This is my slightly titivated version, Jamie puts rosemary in his which he fries in the chorizo oil till crisp, other than that it's pretty much the same recipe.
If you make it be sure to make the kind of parsley salad which is sprinkled over the top before serving as it's really lovely.
The perfect lazy day breakfast of scrambled eggs on toast topped with crispy bacon and roasted tomatoes. Serve with a nice cup of coffee (tea for me please) and after eating this you'll be all set and ready to do absolutely nothing for the rest of your lazy day.
Well in my case, till lunch time - always hungry am I.
I'm sure we've all had Breakfast for Dinner before now, but this book is packed full of amazing recipes and pictures that seriously make you hungry!
There are too many nice recipes to choose from, but I'm loving the Greek Baked Eggs, Beer Braised Short Ribs and Bacon Fried Rice.
But then again, what about the Sunny-Side-Up Burgers (shown on the front cover) juicy burgers piled high with sweet apricot preserve and crispy shoestring potatoes and an egg.....Oh yes, I'll have one of those please!
I have a copy of this book to giveaway to one lucky reader of A Glug of Oil....
I've kindly been a copy to review and permission to post a few pictures
from the book so you know what I'm raving about - I think you'll agree
this book is a must have for anyone fancying Breakfast for Dinner.
From Goats Cheese Monte Cristos, Breakfast Pizza, Espresso Baked Beans, Chicken & Biscuit Waffles, Bloody Mary Tomato Soup, Maple- Glazed Pork Meatballs and Mini BLT Biscuits to these mouthwatering delights below.
Don't just take my word for it!
You can read another review of this book by popping over to see what Janice has to say over at Farmers Girl Kitchen.
Chocolate Brownie Waffles with Blackberry Sauce
How about Bacon Jam?
Or Mint Chocolate Chip Pancakes perhaps?
Cornflake-Crusted Chicken Tenders - a great one for the kids
The recipe for Cornflake-Crusted Chicken Tenders can be found here but for the rest you'll just have to enter the competition and hope you win, or buy the book!
Written by Lindsay Landis and her husband Taylor Hackbarth.
Available to buy now in all good book shops and over at Amazon - also available is the Kindle Edition.
Thank you to Mat at PGUK Publishers Group (UK) for sending a copy of this book to review and supplying a giveaway copy.
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In this post you will see some lovely exciting products from Yoko Design and a video review of the Yoko Design Omelette Cooker being used by myself for the very first time!
Having recently gone along to 'Spring Fair' at the NEC in Birmingham, of course there were more kitchen gadgets than you can shake a stick at!
Yoko Design are a French company that are keen to become just as well known here in the UK. I must admit I hadn't heard heard them before but I loved their stand with it's bright colours, totally different and exciting range of products to most in the way of kitchenware. All three products I am about to show you are 100% Silicone, free of toxins, dishwasher, microwave and freezer safe.
First up to test - The Cooking Bag:
The Cooking Bagcooks rice, pasta and vegetables in this cooking bag - great for cooking several things at once and no need to buy a colander!
Just pop into a saucepan and add water to cover the level of the top of the rice, peas or whatever. Once cooked, simply remove the bag and drain through with the holes - tip the food onto your plate and that's it!
Second up for review was the Pop Corn Maker:
We love this! Just add popping corn (75g) or, to make life easier it works out at a scant 1cm of corn. Okay this looks like nothing but trust me it's enough!
Pop the lid on and into the microwave without the use of oils, chemicals or additives and without the mess and fuss of having wash up a saucepan and lid. I found it needed 3 minutes (based on a 1000w microwave) making sure you give it a good shake half way through so the corn 'pops' evenly.
And that's it - pop corn ready to serve straight from the Yoko Design pop corn maker!
And now for the Omelette Cooker:
This is fantastic for anyone (like my husband) that can not cook an omelette without it looking like a disaster! Simply whisk your eggs, add some of your favourite toppings (cheese, onions, etc..) and ready your omelette is ready in between 1.5minutes to 3 minutes (time will vary depending in microwave’s power)
Watch my video of it in action:
About Yoko Design: YOKO Design was born in 2008, when two passionate chefs – who happen to be husband and wife – decided to combine their love of food with their eye for colour. Yoav and Sarah Achour saw no reason why the best kitchenware products should be reserved for professional chefs, and made it their mission to bring restaurant-quality products into the food lover’s home. They quickly decided that their range of kitchenware would combine practicality with innovation, to bring about a fresh range of products that would be both high quality and affordable. This creative vision soon attracted the interest of respected designer Isis, who has brought her great sense of style and aestheticism to all of their ideas. Distinctive colours and styles have come to epitomise the YOKO brand.
You can see a product and know straight away that it’s by YOKO Design. Among their innovative creations, look out for the Isotherm Box which keeps food piping hot for up to four hours, the Cooking Bag which takes all the fuss out of preparing rice and pasta, and their latest addition: the Microwave Popcorn Maker.
YOKO Design’s products have brought a breath of fresh air to the kitchenware market, with styles and colours never seen before in the home. At the heart of the brand is the promise never to compromise quality with price: the products are, and always will be, premium, affordable, and very, very stylish.
Thank you to Sergio for sending me these great products to try and all the very best to Yoko Design in the UK!
If you've ever seen an ex-battery, or now so called enriched cage hen, you will know what a very sad state and sorry most are in. Thanks to many large supermarket chains still wanting to sell cheap eggs and the people that actually still buy them (but don't get me started on that)!
Picture supplied by Lucky Hens Rescue Wigan.
Without these rescue places the hens would be killed at around 18 months when they don't produce eggs at the rate they are expected to.
