It's Thai New Year - also known as Songkran - from today until the 15th, and to celebrate the nice people at Thai Taste sent me a selection of their ingredients to inspire me to create a Thai meal. I love Thai food a lot since I went last year, so I was keen to get cooking. They do all sorts from full on curry kits to Sriracha sauce and coconut milk, but I settled on their basic Red Thai Curry Paste as my starting point and came up with this Thai style beef and noodle dish w

I was lucky enough to spend three beautiful weeks in Thailand recently, staying in Bangkok, Phuket and Krabi, and unsurprisingly ate such great food there that I have got lots to share with you. Thai flavours and cooking is not something that comes naturally to me, but the dishes I ate were so inspiring that I'm definitely going to have to make more of an effort with Thai cuisine. Here's a snippet of some of the highlights... First up: the holy coconut... I LOVE coconut. Coco

A quick post today; these are Vietnamese lettuce wraps and they're a lifesaver for anyone trying to drop a few pounds as they are so low in fat, but still taste scrummy. I had three or four wraps and my portion came in at around 460 calories. I've done these before with pork or beef mince, but this time I used turkey as it is the lowest fatmeat known to man but high in protein. Stir fry it quickly with the tiniest bit of olive oil, then add in chopped pepper, garlic, grated c