Baked honey mustard chicken
It’s been a busy wee week in the McKenzie household. I’ve been starting to think about maybe putting my flat up for sale which has opened up a whole big ol’ can of worms with me realising I had a…
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Brown butter and lime salmon fillets
This salmon is gorgeous and light and perfect if you want to keep things healthy, but in no way scrimps on flavour. The salmon is perfectly caramelised, locking in all of the juices while the brown butter and lime sauce…
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Coconut, lime and spinach chicken curry
This curry was a surprise success. Getting home from work, tired and hungry, I really had no plans with regards to dinner other than knowing that there was some chicken breasts in the fridge that needed to be used. This…
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Chilli ginger chicken with udon noodles
This is a really simple ‘throw it all together’ kind of recipe that can be on your plate in 20 minutes flat. The noodles have a beautiful chunky yet silky texture that works wonderfully with the soft chicken and…
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Chicken liver pate with brandy
Even from a young age, I’ve always been a lover of pate. I used to always ask my mum to make it as a starter at Christmas time. Indeed, Christmas time always brings a myriad of ‘special’ pates to the…
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Creamy chicken and white wine pasta
Lets talk about chicken! There’s quite a bit of it on my blog – you’ll find curries, soups, salads and even a full bird or two. If however, you had to rewind the clock to two years ago, you…
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Buffalo chicken burger with blue cheese coleslaw
The ‘pulled meat’ phenomenon has been around for decades in the States but has only really taken off properly in the last year or two here in the UK. All of a sudden pulled pork and chicken are popping…
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Indian roast chicken
I’m always looking for variations on the traditional roast chicken. Now, don’t get me wrong, a classic roast chicken is delicious and can’t be beat, but sometimes a change can be nice. In this case, I used a variety of flavoursome…
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Chicken and Prawn Laksa
I just can’t seem to get enough chilli this week. I’ve been eating it until my eyes have watered and my nose has gone runny. But yet, I still want more. Tonight, for dinner, I made chicken and prawn laksa…
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Katsu chicken curry
I’ve been sampling curries from around the world this week, and todays curry is brought to you from Japan. The katsu curry is wildly popular in Japan and first came to my attention when eating out in restaurants Wagamama and…
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Chicken soup for the soul
When I think of chicken soup, I can’t help but visualise the creamy, textureless goop that comes in a can with a Heinz label on it. This is why, when you ask me, I tend to say “Chicken soup? Oh,…
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Paprika roast chicken
This is one of those recipes that looks mega impressive and is bursting full of spanish flavours but (shhh don’t tell anyone) literally takes 5 minutes of prep and requires zero brain power, which is okay with me. The chicken turned…
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Thai chopped chicken salad
This absolutely gorgeous salad is taken from the Pinch of Yum website. The flavours are really punchy and explode, gloriously in your mouth. This salad is lovely and filling on it’s own but equally yummy as a sandwich or wrap filling….
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Honey lime chicken with sticky coconut rice
Holy moly! I’m blowing my own trumpet here but this was AWESOME and is swiftly getting added to my favourite meals of all time list (which is growing to monstrous proportions I might add). The honey, lime and coconut were…
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Logic defying fruity chicken salad
Let it be said that this salad is weird. Good weird, but weird none the less. The recipe was heavily inspired by a recipe on the Pinch of Yum website (you can see the original recipe here) but I’ve adapted it quite…
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