Pineapple, pork and bacon ‘donuts’
This is just plain weird. But fun! It takes a little bit more effort, but with bacon – it’s worth it. Makes a great picnic snack, quick on-the-go lunch or breakfast, or travel food. Always nice to have travel food!

Back to Basics Cooking in a Modern Age

This is just plain weird. But fun! It takes a little bit more effort, but with bacon – it’s worth it. Makes a great picnic snack, quick on-the-go lunch or breakfast, or travel food. Always nice to have travel food!

To follow on from my Very British Scotch Eggs, I decided to tackle the very Catalan calcot sauce. Traditionally, this is a romesco type sauce made with ground almonds, hazelnuts, breadcrumbs, garlic, tomato and roast peppers. They have competitions to make the best and, in true catalan style, the best are made from scratch using …

A very British snack with a twist…. I used to love scotch eggs when I lived in the UK. The almost perfect paleo snack.. if it weren’t for the breadcrumbs. So when I went low-carb, I was sad that I could no longer pop into Marks n Spencer’s and grab one. It has to be …

More fruit and meat combinations ahead! This one was inspired by the fact that I wanted a snack-y type meatball but something different than pork. Saying that, I’m sure this would work well with pork as well. I added the bacon to keep them a bit moist, as sometimes chicken can get a little dry. …

I’m not sure what possessed me to make this one. In fact, I was going to make a ‘tomato meatza’. But then I was chatting to my dad and decided that I’d make a ‘tomato tart’ with a meat base instead, like a ‘tarte tatin’ I said. He pointed out that those were made upside …

Fruit and meat. Again! I found some blueberries in the fridge last week. Decided instead of making my typical blueberry protein scone – why not make some pork muffins. Nice. And it worked (for me). They look a little weird – which benefitted me, as I didn’t have to share them. Good thing as this …