Dinner For Two Anyone?

Cooking for two requires a different mindset than cooking for larger numbers. Roasting whole joints of meat or cooking up big side dishes to share are 'off the menu'. As a result of this often much more planning is required, that is not a bad thing, I do it all for you.

Don't worry, if you are cooking for more going in the other direction and scaling up recipes is much easier!

My recipes are all designed with cooking for two in mind. Even those with larger serving sizes will be great for either freezing or repurposing as leftovers.

Lentil and Bacon Soup

This wonderful soup is loaded with great seasonal root vegetables, carrot, potatoes and parsnip. It is then rounded out with lentils and bacon.

14 Indian Chicken Curry Recipes That Are Not Chicken Tikka Masala!

Collage of three different chicken curry recipes with text in Landscape

I’m British and have eaten probably hundreds of variants of what was considered Britains most popular dish from the mid 1980’s through to the mid 2000’s. But trust me that is not the be all and end all of ‘Indian’ chicken curry recipes.

Chicken Saag or Saagwala

A chicken saag or saagwala is nothing more than a chicken and spinach curry. It is also a fine example of just how much spinach cooks down. When cooking this curry make sure you use a pan that is way too big for a curry for two.

Butternut Squash Pasta

Often butternut squash pasta recipes take the form of a blended sauce, this recipe is a little different. It features cubes of butternut squash cooked in bacon and chili… I know right! Bacon and chili! It also has a little white wine and some rosemary.

Lamb Kofta With Roasted Squash and Israeli Couscous

These lamb kofta are meatballs in all but name but are loaded with dried mint, chili and pine nuts and served with squash roasted in pomegranate molasses and zaatar and rounded out with Israeli couscous.

This lamb kofta recipe is one of my favourite new recipes I have developed recently, flavours very much firmly rooted in North Africa and Persia, they are suitably complex but not at all confusing.

Indian Lamb Burgers

This Lamb Burger is inspired by Indian flavours, light bright and zingy with hints of fenugreek, cumin and turmeric and elements of a Kachumber salad.

This lamb burger recipe is very much influenced by my love of Indian flavours. That does not mean that it should be confused with a ‘curry burger’! The flavours here are the same sweet and sour flavours often associated with burgers.

Red Pepper and Bean Chicken Stew

A chicken stew loaded with red peppers and beans and flavoured with Balsamic vinegar all cooked in one pot or skillet making it the perfect midweek dinner.

Chicken thighs are no stranger here on my site and this chicken stew has them right at the centre. They are by some distance the tastiest part of the chicken and interestingly among the cheapest!

Pan Fried Salmon With Quick Pickled Fennel and Lentils

A perfectly pan fried salmon fillet is served on a puy lentil and pickled fennel salad for a perfect mid-week dinner. Why is it a perfect mid-week dinner? Because it is all done in 30 minutes, including the pickling!

This pan fried salmon recipe comes as a contrast to some of the more hearty and heavy recipes I have published of late. It is light, bright and fresh cooks really quickly but still contains the big flavours I pride myself in.

Calves Liver With Jerusalem Artichokes

I love liver, this calves liver recipe is an 'ensemble recipe' all wrapped around very simply pan fried calves liver cooked nice and pink.

I love cooking and eating with offal. This calves liver recipe is the latest foray into the often maligned world of cooking with ‘variety meats’. Calves liver is often seen as the Rolls Royce of the offal world by many.

Indian Slow Cooked Rabbit Legs With Cauliflower and Carrot

These slow-cooked rabbit legs are poached in an Indian flavoured broth and served with a spicy carrot puree, roasted cauliflower, and mung beans.

Rabbit is one of those meats that has fallen out of favour, but it tastes great and as this Indian inspired slow cooked rabbit leg recipe shows, it is really versatile!