Niamh Shields' quick & delicious dinners & treats - Niamh Shields

Niamh Shields' quick & delicious dinners & treats

Niamh Shields burst onto the blogging scene in 2007 and has since snapped up countless accolades for her food writing by The Times, The Telegraph and The Stylist, to name a few. Niamh is passionate about cooking, and when she's not travelling the world collecting culinary tips, she's at home concocting new and interesting meals for friends and family, including her foody fledgling niece. Here, Niamh shares all her know-how for delicious and easy home-cooking.

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Two-hour roast pork belly with roast pumpkin & savoy cabbage

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May 15

Sweet potato, chorizo & egg

Most recipes I publish here are dishes to share. This is an unusual recipe for one and is a decadent brunch or supper. Soothing and comforting with a kick of spice, luscious sweet potato, spiky chorizo, a creamy soft egg yolk and some ripe rich avocado on the side to calm it all down. Avocado may...

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May 10

Bright summer salad

I always seem to be battling the weather and pretending that the weather outside is different to what it is, via my kitchen. I want ragu and pie in summer, I want salads in deepest winter. Today, on this inbetween day when I thought that summer might be near, I look at the grey sky and think '...

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Apr 30

Salted Maple syrup fudge

I have just come back from Quebec in Canada with a tin of the most delicious maple syrup. It took only 2 days to get through it and now I am sad. I should have bought more. I really should have just bought a new suitcase and filled it. Nothing here really touches the stuff. Quebec produces 80% of...

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Apr 23

Clams with chorizo

Flavour is not about fuss or time. It is about selecting good simple ingredients that work together, and allowing them to do their thing. Sure, sometimes this takes a little effort, but it really shouldn’t be a lot of work. Unless you are doing something very fancy indeed. Clams with chorizo...

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Apr 18

My homemade pizza

Another little adventure in cooking from scratch for you now. Don’t be intimidated, this is not difficult and it is really rewarding. Homemade pizza is fun too. If you have kids, they will love it. The most labour intensive bit is making the dough, even this is reduced to nothing if you have...

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Apr 11

Sumac & thyme lamb loin

I hope you all had lovely Easters and aren’t too full from chocolate for a recipe this week. Last week, I gave you a recipe for pomegranate molasses and cinnamon lamb shank. Many of you are probably wondering what to do with the rest of the pomegranate molasses (try it with halloumi for a...

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Apr 05

Pomegranate molasses & cinnamon lamb shanks with beetroot, feta & mint cous cous

Happy Easter everyone! I hope you all have delicious plans featuring overdoses of chocolate eggs and big breakfasts and brunch. Four days off is such a rarity, it is important to indulge. I plan to cook lots this weekend. Spring lamb is now in the butchers and I will be taking advantage of that....

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Apr 02

Sweet potato, chorizo, kale & feta quesadilla

It was one of those lunchtimes, of which there are many. Time was of the essence and I wanted something good to eat. Something punchy, something delicious, and I had very little time to do it. I love Mexican food and don’t eat it often enough. I do enjoy the odd sojourn to Wahaca in Soho for...

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Mar 26

Proper potato rosti

The humble spud. Is there a better value or more flexible ingredient? So many types available to us, even in the supermarkets. Waxy, floury, small, big, enormous baking potatoes. Red skin, pink skin, even purple potatoes, and I have heard rumours of blue. Much maligned because of the carb factor, I...

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Mar 15

Smoked Salmon Scrambled Eggs

It is St Patrick's Day this Saturday, our national day (I am Irish!), and a public holiday in Ireland. It is not a public holiday here, but with 20% of the UK population officially part of the Irish diaspora (they have at least one Irish grandparent), it is celebrated all over the UK too. There...

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