A Glug of Oil

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

Making your own marzipan is actually really easy! Who'd have thought me of all people, has actually managed to make a Christmas ...
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...
Oh my goodness 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 Londo...
Potatoes are extremely versatile whether you want to boil, mash steam or bake potatoes are really quite amazing. They're cheap to buy, t...
It’s that time of year when we start to think about one-pot dishes packed with hearty, warming ingredients. As the weather turns colder, ...
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...
Well I have to admit I hadn't heard of New Soda until just recently when I was kindly sent a few of their products to try. I'm pleas...
These lovely mini flatbreads are really easy to make and well worth the little effort they take. Of course you can use shop bought flatbread...
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...
Chocolate goes so well in any good beef chilli recipe, but until now I'd never added beer. Well let me tell you this was good stuff ...
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...
Posh Bubble and Squeak; I love bubble and squeak but since it requires leftover potatoes and greens we hardly ever have it; why? Because we...
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,...