A Glug of Oil

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

Marzipan Recipe for Christmas Cake Covering How to make marzipan in a Kenwood Chef. Makes enough marzipan to cover a 22 cm cake....
There are many aspects of life that can be explored using our zodiac signs; the most obvious of which is when you’re thinking about your lov...
Stilton and Pecan Twist Recipe - Paul Hollywood Amazingly for me, I'm still into baking, I seem to have got the bug sinc...
Pear, Chocolate, and Coconut Superflake Crumble Pears are just coming into season now and are one of the least allergenic of all f...
I have to tell you what a fantastic day I had last week with the Frylight Team over in the Food at 52 Cookery School in London.  ...
Potatoes are extremely versatile whether you want to boil, mash steam or bake potatoes are really quite amazing. They're cheap to buy, t...
If you like Espresso Coffee then chances are you'll love this rather stylish Hob Top Espresso Pot by Stellar Cookware. It makes a perfec...
Sweet Potato and Chickpea Casserole cooked in a Wonderbag. I might point out I had never heard of before) I was intrigued. Can it really wor...
New to the market from Strong Roots are these lovelies and in case you haven't discovered them yet I'll tell you a bit about them. ...
Cobnuts are my favourite kind of nut!  When I was a kid we used to go and stay at a farm in Wales and pick cobnuts; that's not all we di...
Bacon!  We LOVE bacon in this house, as long as it's smoked and crispy any bacon is good. For the life of me I can't understand anyo...
Beef Chilli with Chocolate Chocolate goes so well in any good beef chilli recipe, but until now I'd never added beer. Well let me tell...
We love potatoes in our house, especially new potatoes; I say new potatoes are just the best thing ever since you don’t even have to peel ...
Glenilen Farm have quite a range of products that uses milk as the main ingredient.  Milk is sourced from Glenilen and neighbouring farms an...
If you work in the food industry or simply enjoy cooking from home, you will already be familiar with many of the necessary procedures and p...
Bubble and Squeak Recipe Turn ordinary bubble and squeak into a posh version by adding pancetta and spinach, then top with a fri...
This week I've been trying out this Filter Coffee Maker from Aldi.  Whilst it's not all singing and dancing it does a great job of m...
The Station Inn in Marshbook Church Stretton is in a word, exceptional. It has to be said I do love a good bit of steak. Whenever we go out,...
I must tell you about my two latest kitchen lovelies both from Judge Cookware; the Induction Granite Enamel Ovenware range. First up is th...
How to Save Money on Food We all love to eat well but that doesn’t mean we can all afford to eat out very often.  Cooking fr...
Children's Dinner Idea Having a tin of SPAM is such a useful food thing to have in the store cupboard, it means you'll never be s...
A colourful comforting multicooker vegetable pasta dish. On the table ready to dive into in under 20 minutes, and that includes prepara...
Making your own flavoured water is easy, healthy and also good for you as there's no added sugar. One big brand name in ...