Writing about the experience in the kitchen, while I attempt to become a professional chef, this time: Stocks.

How to make a quick chilli dish using tinned beans and sweetcorn.

Being such a naturally lean meat makes kangaroo ideal to use in soups and stir-fry dishes and this speedy kangaroo egg noodle soup which combines both is a real full-flavored gourmet classic.

A typical Thai street-food dish, loaded with a fiery combination of fish and noodles in a creamy coconut sauce, which uses Thai green curry paste to deliver a full-bodied meal chock full of authentic Thai flavor but minus the lengthy time-consuming preparation normally associated with an authentic Thai fish noodle dish.

Egg noodles are really great to use in soups and stir-fry dishes such as this no fuss Chinese vegetable egg noodle soup.

For the vegetarian and those keeping tabs on their salt and fat ingestion, making your own stock can solve these additional salt and fat issues and is surprisingly far easier than many would think.

A recipe for home made vegetable stock, that is most commonly used in vegetarian style soups and dishes.

Zucchini Soup is a perfect way to use all those zucchini/courgettes the neighbors “donate” every summer.