A flavorful authentic chicken pho that takes about 3 hours and a whole chicken to make, and it’s 100% worth it.

This chicken shawarma is going to blow you away. Pantry spices + chicken = magic!

Traditional English Recipes for St George’s Day – A collection of Traditional English Recipes for St George’s Day, with some much-loved favourites

Some Old and Much-Loved English Recipes

Thursday the 23rd April, this year, 2026, is St George’s Day – the patron saint of England, and the least observed Saint’s day in the United Kingdom, and I think that’s a shame.

You don’t have to be English to enjoy these recipes I am sharing today, as I’m sure we’ve all embraced a pint of Guinness on St Paddy’s Day, a wee dram on St Andrew’s Day as well as several Welsh Cakes on St David’s Day.

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How an air fryer can make the best char siu in less than 10 minutes.

These super easy steak sauces have 6 ingredients or less and are quick to whip up to make a weeknight steak over the top.

Malted Milk Chocolate Cake – A showstopper cake, this Malted Milk Chocolate Cake is made with Buttermilk, Maltesers and Chocolate Ovaline

A Delicious Malted Milk Cake with Chocolate Ganache and Maltesers

We had a lovely Easter, with family, and many tea trays and high teas were served! One cake that I made twice, was this recipe for Malted Milk Chocolate Cake.

I originally saw the recipe in the Ocado Life magazine, and it looked so delectable, that I decided to make it for our Easter and Spring tea time tables.

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Tinga de Pollo aka Chicken Tinga aka Huge chunks of Juicy Chicken in a Tomatoey Chipotle Sauce.

The coziest one pan dinner is this viral dumpling bake

Mug cake is just so incredibly cozy!

St George’s Hall Cake: A fabulous recipe from over 100 years ago, with currants, mixed peel, ginger & caraway seeds – perfect with a cuppa.

Recipe from the “Liverpool School of Cookery Recipe Book”

Today’s recipe for St George’s Hall Cake, is from an old cookbook called the “Liverpool School of Cookery Recipe Book”, first published in 1900, so over 100 years ago.

It’s a rather unsual fruit cake, with just currants added, along with mixed peel, grated fresh ginger and caraway seeds.

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