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Traybake roast chicken on a bed of chorizo and chickpeas

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Janet Davies @pigeoncottage

Traybake dishes are brilliant for time-pressed cooks and this one really delivers on flavour too. The chorizo, spices and harissa flavour the onions, peppers and chickpeas with the parsnip dice adding a delicious sweetness. I used whole chicken legs from … Continue reading →

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Mussel pilaf with dill

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Janet Davies @pigeoncottage

Rick Stein has made some wonderful food and travel programmes, we’ve loved the recent one about Cornwall, the rerun of Secret France and repeats of Long Weekends. We saw this  mussel pilaf being made at a restaurant in the Thessaloniki … Continue reading →

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Steak and green vegetable stir fry

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Janet Davies @pigeoncottage

If you live in a town with easy access to takeaway deliveries, you may not feel the need to make your own Saturday night Chinese supper. For me, this homemade steak stir fry is just as easy, certainly as tasty … Continue reading →

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Spicy lamb and pepper stew with aubergine mash

Posted on February 2, 2018 by Janet Davies @pigeoncottage

This has to be one of my favourite dishes from the Rick Stein series he did on Eastern Mediterranean cookery. I’ve made it a few times now and adapted the recipe ingredients and method slightly by using e.g. tinned rather than … Continue reading →

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