Welcome to the website of the Ordinary Cook. I hope this site inspires you to enjoy cooking.
I love to cook. I learned to cook from watching and helping my mum and I have developed my cooking knowledge by cooking for myself and my family on a daily basis.
I love cookbooks and I am often found with my head buried in a recipe book. I use these recipes to inspire me. I experiment with and adapt recipes.
We are lucky enough to live in a rural spot and we keep chickens and have a veg patch, so my recipes also reflect what is available to us from the garden.
I have two girls who have helped me cook since they were old enough to stand on a chair to reach the worktop. They love helping to make cakes and prepare the dinner. They won’t always eat the dinner after they have prepared it, but I hope that by teaching them how to cook they will one day soon enjoy a varied diet…
I cook using a four-oven Aga and so will usually include instructions for cooking with an Aga in the method for each recipe.
I call myself the Ordinary Cook because that is what I am – an enthusiastic home cook.
Kath
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If I can avoid looking at a camera I will!
we like the look of your cookbook will be trying a few this autumn as long as there are no olives involved.
sue & christine
Hi Sue,
Brilliant, I look forward to hearing about what you are cooking . I am sure you will need some recipes for eggs if not for olives…
Kath
Hi Kath,
Cottage pie is easy enough for even me!
I could be in trouble with the damson vodka though but I’m certainly going to give it a go…….
Will the trouble with the damson vodka be before or after you have drunk it?
Love your website, will be trying some recipes over Christmas!
Thank you, very glad you like it. x
Hi Kath
You have a magnificent blog. I love your enthusiasm. Congratulations.
I am new to blogging and thoroughly enjoy posting my daily recipe. Your recipes sound and look absolutely delicious – every one a taste-explosion for the taste-buds.
I have added you to my blogroll and I invite you to have a look at my blog – I would be honoured if you would add me to your blogroll.
Looking forward to sharing with you.
Sunny regards,
Mandy
Hi Mandy,
Thank you for your very kind comments. I like what you are doing with the Complete CookBook, some lovely recipes there and would be pleased to include you in my blogroll.
Kath
Thanks Kath, nice to have another friend in the blogging world.
Mandy
Tthe radio interview was great! Well done!
Thank you xx
Hello Kath – I’m still around. Been away, got back, got muddled, resorted, went away, came back – with loads of apples and pears from daughter’s garden …. I’ve got a load of your recipes to try too …
Hi Flavia, I am glad you are still around. Life gets in the way sometimes doesn’t it. It’s always good to come back with lots of good things to eat though. Looking forward to hearing about the cooking x
Hi Kath – today I managed to use up all apples, pears, onions, beetroot and made a spicy autumn ketchup. I think it should be OK. The only things is that at present a small piece of rubber glove finger has disappeared in the confusion.