Recipes

Atomic Shrimp's Recipes

Cooking great food is simple and fun. Or at least it really ought to be. Anyone can do it - I really believe that.

My Approach To Cooking -

Simplicity

Too many recipes are complex, contorted and ingredient-intensive - so that they're nearly impossible to follow and are prone to failure. I don't like that.

I don't really like even taking recipe books into the kitchen - they make it harder to enjoy the process of cooking. What's needed is:

basic, versatile recipes upon which you can build
a general understanding of how ingredients work and how to use them, individually and together

- and this is what I'm aiming to promote here - these recipes aren't here to impress you, they're just meant to be useful.

Simplicity
No mysteries or secrets - no pointless elaboration or pretence - no arcane instructions or jargon - no expensive ingredients used once, then left to languish in a cupboard

Just great food that anyone can enjoy making and enjoy eating.

Sticky Recipes

Not recipes for sticky things - well, not necessarily - these are recipes that I'll refer back to again and again - so they're stuck here instead of scrolling down off the page to the left...

How To Make Bread

A lot of people think making bread is so difficult that they never even attempt it. Actually, it's really easy.

This basic bread dough recipe can be used as the basis for lots of other things - so you'll see it popping up now and again.

Cheesy Oaty Crumbly Crackers

A simple recipe to make tasty cheesy crackers that are crumbly, oaty and delicious - great with cheeses or dips, but nice enough to eat all on their own.

Feast Bread - To Tear And Share

Another recipe making use of my basic bread dough recipe - this time transforming it into Feast Bread - filled with bacon, cheese and onion - and designed for tearing, sharing, and eating with your fingers.

Mac N Choc

The classic dish of Macaroni Cheese - re-imagined as a dessert! - richly flavoured with dark chocolate instead of cheese.

Orange & Lemon Drizzle Cakes

Just a really simple recipe for tasty, light cakes flavoured with orange and lemon zest, and topped with a sugary citrus glaze.

Paneer

Paneer is Indian-style curd cheese - it's similar to ricotta or cottage cheese and it's very easy to make.

Real Macaroni Cheese

Here's how to make Macaroni Cheese - the real thing, with real ingredients. No packets required.

Stuffed Crust Pizza

This recipe makes use of my basic bread dough recipe - transforming it into Stuffed Crust Pizza

Edible Bread Bowls

They're edible - they're bread-ible! - Completely Consumable Crockery! - Tasty, Toasty Tableware - they're Edible Bread Bowls! (This recipe makes use of my basic bread dough recipe)

Garlic & Herb Focaccia

This recipe takes my basic bread dough recipe and turns it into Garlic and Herb Focaccia

Raspberry & Pear Sponge Pudding

Here's a recipe for a quick and easy hot dessert that's sure to impress: Raspberry & Pear Sponge Pudding

Treacle Spice Cookies

Another easy recipe - this time for crunchy biscuits flavoured with cinnamon and black treacle. Treacle Spice Cookies.

Hot Cross Buns

Traditionally made and eaten at Easter - here's my recipe for Hot Cross Buns - they're really good!

Cinnamon Bun Cookies

They look like little cinnamon buns, but they're cookies - easy to make - and they taste great too.

Pork-Less Pies

I have some friends who don't eat pork and they happened to mention one day that the one thing they really miss, since they gave it up, is a pork pie - this seemed to me more of a challenge than an obstacle, so I set about trying to create the Pork-Less Pie