What are we cooking now?
Good Housekeeping,food stories
Modern food montage
Food fashion comes in waves - so what\'s in vogue in our kitchens right now? Good Housekeeping magazine\'s Deputy Cookery Editor Alison Walker says, \'A fantastic mix of traditional and Eastern cuisine is sweeping the nation at the moment. Click through our gallery to discover the fashionable dishes and recipes that have crept into our repertoire and the ones that have made a massive comeback from times of old.\'
Thai curry
Thai & Malay food,Good Housekeeping,food stories
10 minute curry
The advent of microwaves in the 1980s meant that folk dipped into ready-meals more willingly - and curried ready-meals were SO much tastier than traditional ones. The result was that curry was chosen over shepherds pie and spices entered kitchens in a big way. Now we\'ve moved on from the ready-meals and lots of us are whisking up Thai curries. Below are our three Thai curry recipes from top magazines (click on the names for the recipe)...
Thai prawn curry
Thai green curry
Thai vegetable curry
Inventive pizza
pizzas,Italian food,food stories
Courgette goats cheese pizza
Boy are we into making our own pizzas these days - ready made bases help, but many of us are into DIY bases too. How many ways are there of turning a pizza into a divine meal? Oh, quite a few. Click on the recipe names below for our step-by-step instructions...
Gardener\'s pizza
Cheat\'s courgette and goat\'s cheese pizza
Throw together naan pizza
Pie crazy
pies,British food,food stories
Steak pie
Traditional pies are all the rage at the moment. Those of us who mastered curries before we mastered anything else in the kitchen are now testing our cooking skills on the great British basics. Can you beat a steak and kidney pie with mash and a green salad? We think not. Click below for the recipe...
Steak and kidney pie
Warm salads that wow
salads,main course,food stories
Warm chicken salad
Warm salads combine the freshness of \'leaf\' with the heartiness of a more substantial meal - and they are very, very trendy. Perfect for lunching with friends or throwing together in a meal for one - they look as though they are a food trend that\'s here to stay. Click on the recipe name below for your step-by-step instructions...
Warm chicken salad with quick hollandaise sauce
Super soups
soups,main course,food stories
Soup
Soups that double as main courses are increasingly popular. Our love of Oriental food has spurred us on to developing a taste for one-bowl wonders, with chicken noodle soup leading the way. Click on the recipe names below for your step-by-step instructions...
Chunky fish soup
Chicken noodle soup
Pork and lentil dumpling soup
Cool cupcakes
cakes,baking,food stories
Poppy seed cupcake
Have you noticed the supersized over-iced cupcakes in trendy bakery windows recently? If not, take a closer look - they\'re there! Baking is coming back \'in\' with avengeance and the first step is often to whisk up a batch of cupcakes. Simple, impressive and very tasty. Click below for our divine cupcake recipe...
Poppy seed cupcakes with orange frosting
Perfect pudding
British food,desserts,Good Housekeeping,food stories
Sticky toffee puddings
Traditional steamed puddings are all the rage now. Yes, it\'s a retro thing but all the top chefs have their versions and slowly but surely the nation is following on and finding the courage to create their own. Click below for our fabulous pudding recipe...
Sticky toffee pudding
Chewing on chocolate
chocolate,desserts,food stories
Chocolate pudding
Chocolate has been popular for some years, but there are many of us nowadays who feel a dessert is somewhat lacking if chocolate isn\'t involved. Sound familiar? Click on the recipes below for pure chocolate satisfaction...
Six-minute chocolate pudding
Rich chocolate torte
Wicked chocolate mousse
Calling all coffee snobs
GHI tried & tested,dinner party,Good Housekeeping,food stories,coffee,drinks
Braun Tassimo Brewing Pod Coffee Machine
Finishing off your food with a beautifully made coffee is now so very normal in UK households - more of us than ever own coffee machines, the like of which used to be seen only in restaurants. Want to get in on the act? Want to find a way of working coffee into a dessert? Coffee \'sweets\' are very popular. Try our divine Squidgy coffee cake
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