Chicken with coleslaw

Instead of fresh rolls, I used ciabatta’s for the chicken and coleslaw, what was very nice too. You just have to cut the chicken thigh up a little and spread it out together with the coleslaw over your bread. Very nice indeed. Ingredients (serves 4) 4 higher-welfare chicken thighs 1 lemon 1 red chilli ,…

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Grilled mushroom risotto

Sometimes it is very daunting to cook an Italian dish for my Italian colleagues. But when it works the joy is double! This risotto dish takes some time and care to make it, but you will agree with me that the result is worth it. I didn’t grill the mushrooms in a griddle pan but…

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Happy New Year Tomato Soup!

It was my first day back in the office today and I got a warm welcome from my BUX buddies… did they miss me or my food? Both ways are fine with me, as I missed cooking for them too 😉 Everybody felt a little bit cold and shivery, so this Happy New Year Tomato…

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Pasta pesto with garlic & rosemary chicken

Cooking for a large bunch of people, I often have to adapt the recipe a little. I love this recipe below, the homemade pesto is easy to do and very yummy. The beans I left on the side, in a huge bowl and scattered more Parmesan cheese over it. I did replace the fennel seeds…

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Baked Camembert

I made these “lovely things of food happiness” today, for all the Buxer’s to share. Easy peasy…Great for X-mas Pre-Dinner snack! Ingredients (serves 15) 3 x 250 g round Camembert cheeses 6 sprigs of fresh rosemary 3 small cloves of garlic 1-2 fresh red chillies olive oil Cut the rind off the top of each…

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Spiced chocolate & dried fig christmas cake

Now, maybe this is not the most attractive cake you have ever seen, but according to the biggest sweet tooth in our office, it is definitely one of the most tasty ones! It does taste of Christmas and it is a joy to make. Fruit, nuts, spices, chocolate, the smell  coming out of the oven…

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Spicy chorizo pan lasagne

Okay, for 30 people making pan lasagne is a bit difficult. So, I made the sauce in a big cooking pan and layered the lasagne out in a large dish ( actually we needed 2!) to put all in the oven (200ºC) to bake for 40-45 minutes. The Chorizo is the surprise of the dish….

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Minestrone soup

As many people in my circle have been going down with the flu recently, I was looking for a meal that would give those people an energy boost. This is a great recipe which warms, fills and lifts you up! No more sniffing and coughing in the BUX office tomorrow 😉 Ingredients (serves 8) 1…

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Sausage Rolls by Jamie Oliver

Great thing to make with the kids during the holidays! Easy peasy lemon squeezy. Ingredients (serves 4) olive oil 1 red onion , peeled and finely sliced 1 sprig fresh sage , leaves picked 6 higher-welfare beef sausages / mince 1 handful breadcrumbs fresh nutmeg , for grating 250 g ready-made puff pastry 1 free-range…

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