Lucky Hens Rescue in Wigan is one of many places that rescue these poor hens and re-home them. The cost of keeping the hens and looking after them in the meantime is getting harder to do with everyone tightening up on their spending.
Just £1 from everyone that reads this would make such a difference:
That's why I've decided that instead of sending Christmas cards this year, I will donate to 'Chickens in Need'. But this is not just a Christmas thing as they need money coming in all year round.
The idea of 'Chickens in Need' was thought up by FaceBook Group members, Re-homers and Friends of Lucky Hens Rescue Wigan.
To read more and to donate (remember just a £1 would be great) pop over to 'Chickens in Need.'
A big thank you in advance to anyone that does donate and help Lucky Hens Wigan stay open x
Perfectly moist and totally delicious. Scotch eggs may cause a little bit of mess in your kitchen in the making of them, but they are so worth the effort. You'll never buy ready made ones again.
Having never made Scotch eggs before I must have read at least 10 different recipes ranging from cooking the egg for 2 minutes to 10 minutes.
I opted for 5 minutes but when I make these again I'll go for 4 minutes.
The secret lies in buying good quality meat and sausages and of using course Free range eggs - as always.
Great way to use up any leftovers such as boiled potatoes, carrots and any bacon or other bits and bobs that take your fancy. Top with a fried egg and there you have it a nice easy snack taking just minutes to make and serve.
How to cut the carbon calories in your kitchen - Good Energy has teamed up with Arthur Potts Dawson for a second year to encourage a low-carbon approach to cooking. I was set a challenge to cook one of Arthur's four new recipes. With the mention of Feta in the ingredients, for me it was easy to choose, Vegetable Filo Pastry Tart it had to be.
Scrummy yummy feta cheese with very slightly crunchy vegetables in a creamy sauce, all encased in crispy filo pastry - what's not to like?!
More and more people including ourselves are keeping hens for eggs and although we only have three hens, that's three eggs a day. Since I don't keep eggs in the fridge (Delia doesn't) and especially now that we have our own hens I know 'eggsactly' when the eggs were laid so the ideal way to store them is on this lovely egg skelter from The Handpicked Collection.
This egg skelter is a brilliant way of storing fresh eggs in date order. As you take out the bottom egg, another gently rolls along to take its place, meaning you always use the oldest egg first - marvelous!
At the moment our black rock hen is still quite young and her eggs only weigh around 48g so they just about fit on the spiral. That said one of our ex battery hens lays huge eggs and even her recent 86g egg fitted on so you can see the egg skelter will accommodate all sizes of hens eggs.
The Handpicked Collection have (as their name suggests) a collection of lovely gift ideas and each item has been handpicked by one of their expert panellists.
Thank you to Claire for letting me choose this egg skelter to review.
Rick Stein's 'Mediterranean Escapes' cookbook has been out a good while now but in my opinion it's one of the best books I own.
Even though I've made this time and time again, we still love it.
Of course you don't have to have a Tagine to make this, I didn't use mine as it's a bit on the big side, so I just used a shallow oven proof baking dish.
Ever made too much Chilli con Carne and then wondered what to do with the rest? I always make too much and have come up with all manner of things to do with it!
You can stretch it out further by adding a few other tasty bits and
bobs, such as tomato, spring onion, jalapeno peppers and cheese - you
must have cheese! This particular concoction of mine even uses up the odd tortilla wrap you might have floating about somewhere too!
Please note the serving dish you use must be able to go into the oven.
I have always wanted chickens! We only have a small garden but one thing you can be sure of these hens will be looked after and let out every day without fail. Just look at the colour of a Free Range egg and they taste really good too!
I only ever buy free range eggs and can't get my head around why lots of
people still choose to buy the ones from battery hens. I think if
people took a little time to read about the terrible conditions in which these poor hens are kept they would buy free range, or not buy eggs at all if they find them too expensive.
Don't get me wrong we certainly aren't made of money but when you consider the small price free range eggs are (at the time of writing) a typical box of six medium free range eggs is around £1.60 in the UK which is twice the price of the battery eggs.
As this is a food blog I will not go too much into how these poor hens are kept - but you only have to Google 'battery hens' to see what I'm talking about. They're kept in a space no bigger than a piece of A4 paper.
Some of the images of ex battery hens would make you cry.
Anyway, that said we decided to re-home two ex battery hens along with a Black Rock hen from an amazing woman called Sarah over at Happy Chicks.
Sarah and her husband buy as many ex battery hens as they can re-home so you can always buy them from her straight away without going on a waiting list as is usual.
I'll be writing regular blog posts on how the hens are doing - along with the Eglu we brought from Omlet for them to live in. We had 15 eggs in the past week so I'm now into cooking up all things egg! By the way the egg in the picture above is Roxy's egg.
Here are the hens (Mrs Tweedy, Mrs Hen and Roxy) with Yaz the cat watching.
You can just see Brian the bunny at the back having a nose too.
Yes we have a right farm going on here!
Just a few of the many ex battery hens at Happy Chicks waiting for a new home. Some are in a rather poor state with feathers missing and bare bottoms! But they will soon recover with a lots of love and some good food!
I'll leave you with a short video of Mrs Hen having some sort of clear out of straw - she's so funny!
If you're looking for something healthy to eat which is low in calories then my ultimate quiche made with double cream is most certainly not the way to go!
However, if you're looking for something easy to make, delicious and very moreish this most certainly is the way to go!
If you follow A Glug of Oil on FaceBook you will not have missed that we now have three hens - hence we have a lot of eggs!
Quiche is a good way to use up eggs.
