Honey-Glazed Chops with Apricot Sauce

Freeze in suitable containers and label. Thaw completely and reheat at gas 3, 325F, 170C for 30 minutes.

Christmas Eve Casserole

Cold Curried Prawns

The loaf may be served hot or cold and can easily be frozen.

Savoury Xmas Loaf

A tasty lunch dish. Serve with some peas and one or two new potatoes.

Salmon and mushroom casserole

Saighton Chicken

Apricot and Mint Lamb Casserole

Hawaiian Haddock

Plaice Normandy

Try using whole pickling onions instead of 8oz chopped onions.

St. Edward's Yuletide Casserole

Cumberland Sausage with Spicy Sauce

A nice dish to have during Christmas week. 

Pork and cranberry curry

Editors note: When we were typing this one up we were quite surprised by the lack of coconut or almonds in the recipe - a quick search on 

 revealed that this is in fact just a UK thing and that these ingredients are not a requirement for a chicken korma! This recipe is therefore much closer to the way it would have been made on the Indian subcontinent.

Chicken Korma

It is a Moroccan dish, the dried fruiits and honey are symbols of hope and sweetness for the new year.

New Year Tagine

Carbonnade of Beef

To freeze: Cool quickly, cover and label. Thaw at room temperature for about 6 hours or overnight. Reheat at Gas 4, Elec 350° for 45 minutes.

Lamb Steaks in Piquant Sauce

I love lamb and the flavour of this is lovely

Log Cabin Casserole

Make a rice border, add lamb &amp; sprinkle on almonds. Serve with mango chutney &amp; naan bread.


Lamb Pasanda

The chicken disy can be frozen before adding the yoghurt. Defrost the dish fully, add yoghurt and reheat thoroughly.


Chicken Masala

Hawaiian Chicken

Ginger Spiced Pork

Filling and hearty dish, great with white wine.

Serve with lemon rice. Be sure to taste when cooked if adjusting portions - add more marmalade if you're losing the orange flavour or more curry powder to pep it up a notch. We added Coriander to garnish.


Seville Glazed Chicken

Cyprus Chicken Salad

A very tropical dish for a summer buffet.

You can use paw-paws or one of each, instead of all mangoes.


Mango & Chicken Salad

This recipe was supposed to have been one of Mrs Nixon's favourites in the 'white house'.

American Hot Chicken Salad

Editors comment: definitely take note of the recommendation to 'season to taste' - we added a bit of salt and some extra chilli powder and curry powder to pep it up a bit. You can add extra water if its getting too dry (if you used a receptacle for the coconut milk, stick the additional water in there without washing it to soak up any residual milk). Chapati and naan also awesome!


Chicken Jalfrezi

Pineapple Beef

Can be frozen, but do not add cream mixture until reheating.


Shobden Beef

Serve with jacket potato and a green vegetable (sprouts, broccoli, spring cabbage). Will freeze.


Peachy Beef Casserole

This is one of my own recipes, concocted while I was staying in Scotland and using some of their beautiful beef.

Culloden Beef

Makes mince into a tasty dish. A great family favourite.

Athenian Mince

This sauce is lovely served cold with baked ham or at Christmas with cold turkey.

Keeps about 3 weeks in the fridge.


Gammon or Bacon Chops with Cumberland Sauce

Editor's note: It's reccomended to boil the potatoes at the start of the cooking so they're ready for mashing when you've made the main bake.


Salmon and Mushroom Bake

I always made this dish on Good Friday. Goes back to the day when fish was always served on a Friday, especially Good Friday.

Solway Fish Pie

If freezing don't add salt until ready to use. Salt toughens meat.


Beef Goulash

Cider Baked Potatoes

Xmas Paella

We found that this went really well with 

This amount of sauce was more than enough for 4 pieces of chicken (thighs and drumsticks). We'd recommend using the recipe amounts for 6 pieces and reducing a bit for less.


Scrumpy Chicken Casserole

Turkey wasn't introduced to this country until the 16th century. Before then peacocks, swans and boars were used for the Christmas feasts. The following recipe is a great favourite in my family, using the remains of the turkey.

A meal in itself with crusty rolls, this will freeze.


Turkey Chowder

Turkey Jalousie

This recipe was taken from the handwritten archives and was particularly badly damaged. We're pleased to have saved this marvellous dish from being lost.

Lasagne Al Forno

Casseroles are a good standby in the freezer. They can be brought out and used during the hectic build up to Christmas. The next recipe would be suitable for Christmas Eve dinner.

Can be frozen. Defrost fully before reheating at above temperature for 30 minutes.


Cranberry Beef Casserole

Will freeze in suitable containers. Defrost fully before reheating for 30 minutes at the above temperature.


Gingered Spiced Pork

Casseroles are a good standby in the freezer. They can be brought out and used during the hectic build up to Christmas. The next recipe would be suitable for Christmas Eve dinner. I don't know how this recipe was named but the end result is excellent.

Chicken Chi-Chi

This is a good dish to have if economising before or after the big event. It is very tasty and a convenient meal to eat whilst sitting watching television.

Gloucester Mince Pie

Henry VIII loved pies and he also loved surprises. Large pies were often cooked for him containing rooks and crows. As a surprise live birds were sometimes put under the crust and were released when the pie was cut open, hence the nursery rhyme:

"Sing a song of sixpence, a pocketful of rye,
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.
When the pie was opened the birds began to sing,
Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the King."

The R.S.P.B. would frown on this custom today so here is a recipe which is acceptable in modern days!

Will freeze. Thaw completely before reheating.


Christmas Eve Beef and Wine Pie

Cut into small pieces for cocktail parties, larger pieces for buffets. If you are using anchovies soak them in milk first to remove the salty taste.

Wrap in foil and freeze whole. Reheat covered from frozen for about 20 minutes as above.


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