Dinner Recipes For Two!
Over 500 main or side course recipes specifically developed for two people.
Everything from quick & easy meals to fancy fodder built to impress.
Hi, my name is Brian and I’m here to show you that ALL cooking is simple!
All you need are the right ingredients, a bit of time and good instruction. I help out with everything but the time.
You will get no gimmicks, no trends, no dietary advice and no life advice here. Just great food designed for two, the occasional story and maybe a spattering of sarcasm!
My recipes are a combination of the food I loved growing up and the food I have discovered as I continue to try and be as good a cook as I can be.
Latest Recipes:
Devilled Mushrooms on Toast with Fried Egg
Devilled mushrooms on toast, a delicious vegetarian lunch or light dinner recipe featuring Portobello mushrooms in a spicy mustard coating.
Beef Cheek Ragu Perfect with Pasta
Beef cheek ragu slowly cooked in the oven in a rich and bold red wine sauce, it is perfect for stirring through pasta or filling a sandwich!
Samphire Salad with Shaved Asparagus and Peas
Samphire salad, a simple side dish that is light but packed full of bright fresh flavours, served warm it is delicious with a host of meals.
Lamb Bhuna an Indian Takeaway Favourite
Lamb bhuna is a boldly spiced curry with Bengali influences, my version is influenced by the British Indian curries that I grew up loving!
Easy Crushed Minted Peas with Shallots
Crushed minted peas are a superb way of adding a bit of pizazz to frozen peas, using mint sauce means no messing with fresh herbs either!
Barnsley Chops with Lamb Port Sauce
Barnsley chops are lamb cutlets turned up to 11, a thick cut double loin chop pan fried in butter & rosemary with a port sauce.
Amritsari Fish Fry or Pakora with Cod
Amritsari fish pakora, my take on an ancient Northern Indian dish, I use cod then coated in a spiced gram flour batter & quickly fry it.
Steak Pasta with Creamy Diane Sauce
Steak pasta in a creamy Diane sauce featuring fresh cream, brandy, dijon mustard and Worcestershire sauce, a delicious quick & easy dinner.
Roasted Savoy Cabbage with Fennel Seeds
Roasted savoy cabbage cut into thick “steaks” and flavoured with fennel seeds, olive oil and sherry vinegar then slowly baked to perfection.
British Influenced Recipes.
Growing up in the centre of one of the most multicultural cities in the UK influenced my food greatly.
Our love of big and “exotic” flavours is epitomised by the fact that the first Indian Restaurant in the UK predates the first fish and chip shop.
British food is often maligned or thought of as bland! But the nation responsible for Worcestershire Sauce, Cheddar & Stilton Cheese and chicken tikka masala has far more to offer than roast beef.
Pork Belly Slices or Belly Draft Perfectly Roasted
These roast pork belly slices are a recipe from my childhood, they are simplicity personified, some fennel seeds, salt, pepper & an oven!
Braised Liver and Onions with Bacon
Liver and onions with crispy bacon and a rich gravy is a gloriously old fashioned meal that just begs for some buttery mashed potatoes.
Pork Faggots Homemade & Delicious!
Pork Faggots were the meatballs I grew up with, a staple of the Midlands in the UK have sadly fallen out of favour but I love ’em!
Traditional British Meat and Potato Pie
When it comes to comfort food it is hard to beat a pie, this classic British Meat and Potato Pie takes a while but it is a glorious simple slice of old fashioned cooking.
Easy Canned Mackerel Fish Cakes
I am often to be found here bemoaning the seriously limited access I have to great fresh fish and sea food, so these canned mackerel fish cakes are my way of dealing with that.
Chip Shop Chips with Battered Fish
Proper Chip Shop Fish and Chips are a thing of great beauty and possibly the most evocative memory of growing up in the UK.
Minted Lamb Shanks Perfectly Oven Braised with Gravy
Minted lamb shanks slow cooked in the oven in a mix of red wine and stock that makes the perfect base for an outstanding gravy!
