My Kitchen Bucket List

This is my Kitchen Bucket List. Here is the rather long list of things I aim to cook and bake in my life and share with you on my blog at some point. These different recipes come from all over the place. Some of these I have cooked many times and want to make sure I share them with you, others are ones I hope to make one day. Some will be simple and easy to make whilst others will be a challenge! Hopefully there will be at least one thing listed here that catches your eye. Any recipes that are completed will be linked to the appropriate post.

CUPCAKES:

I think the mighty cupcake is underestimated and so I hope my list of cupcakes 'coming soon' to this blog will make you rethink what a cupcake can really do. 

• Apple Crumble Cupcakes
• Banoffee Pie Cupcakes
• Black Forest Cupcakes
• Boston Cream Pie Cupcake
• Carrot Cake Cupcakes
• Chocolate filled Vanilla Cupcakes
• Cookies and Cream Cupcakes
• Cream filled Chocolate Cupcakes
• Eton Mess Cupcakes
• Grasshopper Pie Cupcakes
• Homemade Fudge Cupcakes
• Honey Cupcakes
• Key Lime Pie Cupcakes
• Lemon Cupcakes
• Lemon Meringue Pie Cupcakes
• Mini Victoria Sponge Cupcakes
• Mississippi Mud Pie Cupcakes
• Red Velvet Cupcakes
• Rocky Road Cupcakes
• Tiramisu Cupcakes

BAKING

This section is devoted to all those wonderful treats that you don't want to share!

• Banana Cake
• Battenburg Cake
• Blueberry Muffins
• Brioche
• Carrot Cake
• Cheese Sticks
• Chocolate Banana Muffins
• Chocolate Biscuits
• Chocolate Cake
• Chocolate Muffins
• Chocolate Whoopie Pies
• Coffee and Walnut Cake
• Croissant
• Doughnuts
• Focaccia
• Fougasse
• Hot Cross Buns
• Lemon Sponge Cake
• Macaroons
• Millionaire's Shortbread
• Pizza Base
• Shortbread
• Scones
• Super Oreo Chocolate Brownies 
• The Brownie Queen's (aka my little sister) Perfect Double Chocolate Brownies
• Treacle Tart
• Vanilla Biscuits
• Victoria Sponge Cake
• Violet's Chocolate Chip Cookies

SOUP

Soup is my 'go to' food in winter. If I have got home and i'm cold and hungry, a warm mug of soup in front of the TV feels pretty close to heaven.

• Butternut Squash Soup
• Bouillabaisse
• Chicken Noodle Soup
• Clam Chowder
• Gazpacho
• Goulash Soup
• Roasted Tomato Soup
• Lobster Bisque
• Mushroom Soup

STARTERS

There are some restaurants I go to where I could happily order a million starters and skip there other courses all together. Some of the recipes listed below are attempts to recreate such dishes

• BBQ Chicken Wings
• Blue Cheese Tart
• Breaded Mozzarella with Tomato Dip
• Calamari with Aioli 
• Chicken Liver Pâté
• Garlic Bread
• Guacamole
• Hummus
• Honey and Mustard Sausages
• Mussels in Creamy White Wine Sauce
• Perfect Dough Balls
• Prawns in Chilli Sauce
• Stuffed Peppers
• Salmon Filo Parcels 
• Spring Rolls
• Tiger Prawn Salad
• Warm Goat's Cheese Salad

MAINS - FISH

• Calamari Curry Korean Style
• Clams With Chorizo
• Drunk Mussels
• Fish Cakes
• Fish Pie
• Koulibiac
• Monkfish Curry
• Mushroom Stuffed Sole
• Mussels and Chorizo
• Paella
• Prawn Pad Thai
• Real Fish and Chips
• Salmon en Croûte
• Seared Tuna with Hollandaise
• Shrimp and Red Pesto Pasta
• Stuffed squid
• Sushi 
• Sweet and Sour Salmon
• Thai Fishcakes
• Thai Prawn Stir-fry

MAINS - PASTA/RICE 

• Bolognese Risotto
• Chicken Risotto
• Clam Linguine
• Special Egg Fried Rice
• Fried Gnocchi
• Homemade Pasta
• Kedgeree
• Lasagne
• Mushroom Risotto
• My Mum's Spaghetti Bolognese
• Nasi Goreng
• Pasta alla Genovese
• Spaghetti Carbonara
• Spaghetti Meatballs
• Squid Ink Risotto
• Violet's Mac and Cheese

MAINS - MEAT, POULTRY, GAME

CHICKEN

• Chicken and Chorizo Stew
• Chicken Katsu Curry
• Chicken Pie
• Chicken Satay 
• Chicken Stir-fry
• Chicken Teriyaki
• Chicken Tikka Masala Curry
• Coq au Vin
• Coronation Chicken
• Jerk Chicken
• Lemon Chicken
• My Mum's 'Chicken Fricassee'
• Thai Green Curry
• Sweet and Sour Chicken

PORK

• Sweet and Sour Ribs
• Toad in the Hole

BEEF

• Beef Stroganoff
• Boeuf Bourguignon
• Chilli con Carne
• Chris' Beef Wellington
• Cottage Pie
• Steak Pie
• Thai Red Curry
• Teriyaki Beef

VEAL

• Saltimbocca

LAMB

• Lamb Hotpot
• Lamb Kebabs
• Lamb with Hollandaise
• Moussaka
• Stuffed Roast Lamb

SIDES

• Bombay Potatoes
• Cauliflower cheese
• Cheesy Leeks
• Chris's Perfect Mash Potatoes
• Crispy Oven Chips
• Goose Fat Roast Potatoes
• Potato Dauphinois
• Rösti (Pontresina-style) 

DESSERTS 

I am not a massive dessert person to be honest. I like to load up on savoury when it comes to meal times and leave the sweet stuff for treats. However, my boyfriend is a dessert man, and so to keep him sweet here is what I want to cook for him! 

• Apple Crumble
• Baked Alaska
• Bakewell Tart
• Banoffee Cheesecake
• Chocolate Cheesecake
• Chocolate Chip Bread and Butter Pudding
• Chocolate Mousse
• Chocolate Pavlova
• Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheese Cake
• Chocolate Roulade
• Chocolate Tart
• Creme Brulée
• Grasshopper Pie
• Honeycomb Cheese Cake
• Key Lime Pie
• Lemon Meringue Pie
• Lemon Tart
• Mississippi Mud Pie
• Pavlova
• Profiteroles
• Sticky Toffee Pudding
• Summer Fruit Tart
• Violet's Pancakes

TO BE CONTINUED.....

If there is something you urgently want the recipe for let me know and I shall try to cook/bake it as sooner rather than later and post it on the blog.

x