppers.

Oh no! It’s the post-Christmas turkey curry.

Well, yes. It really is the post-Christmas turkey curry, as traditional as dreadful Christmas jumpers and mince pies.