When it came to food, my mum thought I was a picky eater. Turns out she was mistaking me for her other son – who wouldn’t eat anything that had or been near tomato. Eventually it dawned on her I was happy to try new foods and her beef stroganoff was the meal that I had “the talk” with her about – as in…. The talk where I explained to her that I’m not a picky eater and her beef strog smelled AMAZING.

When I finally moved out of home it was the first recipe I asked her to teach me and it has remained probably my centre piece dish. Impressed my friends, work colleagues – eventual fiance… it works so well. These days I have slightly adjusted the recipe so that it’s not as calorie dense so it is in fact a healthy dish now! We recommend it as a “Inside The Window” dish as we often serve it with rice or pasta but you can get away with doing it with salad only!