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Category: Food & Drink

  • We cook stuff: Smoked salmon and King prawn carbonara

    We cook stuff: Smoked salmon and King prawn carbonara

    This is one of our favourite meals. It’s so simple and yet amazingly tasty. We think that carbonara is an often underrated meal. The recipe that this is based on can be found here: BBC Good food – Smoked Salmon Carbonara There are a couple of changes that we make to this basic recipe when…

  • We cook stuff: Pork Chops Romano

    We cook stuff: Pork Chops Romano

    This week we thought we would give something a little different a try. Pork Chops Romano. I have never heard of it prior to Helena finding this recipe while doing our weekly dinner roulette. As usual with our We cook stuff meals, the recipe was “followed” to a degree. If you are interested in trying…

  • We cook stuff: Peanut butter chicken

    We cook stuff: Peanut butter chicken

    It has been a long time since we last posted anything on We cook stuff. This weekend we had a go at making peanut butter chicken following this recipe from BBC good food. As with all previous posts on We cook stuff, this is not about detailing the process. The recipe does that. We are…

  • The benefits of water. According to science.

    The benefits of water. According to science.

    The human body is roughly 60% water. The common recommendation is to drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day. This particular figure does not have a great deal of science behind it, staying hydrated is however important. Here are a selection of evidence-based health benefits of staying hydrated. Maximum physical performance. Physical performance can…

  • We cook stuff: Chocolate chunk muffins

    We cook stuff: Chocolate chunk muffins

    This week we tried our hands at creating chocolate chunk muffins. The recipe that our muffins are based on is available here: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1514634/chocolate-chunk-muffins There isn’t all that much to say this week as we didn’t make any huge changes to the recipe. We used brown sugar instead of the caster that the recipe calls for…

  • We cook stuff: Blondie

    We cook stuff: Blondie

    This weekend we tried our hands at making a blondie. The recipe we “followed” is available by following this link. https://sugarspunrun.com/blondies-recipe/ After the relative success of our Victoria sponge last week, we were itching to get back in the kitchen and try baking some more goodies. We have been talking about making brownies for a…