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.

Neither moussaka nor lasagne either …..

……. so what is it? To be honest, I’d started out with the idea of making melanzane alla parmigiana but then I decided to add some minced beef to the tomato sauce, which changed the dish into something else altogether, something a bit more like a moussaka. Except that the flavours were far more Italian and it was like lasagne al forno, but with slices of aubergine instead of sheets of pasta.

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

Pork chops with cannellini beans

This is ridiculously easy, it doesn’t take up much time and there is hardly any cooking at all, just a bit of frying and heating things up, so it

A 15 minute supper

It is often said that people eat convenience food because they don’t have the time to cook anything. Well, this took me about 15 minutes to make from start to serving.

Neck of lamb casserole with chickpeas

Neck of lamb on the bone is a cheap cut, sometimes called lamb neck chops. I doubt that you will find it in a supermarket so it is a chance to get along to the butcher and help keep a small business alive. Butchers generally sell much better quality meat than supermarkets anyway, and any decent butcher should be able to tell you where the meat comes from, too.

Red and green pepper stew with Polish sausages and potatoes

This is a kind of Eastern European-flavoured dish, probably more Hungarian than anything else and is a quick and simple thing to cook on a weekday evening.

Spaghetti with a minced beef, mushroom and tomato sauce

This definitely isn’t spaghetti Bolognaise because it isn’t an “authentic” recipe, although I sometimes feel that authenticity can be so terribly overrated. Anyway, there are lots of different recipes that all claim to be a proper ragu Bolognaise, but this makes no claims about that.

Pork, butter bean and chorizo casserole

This is one of those one pot dishes that I love. Minimal washing up and lots of flavour. I’ve posted a similar dish before, so apologies if anyone reads this and thinks it is a spot of deja vu.