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Welcome!
- Published May 16, 2009
Welcome to The StudyVox Kitchen!
This site has been created to help students survive on their own at uni, making their student loans stretch and helping them break away from the dreaded baked bean meal for 1!
There are loads of recipes to choose from including hints and tips; we've got everything from quick snacks to a meal to impress! There will also be regular recipe additions each week along with a video cookbook and a spot on StudyVox FM!
The recipes come courtesy of Dan Collier who has been a professional cook for 10 years, doing everything from large corporate events; through to working in his local village pub!
Now he wants to help you lazy students improve your cooking skills!
However, if you are already an accomplished chef and think you may have some wicked recipes you want to share with The StudyVox Kitchen, then why not become an author and upload them?!
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Recent Articles
How to use Cornflour!
- By Daniel Collier
- Published Yesterday
- Cooking hints and tips
- Unrated
As a rule, I use 1 tablespoon of cornflour to thicken every ½ litre of liquid.I mix the cornflour with a little cold water, and then stir it into the hot food during the final stage of cooking. It must be cooked to boiling point before thickening begins. At that point, it usually thickens fairly quickly and the sauce turns from opaque to transparent. However, sauces will thin if cooked too long or boiled too vigorously.
Cabbage and Bacon ~ Serves 4 ~ Costs £1.50
- By Daniel Collier
- Published Yesterday
- Side Dishes
- Unrated
Cabbage and Bacon, great with Coq au vin!
Coq an vin ~ Serves 4 ~ Costs £7
- By Daniel Collier
- Published Yesterday
- Meals to impress!
- Unrated
A traditional peasants dish from France. So many people make the mistake of adding tomatoes, to which any respectable French person will scald you for!
Vanilla
- By Daniel Collier
- Published March 3, 2010
- Cooking hints and tips
- Unrated
The best way to buy vanilla is the little pod, but at around £1.50 each there only for special occasions! Always try and buy Vanilla EXTARCT as opposed to vanilla ESSENCE. Extract may cost a little more but it’s the real deal as Essence is just a bunch of chemicals made to taste of vanilla.
Omelette Fillings
- By Daniel Collier
- Published March 3, 2010
- Cooking hints and tips
- Unrated
Here’s a few to get you started! Baby spinach and goats cheese, tomato and cheddar, mushroom and blue cheese…...
Ham Hock Stew ~ Serves 2 ~ Costs £3
- By Daniel Collier
- Published March 3, 2010
- Main
- Unrated
Ham hocks are really cheap at around £1.50 each, but may require a trip to the butcher as you probably won’t find them in the supermarket! By cooking the meat this way the end result is tender meat that fall’s form the bone.
Chilli and Cumin Roasted Peanuts
- By Daniel Collier
- Published March 3, 2010
- Snacks
- Unrated
You could try other nuts like almonds, macadamia, Brazil or why not a mix of them all!
Poached Pears ~ Serves 4 ~ Costs £2
- By Daniel Collier
- Published March 3, 2010
- Puddings
- Unrated
One from the first day at catering collage! They taste great, warmed with a scoop vanilla ice cream!
Honey and Mustard Chicken Escalopes ~ Serves 4 ~ Costs £6
- By Daniel Collier
- Published March 3, 2010
- BBQ
- Unrated
By flattening the chicken, you decrese the time needed to cook. A quick and easy BBQ treat!
Buy Mackerel!
- By Daniel Collier
- Published February 16, 2010
- Cooking hints and tips
- Unrated
One of the most underrated, sustainable catches in the sea!! You can buy fresh Mackerel from as little as £1 each in the supermarket. Get them filleted, fry in a little oil and they will taste great with just about anything. (Try them with the Greek Salad or Chilli and Cumin Roasted Sweet Potato, both recipes on the website!)You can buy 3 Fillets of Smoked Mackerel for around £1.50, what a bargain! It’s versatile, ready to eat and has a long shelf life. Go on, get stuck in!