Calm Your Beans

Tired of trying to follow recipe cookbooks? Find yourself shouting “show me what that step looks like (insert name of celebrity chef here)!” – I know I am. Don’t have enough time to watch half-an-hour to an hour cooking shows? Jamie did his best with his 15 minute meals, but I’ve found a way that [...]

Here at CYB towers, we’re a bunch of lazy so-and-sos. We’re always on the lookout for tips and tricks to make our daily lives easier – and what better place to find them than the wonderful place that is the internet?! Of course, there is always an element of separating the wheat from the chaff, [...]

I love food, I love making it, I love looking at pretty pictures of it and most of all I love eating it. So it may come as no surprise to hear that I was glued to the TV last night for the start of The Great British Bake Off. What better way to find [...]

Being a diabetic, doesn’t mean that breakfast has to be boring meal! Why not make it a bit more interesting and something to look forward to? You need to make sure your breakfast keeps you going through out the day as well as being healthy and nutritious. So the first in out diabetic recipes special [...]

If you go down in the woods today your sure of a big surprise, well, a garlicky one. It is at that time of year again when a little bit of foraging can give you amazing returns. However it is not like the garlic cloves that you would normally purchase from the super market. The [...]

If you’re anything like me weekly shops are a bit of a chore, who wants to spend their two days a week off in the supermarket? Worse still, is when you go after work at 6pm, when lots of hungry, tired people who have just finished work (you are probably one of these people) pop [...]

Spring represents rebirth and regrowth and is the most colourful of the four seasons. Spring is also the season where some of our most beloved ingredients are at their best.

I like food, I like it to be nice and tasty and healthy, but I do not like messing about for ages in the kitchen. You will never find me slaving over a hot stove; in fact you are far more likely to find me lounging on the couch while something is brewing in the [...]

In terms of your monthly expenditure food is probably where you spend the most money, but what if you want to cut down your food bill and you’re on a budget?

I hate wasting food. I hate it even more when I’m the one who’s paid for it! While my mum and dad are off gallivanting in the slightly warmer climates of Hong Kong, I’m left to fend for myself. Since when did food cost so much?! I’m living like a student again and I’ve been [...]