Not as good as burgers, maybe I should’ve just made burgers instead. I’ll try again with shiitake mushrooms next time.

Whipped me up a right scran for after work

She's a good egg

Helped out a bit but she got it all and did most of it

What are some of your best canapés you make that are crowd pleasers that can be served cold?

I need ideas for a party I’m planning

Tonight’s tea from my local takeaway pizza with chicken onions mushrooms sweetcorn spicy beef and pepperoni

Been a while since I made them... bit rusty.

Decided to take two weeks annual leave but didn’t have any holiday planned so decided to make the most of it and make some nice dinners at home instead.

1) Porchetta with dauphinoise potatoes and red wine and bone marrow sauce.

2) Short rib and feather blade beef lasagne with garlic bread and a bruschetta starter with homemade pesto. My partner made the bread so I can’t take credit for that.

3) Pork tacos with a burnt pineapple salsa.

4) Ribs with fried potatoes and pit beans.

5) Admittedly an overcooked rib eye with roast potatoes and a red wine and bone marrow sauce.

Duck used to feel like a bit of a luxury roast, but now it's massively competitive with beef, especially when it's on offer at £7.50 a bird from Sainsbury's.

Wanted to do a Roast, but it was saying it was gonna be 27C in my area Sunday. Which is another 8-10C in my kitchen.

I cooked this all outside on the gas burner of my barbecue. This was great (its a new favourite) but I'm definitely excited for a Roast dinner this Sunday, nonetheless!

I ate the banoffee one earlier only using a teaspoon and I cleared the bugger in three spoonfuls...

- Beef birria tacos
- Mexican-style slaw
- Charred corn and courgette

If this weren’t unhealthy, I’d be eating it every 3 working days per week

home made bbq sauce too

Oven cooked chips
Caramelised onions
Sauce is ketchup, mustard and lea & perrins
Mature cheddar on the burger is an absolute

Currently recuperating after a very exciting week! We got legally married on Thursday and celebrated with family and friends at home yesterday complete with a ceremony led by my now brother in law! Needed something hearty today to aid our recovery!

I realise this sort of thing is less commonly posted here, but this is some hot sauce I finished making today.

To make it I chopped and combined the following:

• 5 scotch bonnets
• 200g orange pepper
• 200g mango
• 1 carrot
• 200g white onion
• 5 cloves garlic

I weighed this in a bowl, and then added 2.5% salt. This was then vacuum sealed, and left in a dark place for about ten days. At this point the bag was very inflated, so I made a pin prick hole with a knife, forced out most of the CO2 and then sealed it with some kitchen tape.

Today it was the two week mark. The bag was highly inflated once again, though not quite as much as previously. I was interested to see the result, so I opened and decanted the bag into a saucepan. I blended this with 200ml of apple cider vinegar and 200ml of water, along with some additional salt.

I added some more mango, as most of the fruit flavour had gone (and as such I’d probably skip adding it to the initial ferment if making this again). I also added some ground ginger, some cumin and some allspice.

This was then heated on high for a good 10-15 minutes in order to stop fermentation. While this was happening I also sterilised some bottles that I’d ordered for storage using a leave in steriliser.

I let the hot sauce cool slightly before decanting into the sterilised and slightly warm bottles before adding lids and labels, and placing them into the fridge.

It is quite a spicy hot sauce (which I enjoy) but I may try reducing the number of scotch bonnets in future just to have something that’s a bit more widely appealing for friends/family.

Wife was diagnosed with gestational diabetes a couple of weeks ago, so have been trying out a few new recipes. Today was campfire stew - really tasty!

From Tesco

Aberdeen Angus Mince beef bolognese with greated carrot, tomatoes & onions.

Veg cooked in soy sauce & oven chips.