A Glug of Oil

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

Cranberry Sauce Cranberry sauce is so easy to make at home and no Christmas turkey dinner is complete without it! This post ...
Another fantastic idea from Marks and Spencer this Christmas! Beetroot and Chantenay Carrots roasted with a Balsamic and Honey Glaze. Of...
Oozy goats cheese dripping down bacon wrapped chicken makes for a seriously good meal. Serve with crispy garlic and lemon roast potatoes (l...
Indian-style Roast Chicken Recipe  There's a TV series to accompany the book being shown on Channel 4 and Jamie cooks w...
Nice fat spicy burgers, each topped with a thick slab of Colston Bassett Stilton  melted in the oven so the cheese runs down the side of...
Find Me a Gift is......well, a great place to find gifts! They have an excellent range of gifts to suit everyone including lots of lovely Ch...
There's nothing like a good dollop of mashed potato to cheer everyone up. But the addition of horseradish turns into something amaz...
Oooh now, this was yummy - Pan-fried chicken with Indian style flavoured butter.   After making Banita's Indian Style Fish and Ch...
As you probably know Jamie Oliver's latest book titled 'Jamie's Great Britain' is out. You can see the TV series to accompa...
You will love this Dressing for Steak An age ago now Jamie Oliver made what he called 'dress the board steak' I remember h...
We love chorizo, we love potatoes, so what a marvellous idea I thought it would be to put the two together and make potato and chorizo ...
Hungry? The recipe book by 'Innocent' is full of lovely looking recipes that are not only quick but easy too. This post m...
Yorkshire Pudding Self Raising Flour One day, by mistake, I used self raising flour instead of plain flour and the result w...
Toblerone snowballs, truffles, sweets or candy - call them what you will but here's how to make them! I made these the other we...
Individual no bake Toblerone Cheesecakes, easy to make and delicious. Each using a different filling of White, Dark and Milk Toblerone Tin...
Find Me a Gift - what a great site!  They have a huge range of gifts to suit everyone. Joseph Joseph are well known for their good look...
Okay, I'm going to say these are not quite what I'd call an Elvis Burger for two reasons. The first because I thought they sounded w...
Readers of this blog will know how I like to make recipes up as I go along! Using whatever might be living in the fridge at the time. ...
My Sticky Grain Mustard and Honey Pork Steaks are great on the BBQ but just as good cooked indoors on a griddle pan.    Slightly sti...
Baby potatoes stuffed with sour cream and finely chopped spring onion.  Ideal for the BBQ and can be made earlier in the day so they'...
Lamb Stew - Marco Pierre White Recipe How do you fancy a lamb stew packed full of lovely lamb and veggies ready and ...
Baked Salmon Slightly sweet, slightly sticky, and slightly tingly in the mouth, baking salmon in foil is quick and easy. ...
Eccles Cakes Recipe Three lovely fresh-tasting teas have recently been added to the PG Tips range. They've teamed up with top ...
Chicken and Chorizo with Feta This tender and juicy pan fried chicken recipe is easy to make, and good to eat. This post ...
I still can't believe how lucky I was to be invited to a Carte D'Or Dessert Masterclass with Jean-Christophe Novelli at his coo...
Domino's pizza delivery expert has just introduced a lovely optional Stuffed Crust to their medium and large pizzas. Mozzarella chees...
Slices of aubergine, tomato and goats cheese all stacked together on toasted garlic bread - a lovely starter to a meal. In my fridg...
Pan Fried Chicken Recipe Readers of this blog will know I recently spent the day with Marco Pierre White courtesy of Knorr....
Earlier this week I went to Marco Pierre White's restaurant 'Marco' in London for the Best of British campaign with Knorr. ...
Vegetable Tray Bake - Oven or BBQ This can of course, also be cooked on the BBQ, or you can pop it into the oven as I did yesterday....
Chicken Melt Chicken with a pizza style topping is so easy to do and a great way to use up odd bits of food in the fridge! ...
Spatchcocked (Butterflied) Roast Chicken Recipe Find out how to Spatchcock or butterfly a chicken - it's actually far easier t...
I thought for a change I'd make an all vegetable Tagine of nice things. Lovely spices mixed with nicely roasted butternut and auber...