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We keep our recipes as simple as possible. You won’t have to scroll past our life stories to get to the recipe, nor hundreds of videos and ads that crash your browser. Just the basics, and if there’s any fluff, after the recipe itself. These are all tried and multiple times tested recipes we cook at home ourselves.

Southside Fried Rice

April 15, 2022 by Stuart Melling
Southside Fried Rice

This recipe was the result of a content organized by Southside Market (affiliate link, I get a referral fee) – the oldest BBQ business in Texas. The assignment was simple, …

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How to cook the perfect turkey

November 30, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Turkey

If you’ve ever spent the day before Thanksgiving or Christmas poring over websites on how to cook the perfect turkey dinner – I know exactly where you’re at. You think, …

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Sichuan fish – pan fried dry style

November 14, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Sichuan sablefish

This one is modeled after one of my favorite Sichuan dishes – spicy boiled fish. Rather than a bubbling pot, this one is a quick affair cooked up in a …

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Ultra simple and easy buttermilk cornbread

June 14, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Easy corn bread recipe

This couldn’t be any more ridiculously simple. From start to finish it takes a little under thirty minutes – and it makes a wonderful side dish to Summery BBQ plates. …

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Authentic enchilada sauce

March 8, 2020 by Stuart Melling
Dried chiles

At its core, enchilada sauce should be little more than dried chiles, steeped and blended (then fried). If you’ve ever looked at a store bought can of enchilada sauce and …

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Recipe: restaurant style Chicken Tikka Masala

December 8, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Chicken tikka masala

This recipe is my current working recipe for a restaurant style chicken tikka masala. What do I mean by restaurant style? Well, a rich, decadent curry that throws caution to …

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Recipe: Easy oven baked carnitas

December 7, 2019December 7, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Carinitas recipe - ready for the oven

Like most of my recipes, this one was cobbled together from reading various websites and crafting what sounded easy and delicious. And it couldn’t be easier. This one takes barely …

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Chile Colorado recipe

September 23, 2020October 5, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Chile Colorado

Hands up time! While absolutely delicious, I’ve no idea how authentic this recipe is. As a native Brit, there’s not a hint of South American cooking expertise in my lineage. …

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Thai Yellow Curry recipe

April 25, 2020August 25, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Air fried tofu with Thai yellow curry

I love Thai curries for their ease and flexibility; I use them quite often when I need to use up random vegetables left in the fridge. Got some leftover sweet …

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Recipe: Chicken Tinga

September 21, 2019August 6, 2019 by Stuart Melling
Chicken Tinga

Full disclosure: I came up with this approximation for chicken tinga after Googling several recipes and pulling together the best bits – pretty much how I make any new recipe. …

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