A Glug of Oil

Easy and delicious recipes including midweek dinner ideas, English and world cuisine.

How to make homemade Roasted Marinated Peppers. I had some bell peppers in my fridge that I hadn't got round to using. Not wanting to wa...
Okay, as you know we do like a nice curry now and then!  I'm always trying different types of curry and messing about with recipes until...
Lemon Butter Sauce for Fish Okay - I have a story to tell. A while back I replied to an advert looking for people interested in being ...
Chocolate Mousse Recipe I saw a recipe for a chocolate mousse with chilli in Gino D'Acampo's book Fantastico and had to make it...
There's nothing like a good sausage casserole - delicious and filling, perfect for cold winter days. You could batch cook and make...
Blackberry and Apple Crumble is a joy to eat. Proper comfort food is served with custard but of course icecream is still good. Even me, who ...
Hunter's Chicken Stew (pollo alla cacciatora) Nigella Lawson was on the TV cooking Pollo Alla Cacciatora or Hunters Chi...
I saw these in the October issue of 'Olive' magazine and HAD to make them! You can, of course, make them bigger by just using more ...
Sweet and Sour Pork in Batter After reading loads of recipes for Chinese sweet and sour pork in batter, I came up with this. Totally wort...
Pork with Sage and Stilton - Jamie Oliver I came across this in a Jamie Oliver book 'Cook with Jamie' and had to give it a...
Chicken Peperonata I saw this in a book called 'Fantastico' by Gino D'Acampo and thought it looked rather yummy. I hav...
In my fridge, I had some soft goats cheese and baby plum tomatoes and in my freezer, I had some ready-made puff pastry. And in...
Marsala Honey Pears with Gorgonzola by Nigella Lawson, I came across it in her book, Nigella Express. Please excuse my poor photo, it really...
This is a Jamie Oliver recipe for a really tasty and posh-looking salad. You can use any salad leaves that you like. The pancetta must be ...
Red Pepper Sauce Recipe If you like a bit of heat you will absolutely love this sauce. I'll be using this next week in a recipe fo...
I'm starting this food blog that probably only my mum will ever look at - but hey ho here I go! I recently bought Rick Stein's cooke...