Homemade Cumberland Sausage with Onion Gravy
A glorious homemade Cumberland Sausage is the star of this very British bangers and mash recipe that comes with an onion gravy recipe to boot
Cheese and Potato Pie, Childhood Memories!
Cheese and potato pie was ever present on the school dinner menu as well as at home, it is essentially a cheesy mash bake and it is awesome!
Indian Fakeaway Recipes.
I adore Indian flavours but my nearest Indian takeaway is over 60 miles away! So when I get a hankering for a curry I have to make it myself.
You will be surprised how quick, easy, cheap, and tasty you can fake up your takeaway favourites!
Mild Indian Chicken Pasanda Curry
My chicken pasanda curry is the perfect mild and creamy curry for those who are chilli averse, it is delicious and easy to make!
Kachumber Salad Indian Onion Salad
Kachumber salad is a refreshing Indian salad that features onions, tomatoes and cucumber, my version adds a little chilli and also mint!
Chicken Pathia Sweet & Sour Curry
A chicken pathia or patia is a spicy, sweet & sour curry that has origins in Persia but it is now a favourite in British Indian restaurants.
Indian Prawn Curry in Just 15 Minutes!
A super quick, simple and delicious hot and sour Indian prawn curry that can be on your plate in around 15 minutes, yes you read that right!
British Indian Chicken Balti Curry
A Chicken Balti is the pride of Birmingham and a curry not of Indian but Anglo Indian heritage dating from the late 1970’s and went global!
Quick Vegan Spinach and Mushroom Curry
When it comes to cooking vegan food you have to look long and hard to find a better source of recipes than the Indian subcontinent. This spinach and mushroom curry is inspired by a rich culture of plant based cooking and it tastes fantastic!
Chicken Saag or Saagwala Curry
A chicken saag or saagwala curry one of my favourite Indian dishes and my recipe makes it really easy to make at home!
Nargis Kebab or Nargisi Kofta
The Nargis Kebab, the Indian origins of the ever-popular British Scotch egg, my version wraps spiced beef around a jammy yolked boiled egg.
Lighter Easy Air Fryer Onion Bhaji or Pakora
My air fryer onion bhaji recipe is a thing of great beauty, it is simply an onion fritter made from a spiced batter and they taste fantastic.
My Favourite Recipes.
Quite often my favourite recipes are not necessarily the most popular recipes on my site.
The obscure little recipes are the ones that I am most proud of much of the time, here are just a few!
Easy Vegan Chickpea and Carrot Curry
This vegan carrot curry is a big flavoured spicy treat, sweet with carrots, earthy with chickpeas and all-around tasty with Indian spices!
Fried Calamari Perfect Crispy Breaded Squid Rings
Crispy fried calamari, a seafood lovers dream, I prefer my squid rings breaded for extra crunch & they take mere minutes to cook to perfection
Chinese Beef with Shiitake Mushroom Stir Fry
This Chinese Beef Stir Fry with Shiitake Mushrooms is quick and simple to make and tastes just like your favourite takeaway!
Beer Roasted Crispy Pork Knuckle
My crispy roast pork knuckle recipe or Schwienhax has the most incredible crispy crackling and an insanely tasty onion gravy!
Spicy Thai Tuna Fish Cakes
These Thai tuna fish cakes hit all the right flavour sensations, hot, sour, sweet & salty and they come with a delicious easy dipping sauce
Rakott Krumpli Hungarian Layered Potatoes
Rakott krumpli is a Hungarian layered potato dish with smoked sausage & boiled egg bought together with sour cream and baked to perfection.
Oxtail Soup an Old School British Recipe
Oxtail soup has many guises, this version is a classic British recipe takes time but is very easy to cook & results in THE best beef soup
Stuffed Mushrooms with Mince Beef Recipe
Simple midweek meals are a must, even if you are at home all day! These simple minced beef stuffed mushrooms are cheesy, simple and delicious.
Shredded Teriyaki Duck Donburi Rice Bowl
Teriyaki Duck Donburi, a beautiful Japanese rice bowl featuring slow-cooked teriyaki duck leg served with a fried egg, rice & bok choi.
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