Leftover Pasties

Pasties, made by leftovers, pure in taste. Greggs will be delighted.

So the Cornish Pasty has been around for many a year, made famous by the Cornish miners and their soot covered bellies.

Now, I don’t tend to stick to a traditional recipe, simply because it’s a leftover dish for me.
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Wholemeal Pizza Base

A mistake in the kitchen leads to a culinary surprise. Whole Wheat Pizza Base.

Aah pizza. I eat it at least one a week, it doesn’t matter what’s on it.

Imagine my surprise when I went to make it last night, and I only had half of the strong white flour I needed.
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The Three Best Falafel Recipes, known to man

The FatLads Best Three Falafel Recipes. Gotta Eat em All!

Considering I gave a whole book to my favourite food in Pizza, Falafel has been underused in the FatLad arsenal, yet it is my number two, all time favourite food.

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Red Pepper & Feta Sauce

Take you falafel dipping to the next level, with this excellent Greek sauce!

Recently, myself and my lady, went for as weekend trip away to Enniskillen, in County Fermanagh.

As it was a special occasion (her birthday), I had arranged for us both to get our first real taste of Greek food, at Dollars (review coming soon).

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How to make Pasta

Take your cooking onto the next level, learn to make pasta! The culinary, creative possibilities are incredible!

Pasta is something I have been wanting to make for a very long time, yet every time I think about it, its just that, a thought.

Recently I was cleaning out a cupboard of food machinery, and found my pasta machine, only used once in its two year existence.

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Theos’ Lemon Drizzle Muffins

A delicious way to use flavoured chocolate, with my best cake recipe to boot.

As I am sure you will have heard over social media or on this very website, myself and the lady went to Seattle, and found a great many mouth watering treats whilst we were there.

I would like to tell you story of our trip around the Fremont market and Theos’ Chocolate Shop.

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Wild Rocket Pesto

Spend t he day walking, to find wild rocket, and then create this tasty treat!

I must admit to never being lover of pesto, in my younger days.

But as usual, as I get older and I try new things, the things I hated as a child, I now love as an adult.

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Calzone Pizza

The first pizza I ever tried, and it still holds a special place in my heart.

You know, I have been waiting to do this recipe for a while, because I very rarely make these, but yet eat a lot of them when I am out in restaurants.

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Supercharged Chicken Pie

I create my own version of the chicken and leek pie, and supercharge the life out of it. A signature recipe from the FatLad.

Recently, I went to my friends house for dinner, with the lady, and we had a beautiful chicken pie.

It was gorgeous, very creamy and ultimately very flavourful. It was up there in my top 5 pies of all time.

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Macaroni & Three Cheeses

As you will have seen from my recent Byron Burger review, their version of the Macaroni & cheese wasn’t my favourite, even though my lady enjoyed it.

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