Cooking & Eating

Practical advice on preparing and cooking meat at home. Topics include nutrition, cooking techniques, equipment choices, and using different cuts effectively.

Barbecuing Meat: Hints and Tips

Buy quality meat for your barbecue and ask your butcher for cuts suited to your cooking method, then season it yourself.

Healthy Meat Cookery

Learn which cuts of meat are safest to eat, how to handle them properly, and why barbecue cooking needs extra care.

How to Cook Different Cuts of Meat

Different cuts of meat need different cooking methods, so trying lesser-known options like chump chops and brisket can break you out of boring meal repetition.

How to Cook the Perfect Steak

Getting the temperature and timing right makes the difference between a disappointing steak and one that's tender, juicy and actually worth cooking at home.

Is It Worth Buying a Meat Thermometer?

A meat thermometer takes the guesswork out of cooking poultry and pork safely, and decent ones cost under £20.

Meat in the Slow Cooker: Should You Seal It First?

Whether you should sear meat before slow cooking and other tips for better results in your slow cooker.

Meat Stews from Around the World

Try these traditional meat stews from around the world that taste nothing like the greasy school dinners you remember.

Old Fashioned Meat Dishes

Try old fashioned British meat dishes like steak and kidney pie and hotpot to use cheaper cuts and support local butchers.

Pot Roasting Chicken in a Slow Cooker

Cook a whole chicken in your slow cooker for tender, moist meat, just know the skin won't crisp up like traditional roasting.

Respect the Animal: Using the Whole Chicken

Make the most of a quality chicken by using every part and reducing waste from intensive farming practices.

Slow Cooking Beef and Lamb: Using Cheaper Cuts

Tough, affordable cuts of beef and lamb transform into tender, flavourful dishes through slow cooking and hours of moist heat.

Slow Cooking Pork: Safety Rules and Tasty Recipes

Get the best cuts of pork for slow cooking and the safe internal temperature needed to kill harmful bacteria and parasites.

Tips for Meat Barbecues

Get better results at your next barbecue by choosing quality meat, marinating it properly, and following these proven tips.

Unusual Meats

Beyond beef and chicken, meats like wild boar offer rich flavours and solid nutrition if you're willing to try something different.

Using Left Over Meat in Your Cookery

Turn leftover meat into second meals and cut down on the food waste that costs British households billions each year.

Vitamins in Meat

Meat contains hard-to-find vitamins like iron, zinc and selenium that are difficult to get from other sources without extra calories.