Competition: Your chance to win a Char-Broil Big Easy barbecue You’ll no doubt have noticed that I’ve been getting all excited about a new barbecue in my life and trying all sorts of new dishes. Well, I still am, the Big Easy has a lot of tricks up its sleeve – it’s an amazingly versatile […]
Recipe: Peri peri chicken legs It’s that time of the week again – barbecue time on my Char-Broil Big Easy. Today I’m trying to perfect my peri peri marinade. Peri peri (or piri piri as it’s sometimes spelt) is Portuguese in origin and is very popular in the African countries of Angola, Namibia, Mozambique and […]
I’m loving my Char-Broil Big Easy barbecue. The more I experiment, the more I discover how versatile it is. Today I’m going to make Moroccan-style roast vegetables – well it is a roaster after all. It’s a simple dish. Just make sure your veg are cut in similar size pieces – except the little peppers which I kept whole. […]
Okay, I know autumn is here, but we did have something of a lovely, elongated Indian summer which gave me the excuse to come up with two new salad recipes for the unexpected barbecues we managed to squeeze in. And what a pleasure it was to make them as I’d been sent a set of […]
I love satay in all forms and eat it frequently when I’m in Thailand – alternating between beef, chicken and pork. I just can’t get enough of it. The dishes vary quite a bit from restaurant to restaurant – different marinades, different-shaped kebabs and most importantly different-flavoured dipping sauces. So I’ve been experimenting and come up with a […]
After enjoying such a pleasant English summer, the weather’s suddenly turned on us. And in August, just when you’re expecting the best of it, and plenty of barbecue time. Anyway, not to be deterred by something as uncontrollable as the weather I had in mind to barbecue a butterflied shoulder of lamb. So I did! […]