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A plate of sliced roast beef, with crispy roast potatoes and caramelised carrots. Green veg sits underneath the beef.

A glass bowl from the side reveals layers of sponge cake, custard, orange fruit, and whipped coconut cream. A cocoa dusted tiramisu dessert is in the background.

Easter lunch: dry brined roast beef with horseradish; roast potatoes; mustard and maple carrots; spring greens; fennel, apple, and chicory salad. Lemon curd, mandarin, and coconut trifle, tiramisu. #poliskycooks #poliskybakes

A bowl of beans in sauce sits on a bed of rice in a bowl. Green onion and coriander sprinkled across the top, with yellow plantain slices and sausage tucked into the mound.

Frijoles colombianos, plátano, salchicha #poliskycooks

A colourful salad of green rocket, deep pink grapefruit segments, and pale white fennel slices.

Fennel, grapefruit, rocket #poliskycooks

Plates of colourful food including orange carrots, green kale, and golden ham at the centre.

A single plate of roasted meat and veg with gravy

Treacle-glazed ham, honey and thyme carrots, celeriac mustard mash, garlicky kale, fennel and blood orange salad #poliskycooks

A plate of roast meats and vibrant veggies on a grey plate

A set of plates with roast meat, colourful vegetables, and other sides with glasses of wine, taken from above

Christmas Day menu: rolled turkey breast, harissa spiced carrots, roasties, lemon and chestnut brussels sprouts, ginger and orange cranberry sauce #poliskycooks

A selection of traditional thanksgiving dishes arranged on a table and taken from above

A plate of thanksgiving food with roast veg and dark red cranberry sauce

Celebrating Thanksgiving / Friendsgiving with rosemary turkey, goose fat roasties, honey spiced carrots, cumin parsnips, broccoli cheese, cranberry orange sauce #poliskycooks

A bowl of red cooked plums, golden crumble, and cream on top.

Warm plum crumble and crème fraîche to mark the days drawing in. #poliskycooks

Colourful red and purple beetroot, orange carrots, golden roast potatoes, and two pieces of chicken with green parsley on top

Sunday lunch: Dry-brined lemon pepper chicken, golden roasties, orange glazed carrots, beetroot and radish salad #poliskycooks

A bronze fillet of mackerel on a grey plate, with green onion and slivers of red chilli on top. A piece of lime next to the fish, and white sesame sprinkled around

Smoked mackerel, chilli, green onion, sesame oil and lime dressing #poliskycooks

A circular mound of potato salad on a grey plate, topped with green chive

Since we’re about four weeks away from #epsa2025 in Madrid, I’ve started to get in the mood with homemade ensaladilla (made with seasonal Jersey Royals) #poliskycooks

White dish on grey table with slats. Dish contains a confetti couscous salad topped with flaked salmon.

Air fryer salmon and Moroccan couscous salad

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Teal dish on a picnic table, contains egg, greens, crumbly white cheese.

Polenta with fresh corn, sautéed garlic and lemon chard, fried egg, feta, mint. Yum!

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A bun cut in half with a thick layer of yellow butter in between. The top is shiny with a fruit glaze.

A colourful plate of roast meat and vegetables on a grey plate, with a shiny gravy drizzled around the edge.

Easter lunch: slow-roasted dry-brined lamb shoulder with confit garlic and rosemary; goose fat roasties; cumin carrots; miso mustard parsnips; herby kale; red wine gravy. #poliskycooks

Tropical hot cross buns with papaya, pineapple, mango, Marsala-soaked sultanas, mixed spice #poliskybakes

Does this count as #poliskycooks? Had to use the stove and will use it on the stove, so…

Stripped and re-seasoned a near-antique cast iron skillet I found at an estate sale. Took four days and lots of elbow grease. First two pics are before, second two are after restoration.

We take a break from the madness for a bit of #poliskycooks. The menu for tonight: Challah and hummus. Chicken noodle soup. Artichokes. Spatchcocked chicken. Beet and black lentil salad. Roasted cauliflower. Cabbage salad and deconstructed Sabich (potatoes, eggplant and eggs on a bed of tahini)

Four squares of puffed rice treats arranged in a neat pattern on a grey plate. Black sesame seeds sprinkled throughout.

Black sesame and marshmallow puffed rice squares #poliskybakes #poliskycooks

A deep brown pecan pie with a light golden pastry crust, from above. The ridges on the pecan halves are all turned upward and slightly shiny with a sugary glaze, with flakes of sea salt sprinkled across the top.

Brown butter pecan pie, flakey sea salt #poliskycooks #poliskybakes

Sheet of chocolate cookies

Sheet of chocolate cookies

Brownie cookies on a snow day #poliskycooks #poliskybakes

Grades submitted, so Christmas baking is in full swing. #PoliSkyBakes #PoliSkyCooks

#poliskycooks bolognese for the people in my house

Is #poliskycooks a thing on here?

#poliskycooks fried rice for a Friday night. 👩‍🍳🥢🥡

#poliskycooks soup for the soul. It is soup season and this late fall garden soup with kale and rice is always welcome. Add some pecorino Romano or Asiago to the bowl and enjoy.

#poliskycooks: olive tapenade. (Those Kalamata olives never stood a chance.)

A kitchen island with three plates. Each plate has a piece of salmon and a pile of fresh pasta. To the right of the plates is an 8x8in glass baking dish with sliced biscuits

Got busy today and made some yummy things. Fresh homemade pasta, with salmon and Ted-Lasso-inspired biscuits (Scottish shortbread) for dessert

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Soup in a blue bowl.

It was a soup kind of day. Tuber stew - parsnips, turnips, yams, rutabagas, with some faux meatballs. #poliskycooks

Yummy! I’m over her swooning! #Poliskycooks

omg this bread was incredible as grilled cheese with homemade butternut squash soup #pacooks #poliskycooks