So with at-least 10 years cooking under my belt I think I can safely say I am confident in the kitchen. The trick I have decided is not to be afraid of it and just go with your instincts. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn’t but… if you pretend what you have cooked is exactly what you have planned then there really is no problem is there?!

Being English I always find it hard to categorise true ‘English food’, I think one of the best things about being British is that we really do enjoy a whole host of food from all over the world. I love trying out new recipes and challenging myself to learn about different food and where it comes from.

When it comes to deciding what to cook of an evening I rarely cook the same thing twice so what better way to find inspiration than to just look at what the rest of the world eat.

Here I plan to post as many different ‘Foods of World’ to help get you inspired.. starting with..

Japanese:

Me and Jase (the BF) had our very own Sushi making night last week. Our local Deli has started selling little lunch boxes of Sushi on a Saturday and charging £4.25 for the privilege. While it is lovely sushi I do think that is rather a lot of money for what you get. Therefore with my new ‘frugal-world-food’ head on I decided to give it a go. Problem was though.. while £4.25 seems expensive for 6 pieces of sushi it ended up costing me nearly £35 to get all the ingredients to make our own! It was top fun though and such a great idea for a dinner party. We ended up making enough food for about 6 people. The whole process took a few hours but really made for a very enjoyable evening. We started off by making the sushi rolls with a mixture of raw tuna, fresh prawns, cream cheese, roasted courgette, chives, cucumber and pepper. While Jason cleared up the mess I quickly fried up 2 salmon steaks which had been marinating in Teriyaki sauce for a few hours, adding in a handful of asparagus at the end. We then feasted on the hot Teriyaki dish, fresh sushi and lots of wine before it was time to give the dog some exercise….. which consisted of drunkenly laying on the bean bag in the kitchen skillfully trying to bounce the ball into the open washing machine and letting Thomas play ‘ball boy’!

Next on my list of World food treats is.. Moroccan.. watch this space..