Colour- Straw Aroma- Light, Hops, Citrus Taste- Wheat, Bitter, Smooth, Biscuit ABV- 5% Cost- £2.29 This one popped up on the Asda website as I was doing my online weekly shops as an Asda exclusive, so I thought I best give it a try. I am not the biggest fan of Stella Artois normally, I…

Serves 4 Cook and Prep time 1hr 30mins Do not let the length of time these take to make put you off, they are the most delicious onions you could possibly eat. Full of rich, sweet onion flavour with notes of garlic and rosemary, these are absolutely perfect to pair with sausages or with my Ultimate…

Colour Pale StrawAroma Hops, Citrus, GrassTaste Thin, Light, HopsCost £1.49ABV 4.2% I always try and be positive when reviewing a beer, try and look for a redeeming factor or something like about it, however, with Brewdog’s Indie Pale Ale I could not find a single thing I actually liked about it. It was dreadful, worse…

Serves 4 Prep and cook time- 1hr As I’m looking to be a little healthier and cut down on my carb intake, I have been eating more sweet potatoes than ever. These crispy, spicy wedges are a real treat and I most recently paired them with my Chicken Souvlaki and Tzatziki! Ingredients 1kg Sweet Potato 1tsp paprika 1tsp…

Colour- Golden Hue Aroma- Slight Biscuit, Hops, Malt Taste- Hops, Light, Refreshing, Biscuit, Banana Cost- £1.19 ABV- 4.6% I always love to give Aldi’s selection of beers ago. They are super hit and miss, and I’ve definitely had more bad ones than good ones, see The Hop Foundry reviews I did a couple of years ago! I…

Serves 6 Prep and cook time 30 mins This is a great mid-week treat, full of spicy curry flavours, crisp on the outside with a soft juicy centre, perfect to be paired with my Parmentier potatoes! Ingredients 600g whole pork fillet 1tbsp tandoori curry powder 1tbsp mile curry powder 1tsp paprika 1tsp cumin salt and pepper 2tbsp…

Colour- Black Aroma- Sweet, Chocolate, Hops, Malt. Alcohol, Biscuity Taste- Sweet, Chocolate, Almond Cost- £3.49 ABV- 5% I always love an opportunity to pick up a bottle of Sam Smiths, I grew up a couple of miles away from the brewery, had my second ever job in a wonderful Sam Smiths pub and had my…

Serves 2 Prep and Cook time- 4 hours Barbecue ribs have always been one of my favourite treats. Covered in sticky sweet and sour barbecue sauce, fall of the bone tender and as juicy as can be, ribs are arguable the best bit of pork! Ingredients 500g Ribs 200mls of your favourite barbecue sauce, I…

Colour- Cloudy LemonadeAroma- Tropical fruits, lemon, hoppy, bitter, lemongrassTaste- Thin, Bitter, WateryCost- £1.80ABV- 0.5% I am always on the lookout to try something new, and as someone who is trying to get a little healthier, I decided I would try some non-alcoholic beers!The first one in the series is Northern Monk’s Holy Faith. I was…

Fire Brick Brewery Parsons PorterColour- Deep RubyAroma- Chocolate, Coffee, RumTaste- Tobacco Smoke, Coffee, Chocolate, Dried FruitAbv- 6.2%Cost- £3.95 My lovely wife picked a bottle of Fire Brick Brewery Parsons Porter from the fantastic beer shop inside Newcastle train station a few weeks ago. When she goes away for work she often will bring me a…

Serves 3-4 Prep and Cooking Time- 4 Hours I absolutely love chicken wings, they are by far my favourite cut of chicken and cooking them this way ensures that you will have perfectly juicy wings every single time with very minimal effort. No more worry about overcooked dry wings! Ingredients1kg Chicken Wings100ml hot sauce2tbsp plain…

Colour-Cloudy Straw Aroma- Hoppy, Tropical, Orange Taste- Bitter hops, Orange, Tropical Fruits ABV- 8% Cost- £2.29 I always love to try local beers to me and support local businesses, so when I came across King Slayer from Buxton Brewery I knew I had to give it a go, even though I am not the biggest…