How to make tasty chicken stir fry.

Chicken stir fry

Chicken stir fry

Stir fry. Quick to make. Tasty. Healthy.

Chicken stir fry is really nice but requires minimum cooking skills, & lets you indulge afterwards without feeling guilty.

Stir fry’s easy to change according to your ingredients too: the marinade, meat, and veg can all be shifted around according to what’s available and your personal tastes, but the basic process remains the same. Continue reading

How to make banana loaf.

Banana Loaf

Banana Loaf

Breakfast. Cereal and milk. Repeat until fade.

 Bored with the same old breakfast? Try banana loaf instead.

You can cut it into slices and freeze them – take them out in the morning and defrost in the toaster, you’re walking out the door eating a slice of hot banana loaf with spread on it a couple of minutes later.

It works equally well as a snack or dessert too. Continue reading

How to make broccoli and chickpea broth.

Broccoli and chickpea broth

Broccoli and chickpea broth

Eating vegetables is a great way to feel full when you’re hungry.

Trouble is, they’re often not the most exciting things to eat.

This recipe uses some spices and chick peas to bulk them out and increase their flavour by making a warming broth. Continue reading

How to make strawberry trifle loaf – a healthy dessert.

Strawberry trifle loaf

Strawberry trifle loaf

Trifle’s one of life’s little pleasures.

It’s also ridiculously unhealthy, meaning that it has to be a rare treat if you’re trying to eat well.

Here’s a recipe for a relatively healthy strawberry trifle loaf that can be enjoyed much more frequently without feeling guilty. It looks pretty cool too. Continue reading

Diet-friendly wine.

Weight Watchers rose wine

Drink wine whilst losing weight.

Sounds too good to be true? Not at all.

It’s possible to drink alcohol whilst you’re on a diet – healthy, sustainable weight-loss is about everything in moderation rather than cutting anything out. Having said that though, it’s easier said than done . . . so diet-friendly wine is very welcome. Continue reading

How to make healthy hummus (or houmous).

Healthy hummus (or houmous).

Healthy hummus (or houmous).

Hummus is ‘healthy,’ everyone knows that: which is why we always eat the whole pot and then sit there wondering where it all went.

The problem is, if you eat an entire pot along with crisps then it can easily become less healthy than eating a burger and chips. So, you can eat less hummus. Or you can eat healthier hummus. I prefer the latter option :)

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How to make healthy fish burgers.

Healthy fish burger

Healthy fish burger

Fish cooked at home doesn’t have to be dried out and tasteless.

Equally, burgers don’t need to be full of red meat and smeared with cheese. Fish burgers are just as filling and delicious but can be a hell of a lot healthier (and with the high price of beef they can be cheaper too). Most importantly, they can be light, juicy and zesty and leave you with room to enjoy a guilt-free drink or cake at the end of the day.

Here’s an original The Boy Can Cook recipe:

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The boy can swear.

“I swear by the kitchen gods . . .

. . . that the recipes on this website shall be suitable to be made on a Tuesday evening after working late.

From this day forth, all recipes on The Boy Can Cook will: Continue reading

How to Make the Perfect Martini.

A Martini is a personal thing, so this is actually my perfect Martini.

I got the recipe at a decadent and very enjoyable evening at The Mount Street Deli which was hosted by Sam Galsworthy of Sipsmith (with one of the head mixologists from Annabel’s on martini making duties).

What you’re getting here is a light, zesty, Gin Martini. Continue reading

Review: Icecreamists – punk ice cream in Covent Garden, London.

“Hot town, summer in the city”

It’s been amazing, amazing weather here in the Big Smoke for the last few days, so The Girl and I visited The Icecreamists in Covent Garden to chill-out and cool down; and we got cool in spades (or maybe scoops?).

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