Large sirloin steak and chips with mushrooms cooked in garlic butter tomatoes and beer batted onions rings

Extra points to who can name every item

Just started dating someone, so had to pull out old reliable.

Rick yolk Gnocchi with parsley ran through. Blue cheese sauce made with double cream that was infused with a whole bulb of garlic and a couple shallots.

400g sirloin, two roasted peppers, pack of broccoli and a small roasted pumpkin for mash.

First time making Gumbo.

On a XL plate 😂
Thoughts?

My first attempt at roast for me and my partner after leaving home :) stuffing probably the biggest room for improvement but quite pleased with myself 😜

God this was so good, thinking about putting it on my private dinner menu🥹

I needed this after the weekend I had!

thousand island tuna crostinis

with cucumber, green stuffed olives, balsamic glaze, chilli flakes and chives

Pears from the garden, picked yesterday.

Served with garlic and rosemary roasted baby potatoes and roasted asparagus. I did cheat though cause I used jus roll pastry 😂

So yeah, I made Jollof for the first time ever. My friends absolutely loved it. This was about 2 months ago.

What makes it a party Jollof Rice is that inside the rice I packed it with bits of prok so that you get random bites of goodness although you can’t see it in the picture.

On the side you can see some grilled Chicken which was grilled tenderly (meat was falling off the bone)

Some plantain for plot armour and tomatoes for decor

And lastly beef patties for the extra fun.

For the adults there is a bottle of “Triomphe Rose” and for the kids a glass of black current diluted juice.

I started cooking more because I was fairly recently diagnosed with depression and anxiety and I watched a video where the guy said the thing that helped him the most wasn’t the meds but the change in lifestyle. At this point I hadn’t consistently cooked in around 2 years, in which I had probably actually cooked 4-8 meals. I was surviving off free work meals and Morrison meal deals.
I decided I’d pick up the pan and do one of the things I hate the most with the intent of finding the beauty in it… and that was cooking.
Really, it helped so much. I now cook at a MUCH more consistent basis, I’m saving about £25 per week from not buying meal deals, I’m speaking to the chefs about what and how they cook (I work in catering) and have a little new bestie who is an absolute unit in the kitchen. It really is funny how things turned out.

P.S. i’d still never be a chef so please don’t bother asking me to go down that route :)