Some thoughts on cooking

Firstly, please don't take offence as the recipes here are really step-by-step - if you know how to cook, please just ignore the bits you already knew. But I have had feedback from children who have managed to cook following the recipes and I think that's well worth other people being a bit annoyed that I show how to chop up an onion...
I really don't want to exclude anyone and if by chance, someone who has never cooked will have a go at one of the recipes, then it was well worth it.

I love cooking - and I love preparing food from fresh ingredients. I admit to the odd slip of frozen pizza twice a year - but apart from that, I do prepare a meal a day - from fresh ingredients. There are some exceptions of tinned / frozen stuff I use:

Spring Greens

Tried and tested

I have also tried all recipes several times and the volumes, weights and cooking times given are accurate and work.

Apart from that, I try to get everything as fresh as I can - so I go food shopping on a daily basis. Not only does that provide the fresh stuff I want, but it also gives me the inspiration on what to cook on the day by looking at the available vegetables & meats.

Full Fat

Full fat yoghurt, milk and cheese - yes please! I don't use any reduced fat products in cooking - the stuff just doesn't taste right. Just eat a bit less.

Feedback and Rating

You can rate each recipe and leave feedback. I will only delete feedback if it contains unacceptable language - otherwise everything is left unmodified as submitted. I do have to take off a fair amount of postings and I find it hard to understand why people leave very insulting remarks - this is just a privately run site to share some recipes, no need to spill your bile here ...

Vegetarians & Vegans

I am not a vegetarian, neither am I a vegan. This site does not list any specifically vegetarian or vegan recipes. I absolutely love the veg boys leaving sour feedback on dishes like Spaghetti Bolognese because it contains meat. If you don't add meat, it's not the dish. Call it what you want, add tofu, but it won't be Bolognese. There are lots of sites for vegetarians, please just go there and don't leave silly feedback.

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Comments:

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10Wot - no soup?
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10hi, must post a comment here: I am vegetarian as well, but the recipie on the pizza base with the pictures is awesome, thanks for that!
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10Was looking for something else and came across your site. I hope it inspires frightened cooks to cook. I already cook from scratch so it wasn't what I needed. But hey .... people need stuff like this to get them going. Lots of luck! Please keep it up!
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10Very nice site. Sorry you get hassled by rabid vegetarians. Thanks
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9very good site! thanks for the pictures. But there are some recipe without picture that's why I only give 9
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10nice easy recipes. can you get more main dishes up?
10i love step by step with pictures , your roast veg guide was very easy to follow ( i just looked at the pictures ! ) thank you for you hard work
10I made the best spaghetti bolognese I've ever made following your recipe. Thnak you so much!
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