all the recipes I shared on Sara Cox’s radio show

If you’ve heard me on Sara Cox’s BBC Radio 2 show this last 2 weeks you’ll have heard me turn some of Sara’s listeners mystery baskets into delicious dinners.

I’ve been listening to Sara since she soundtracked my commute to my first post-grad job at the turn of the millennium. So it has been surreal and a real pinch-me moment hearing her chatting about what I do on air. 

Wondering how it all works behind the scenes?

Sara’s producer sent me a voicenote with the ingredients the day before and I had a few hours to come up with a recipe and record a one minute run through of it. You know I love to add a detail so stripping a recipe back to a minute was a new one for me.

I also decided to film some of the recipes to add to my socials and website so it was easy for you all to make. So there was a lot of dashing to the shops and filming, writing, editing and uploading. 

I’ve added all the recipe to my website so you can easily make them…

1. Prawns, onion and mushrooms >> speedy spiced rice with lemony prawns.

2. Chicken thighs, garlic and Greek yoghurt >> crisp chicken and potatoes with jammy tomatoes and garlic with salted greek yoghurt.

3. Cabbage, cauliflower and spinach >> smoky roast greens with crispy chickpeas and green goddess wraps. 

4. Chicken mince, harissa and courgette >> roast harissa gnocchi and meatballs with crunchy slaw

You can listen back on BBC sounds, click on the following days and I’m on between 5-5.15pm. I’m usually on after the news, then there is a song then Sara talks about the recipe…

Tuesday 23rd April
Wednesday 24th April
Thursday 25th April
Wednesday 30th April
Thursday 1st May

Sara has been amazing (obviously) and she signed off my last appearance by saying she’d love to mither (non northerners may need me to translate that to ‘hassle’) me to come back on. So fingers crossed I’ll be updating you with more recipes from the show soon.