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Warm Salad of Sweetcorn, Red Pepper, Black Beans and Coriander with Chilli and Lime
Bursting with flavour, texture, nutrients and colour, this Warm Mexican Sweetcorn and Black Bean Salad makes a wonderful accompaniment to Mexican food, as well as a fabulous side for barbecues or buffets.
Chocolate Biscuit Cake
By royal appointment, I give you this delicious Chocolate Biscuit Cake. It is a favourite, not just of the Queen, but the whole royal household. Apparently, Prince William requested this recipe for one of the layers of…
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Chickpea and Red Lentil Curry with Fresh Spinach and Coriander
Is this Chick Pea and Red Lentil Curry with Fresh Spinach and Coriander a curry or a dal? I'm not sure, but I do know it is incredibly delicious, exceedingly nutritious and quick and easy to make.…
Vegan Lemon and Dubonnet Drizzle Cake
I recently posted a Lemon and Dubonnet Drizzle Cake recipe as part of a series of recipes to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. It was so well received that I really did not want people following a…
Lemon and Dubonnet Drizzle Cake
Light, fluffy, moist and buttery sponge loaf bursting with lemon and vanilla, drizzled with a sweet and tangy lemon and Dubonnet syrup and topped with a Dubonnet icing. Fresh and delicious, you are going to love this…
Platinum Jubilee Chicken Tikka with a Curried Mayonnaise and Yoghurt Sauce, Fresh Mango, Pomegranate Seeds and Pistachio
Warmly spiced with cumin, coriander, cardamom, chilli and garam masala, these melt in the mouth, chunks of tender chicken tikka, are swathed in a fresh, mild curried mayonnaise and yoghurt sauce, loaded with fresh coriander and mint.…
Rice, Pea, Sweetcorn and Red Pepper Salad with a Lime and Honey Dressing
Perfectly cooked, nutty brown rice, sweet petit pois and sweetcorn, crispy red peppers and sliced spring onion swathed in fresh, sweet, lime dressing with a hint of garlic. Soooo good!
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Coronation Chicken
There can be very few people in the UK who have never eaten Coronation Chicken: tender poached chicken, swathed in an unctuous, sweet, mildly spiced, curried mayonnaise. Created for the Queen’s coronation 70 years ago, the recipe…
The Queen’s Favourite Banana Bread
With the Queen's Platinum Jubilee just around the corner, it seems the perfect time to post this recipe for the Queen's Favourite Banana Bread. Known for being frugal, it is entirely in keeping that her favourite cake…