Thanks to whoever suggested slow cooking silverside in a post last week I won't be cooking it any other way in future. It was firm enough to slice but soft enough to break up with a fork. Due to recent serious illness and allergies I now have a very restricted diet which includes no added salt, limited spices and no alliums. I basically live on boiled rice and poached chicken.

Silverside cooked in the slow cooker overnight in 1 litre of homemade beef stock, 250ml red wine, good glug of Worcestershire sauce, glug of light soy sauce. When beef was cooked I removed it and transferred the liquid to a pot. Tasted it and added a little shake of pepper then added cornflour to thicken. Mash was Dunbar Standard potatoes boiled in homemade vegetable stock, mashed with Ballyrashane butter. I also had sweetcorn but it was in a bowl on the side. Yes I really do like that amount of gravy and as it's a liquid counts towards my daily liquid intake. The gravy was so tasty (best I've made in months) I could have drunk it by the cup which I did for lunch served with home made wheaten bread today and the rest I'm going to freeze for Christmas dinner.

For the first time in almost a year I actually felt like I'd had a real meal.

You know it makes sense.

Edit to say I am surprised this is not more 50/50 people seem offended! All I can say if, if you have not tried it, do so.

Haven't made a risotto in years. Despite looking like vomit, it tasted amazing

Pork and marmite...

Pork and leek.

Pork tenderloin stir-fried in oyster and soy sauces, with ginger, garlic, pak choi, and spring onion. With duck-fat egg fried rice.

Hi everyone. I just got back from a break in Lindos. It was my first time in Greece 🇬🇷

For breakfast I enjoyed enjoyed Plain Greek Yogurt topped with Walnuts and Honey. The Yogurt was nothing like anything I've tasted before in the UK. Thick, creamy, it was delicious!

QUESTION: Doesn't anyone have a recommendation for the closest thing avalibe in the UK? What should I be looking out for in terms of fat content?

Yamas!

What's everyone's recommendations?

Looking a good hot chocolate for my partners. She tried Whittards which was a let down so looking for other options.

M&S custard creme spread between digestives and ginger nuts.

I'm genuinely bang in trouble.

These were very nice. A good quality beef link sausage, with a little hint of sweetness from the buckfast.

Bought online from Rendall's butchers in Stirling.

Have you ever tasted something so disgusting, that five minutes later you go back for another try, just to confirm how disgusting it is?

Introducing banana chocolate fanta

I found it at a local newsagent that has a slightly cursed aura

It's bad. Really bad. I would describe it as tasting like an overripe banana you pulled out of a bin. Despite being full of sugar it tastes weirdly sour.

It has one of those flavours that is almost pleasant but not enough to avoid being utterly disgusting. I would describe it as a mix of fake banana, Dr Pepper, bad coca cola, Hershey's chocolate and a weird citrus tang.

Hey all! I’m back from a trip to Greece but unfortunately my sister missed out coming due to multiple reasons. We are celebrating her birthday this weekend so decided to make her gyros etc so she feels a bit included in the family holiday she missed.

I’ve been tasked with the tzatziki and as a vegan I cannot taste the recipe i’m making (i don’t mind using dairy for others). That being said, does anyone have a good go to tzatziki recipe I can use? There’s loads online but all slightly different!

Good brands of greek yoghurt I can find in the shops would be a good bonus!!! I’ve bought a fine mesh strainer for the cucumber as i’ve read this is essential!!

TIA!

I got two reasonably big duck breasts on a yellow-sticker deal last night. Pan roasted both, ate one over the kitchen sink. The other, I saved for today’s lunch. Cucumber, shallot, tomato, spring onion, and mint tossed in a lime juice, fish sauce, and palm sugar dressing.

Can I call it a cottage pie if there’s no mince? Not even sure if I can call it steak and ale if it’s brisket

Brisket slow cooked in ale, and a garlic and cheese mash

Forgot to get more pics of the process as I was battling taking care of my 6 month old while cooking this

Co-op ale selection wasn’t great so had to settle for old school bank’s

Can get a recipe together and pop it in the comments if anyone wants it

No appropriate flair apologies - On the back of the cookies and the amazing cake. Let’s see….

Fried rice with mushroom, pork mince and onion mix (all left aside from a previous meal when I wasn’t sure what to do with it - covered in five spice, dark soy and aromat), and an egg for protein.

Courgettes sliced into almost fries, then fried with garlic, chilli and teriyaki. No picture of those as I sat on them and they didn’t look pretty anymore :(

Sorry for the zoom-in, but it looked too good not to.

Before the chip police arrive, yes... they're frozen.

Ever since my sister-in-law started working at a Polish shop and can get two fillet steaks for £10, I don't bother ordering steak in restaurants anymore. For that price, I'll happily commit the crime of serving frozen chips alongside it. Now I just need someone from the family to get a job in the fish market so I can get lobster at a decent price and complete the surf and turf dream. 😆

I know they don't look super good but it tasted nice.