My other half had a text last week day from our friend Fireman Sam, saying he wanted to see more desserts and cakes recipes. He struggles to cook more than baked beans without burning the toast, so goodness knows how he is going to bake cakes and desserts but miracles … Continue reading
I spent a superb weekend in my favourite city of Amsterdam, but I must remember that I am not as young as I use to be and that I can no longer party for three days in a row with out paying the price. That price was me being very … Continue reading
Just because I’m in Dubai where it’s hot and warm, doesn’t mean I still can’t eat those cold weather comfort foods. Recipes, like beef and rosemary casserole, beef and ale stew, Spanish chicken and chorizo are all perfect comfort foods for cold climates. But to be honest I don’t care … Continue reading
Keifer Derrin of food blog DonkeyFodder.com shares a collection of three delicious but different recipes for bolognese sauce. I was visiting some friends a while back and when I woke up, there was a wonderful aroma permeating around the house. I dragged my tired carcass into the kitchen where my … Continue reading
The only time I eat dried food is normally when I’m having a “filthy” pot noodle or when I remember to soak some pulses, like black beans, chickpeas etc. But occasionally I use salt fish, which is also dried and something that is not very common in the UK, which … Continue reading
Keifer Derrin of food blog DonkeyFodder.com shares his recipe for this easy to make tagine inspired by Australian Woman’s Weekly Moroccan and the foods of North Africa. I was a vegetarian for over 12 years, but could not resist roast chicken and ended up eating meat again. However I decided … Continue reading
It’s official, I’ve become a Nigella Lawson clone. I was looking in my freezer the other day and I came across some frozen breadcrumbs and thought I would use them. When I started this blog I said that I hated the way TV cooks always had stuff just laying around … Continue reading
As I said in a previous post I am in Dubai for two months and am currently sitting in my very spacious hotel room/apartment. I have a big bedroom with en suite bathroom, the lounge/diner is twice the size than my own in London, as is the kitchen in fact … Continue reading
As a kid I hated fishcakes, but then in my day, school and frozen fishcakes were not a very nice combination. Too much potato with cheap fish and even then, too much salt made for a tasteless dish. You couldn’t buy fresh fishcakes from shops and my mother never made … Continue reading
I am currently in Dubai and I will be here for about two months. My apartment is near the Mall of the Emirates and yesterday, I went go to Carrefour and I was amazed at the size of the shop and the very large variety of produce. Dubai has a … Continue reading
After reviewing the recipes from Skinny Meals in Heels, I decided to try a simple recipe of chicken, ginger and green bean hotpot, served with rice. This is a classic Vietnamese braised dish that is low in fat but full in flavour. The recipe in the book required 500g of … Continue reading
My friend Lyd, was going to Moscow for a short break and gave me a load of vegetables that would have gone off, because her husband, Raj hates them. In fact we joke about his phobic tendencies to vegetables unless he has them curried. So, with his wife being away … Continue reading
Keifer Derrin of food blog DonkeyFodder.com delves into the world of baking and tries out a recipe for the classic apple pie. I haven’t done any baking for a while, apart from bread, so I decided to make an apple pie, as I’d never made one before. Yes I know I’ve … Continue reading
Where does time go, I cannot believe it’s been so long since I last wrote an entry. I am still creating and eating new recipes and I have been visiting new and exciting restaurants and I’m even reading a lot on food in general. I’ve even written a lot, but … Continue reading
I just wanted a meal that had chickpeas and was healthy, as I’d been over indulging again, but that is all I knew I wanted, the rest of the ingredients were laying around my cupboard or my fridge. I got exactly what I wanted, a meal full of vitamins, low … Continue reading
My other half has been away in Turkey for a week, and I’ve had a quiet but great food week on my own. I like having the house to myself because it means I can cook and eat foods that my other half doesn’t like and today I am having … Continue reading
Keifer Derrin of food blog DonkeyFodder.com shares his recipe for a surprisingly healthy curry of chicken and spinach. I really wanted to eat a healthy meal so I decided on a curry. I can almost hear you shouting curry isn’t healthy with all that ghee, but this curry only has … Continue reading
The last time I attempted to bake anything it was a complete disaster. One thing it taught me though, I won’t be entering The Great British Bake Off any time soon, maybe in about 10 years time. This also wasn’t perfect because I forgot to dust the torte with the … Continue reading
I make a lot more chicken dishes than any other. The reason for that is chicken tastes great, it’s healthier than most other meats and it is very versatile. You can roast it, poach it, add it to stews, casseroles, barbecue it, the list is endless and I am always on … Continue reading
I’m sure you’re like me that you come across certain aromas that bring some wonderful (and bad) memories flooding back. Some of smells that do this to me are fresh cut grass, baking bread, fresh coffee. One of my favourite cooking smells is bacon and it was one of the … Continue reading
I find it hard to imagine that I use to hate mushrooms as a kid. If my parents put them on my plate we use to play a game of stand off. I was always made to sit at the table until I had eaten them. I can’t remember how … Continue reading
Keifer Derrin of food blog DonkeyFodder.com cooks a fish curry for the first time. I am finally able to make a fish curry – my other half doesn’t think that fish should be used in a curry as it spoils the flavour of the fish, but I disagree. He also … Continue reading
I started watching The Great British Bake Off by accident last year, as I was flicking through the TV channels and came across it. After 20 minutes I was hooked. I’ve seen other cookery competitions but this has to be the hardest. Just 30 seconds of overbaking can dry the … Continue reading
Keifer Derrin of food blog DonkeyFodder.com attempts to bake soda bread but instead invents a new kind of bread – Donkey Bread. All will be explained below… I learnt something the other day, not only should I RTFM, see previous post HERE, I should also try and learn my ingredients. … Continue reading
Hands up if you’ve ever heard of onions cut Asian style? It was a new one on me so went to the internet to see if I could find out what it meant and how the onions were cut. After a few seconds I found that It means that you … Continue reading
Keifer Derrin of food blog DonkeyFodder.com shares his recipe for a salmon dish where the fish is cooked medium rare. If you’ve not cooked salmon like this before, you should try it. After experiencing salmon lightly cooked in Sydney, Keifer now always eats his salmon medium or rare. Whenever we … Continue reading