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Never Mind the BBC — Here Are 14 Years of The Flexible Chef Recipes. All 1,018.Fourteen years. 1,018 published recipes. Nineteen more in draft, because apparently I can't stop. I started The Flexible Chef in…
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Culinary adventures for food lovers
November 11, 2026
Mackerel Soup Recipe with White Beans and Tomato (for One)Autumn is well and truly here, but that didn't stop Issy and me taking off in the van for a…
November 11, 2026
Mackerel Recipes: Fresh, Smoked and TinnedMackerel is the fish I come back to most, and I cook it three ways: fresh from the fishmonger, smoked,…
November 11, 2026
Cauliflower Curry Recipe with Butter Beans (Rukmini Iyer’s Malai Curry)This cauliflower curry recipe with butter beans started life as Rukmini Iyer's cauliflower and butter bean malai curry. I had…
November 10, 2026
Rabbit Recipes: Stews, Garlic Rabbit and Game from Casa AdoraThese rabbit recipes come from my kitchen at Casa Adora in Jaén, from a gas hob in a campervan, and…
November 9, 2026
Mackerel Escabeche: Escabeche de Caballa for OneThe caballa season in Andalucía ends in November, so I bought a fresh mackerel before it closed. After cleaning it…
November 9, 2026
Wild Mushroom Pilau: A Simple Mushroom Rice Recipe for OneGood dried mushrooms are hard to buy in Spain in any decent quantity, so for this wild mushroom pilau I…
November 8, 2026
Tinned Squid in Escabeche on Cachelos: A Tapa for OneIn my calamares a la gallega post, I wondered whether the bar in Asturias had made its squid tapa from…
November 8, 2026
Tinned Fish Recipes: Sardines, Mackerel, Tuna, Anchovies and CocklesThese tinned fish recipes come from my kitchen at Casa Adora in Jaén and from the cupboard in Florie, my…
November 7, 2026
Tinned Mussels in Escabeche: What a €1.50 Tin Really CostsA tin of mussels in escabeche cost me €1.50 in my village shop in Monte Lope Álvarez. I opened it,…
