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This is a simple recipe that allows for some experimentation and tailoring to your personal tastes.  The vast majority is also available in Lidl so doesn't require 8 specialist shops! Main Ingredients: Salmon Fillets (1 per person) (Lidl - £2.85/pair) Rice Noodles - these 5mm ones are my preference  (Morrisons - £1.40) Edamame Stir Fry (Lidl - 89p) Mange Tout (Lidl - 89p) Mushrooms - your preference on type! The following spices are worth the trip to various shops to stock up on... Spices: Black Cardamom Pod Sea Salt - The Cornish Sea Salt Co Flakes are my favourite! Pepper Sichuan Peppercorns - this is actually a little citrus thing.  Tastes like strong lemon and makes your tongue tingle! Korean Chili Powder - Course (Type for Kimchi!) Sesame Seeds Cashew Nuts - (unsalted) Sriracha Sauce Soy Sauce Cooking Oil - Olive or Rapeseed This is a mostly vegan dish, and if you replace the salmon with tofu, it's completely vegan! I leave it up to you t...

Another Asian-inspired dish, this is healthy comfort food and great for your diet and soul!  One portion will come in around 650 calories, though the miso can be a little high in sodium so bear this in mind if you have heart problems and search out a low-salt alternative such as this This is a very easy dish to prep and can be cooked in one large flat-bottomed frying pan, minimising washing-up duties! Measures below will serve two. Ingredients: 2x Chicken Breast 200g Udon Noodles (Wet) 2x Spring Onion 100g Chestnut Mushrooms  100g Green Beans Miso Paste Yutaka Dried Miso Soup (Morrisons World Food Section) Sesame Oil Toasted Sesame Seeds Chilli Flakes Cornish Sea Salt Pepper Fish Sauce Light Soy Sauce Granulated Garlic Step 1: Prep Finely chop spring onion, slice the mushrooms around 1/4" thick and the green beans to about 1/2" thick. Toast the sesame seeds in small, dry frying pan and put them t...

Ingredients: 2x Salmon Fillets  1x Pak Choi  3x Spring Onion 1x Avocado 175g White Rice Sesame Seeds Sesame Oil Butter Light Soy Sauce Cornish Sea Salt  Black Pepper Chilli Flakes Granulated Garlic Step 1: Toast Sesame Seeds Use a small, dry frying pan and add sesame seeds and heat - once they start popping, they're done - move them around often to achieve an even dark-gold colour throughout.  Set to one side in a bowl and let them cool. Step 2: Cook Rice Boil the kettle Heat up 1 knob of butter in sauce-pan and once melted, add rice - add half a teaspoon of sesame oil and the juice of half a lime and ensure rice is evenly coated.  The butter stops the rice becoming stodgy, and sesame oil is for flavour. Add boiling water to the rice in a hot pan, to roughly 3/4" above the rice.  Put the lid on and turn the heat down. Step 3: Season Salmon Salt, Pepper and Granulated Garlic.  Add ch...

I was lucky enough whilst in Amsterdam recently to visit a little restaurant called "Soup En Zo" on Jodenbreestraat - well worth the visit!  I had the above soup, which was fantastic. Upon returning home I attempted to replicate this soup myself and, according to my other half, it might be the best thing I have ever cooked her, so here goes... (Serves 2) Ingredients: Half an onion Hot Smoked Paprika Cumin Seeds Tomato Pasata  1x Red Pepper 100g Green Lentils 50g Chopped Chorizo Vegetable Stock - Roughly half a litre 1x Carrot 1: Heat up olive oil in a saucepan and add in finely chopped onion and   Add cumin seeds and ground pepper and chopped carrot (shop into small 1cm cubes). 2: Add chopped red pepper and lightly fry off the chopped chorizo 3: Add boiling water to vegetable stock (I like the Knorr stock pots) and then add roughly a qtr pint to the onions and peppers. ...

As we're halfway through the year (roughly), now felt a good time to share a few images I have created this year.  unfortunately, I am a perfectionist, so I may shoot 100 photos and come out with one that "feels" right to me.  Thank God for massive memory cards!  All images shot on my Canon 70D using either the 24mm f2.8 Pancake Lens or Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 Wide-Angle Lens. If you would like to purchase, you can contact me through the blog or directly at my EyeEm page here

Some years ago, I worked for a well-known photography retailer.  As an avid photographer, this seemed a dream.  But the mixture of low-pay and having tasty gear waved in front of your face all day long took its toll.  I left and stopped taking photos as I felt my kit was not able to replicate the image I saw in my head. I have since realised this is not true at all, having enjoyed using a few different iterations of the iPhone to take photos. But 2 years ago, now in a position to do so, I bought myself a Canon 70D.  I use a mixture of lenses:  Canon 50mm f/1.8  Canon 24mm f/2.8 Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 Canon 70D with Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5 The big advances have been in the way the photographer can edit and share their photos. So here is a list of my favourite apps for editing photos (all on iOS, not sure about Android!) --- Darkroom |  Lens Distortions |  Lightroom |  Photoshop |  Mextures --- I...