Hi and welcome to my Kitchen Sanctuary!
I’m Nicky – a wife and mum of two, living in Cheshire in the UK.
A former Disaster Recovery Lead working in IT (I left in July 2014), I’m now concentrating on blogging, writing, juggling school runs, and keeping the wall of toys from invading every bit of carpet in the house.
I’m a firm believer in sitting the family down at the table as often as possible for a nice home cooked meal and a catch-up on the day. I generally cook quick and simple recipes during the week, saving the more complex or time consuming cooking (as well as a bit of baking) for the weekend.
I’m a bit of a food magazine and recipe book addict, so you’ll find some recipes on here that have caught my eye (I’ll always let you know the source) as well as lots of my own creations.
My favourite place is my kitchen, and although I’d like to say I bake my bread whilst being and coiffed and beautified you’re more likely to find me like this – covered in flour with hair scraped back! Just telling it as it is…
As well as making creations for Kitchen Sanctuary, I also do freelance writing and photography for other web/print publications and brands that I love.
Here are some of the brands and publications that I’ve either worked with directly or appeared on:
I hope you enjoy the recipes and photos. Let me know what you think or if there’s anything you’d like to see on the blog!
If you’d like to contact me, please see my contact page.
Italian Food Boss says
January 7, 2020 at 9:19 amHi Nicky – Many congratulations for this blog and for what you have managed to build in a few short years! Love the recipes and I used more than one of them as “inspiration” to feed my wife and toddler daughter 🤣
I’m an Italian dad who’s been living outside of Italy for almost 15 years now and I’ve recently decided to share all I know about Italian cuisine through my website italianfoodboss.com and my YouTube channel youtube.com/italianfoodboss ;
I’d be grateful if you’d wish to have a look!
Ciaoooooo and well done again!
Joycelyn says
January 5, 2020 at 8:55 pmHello
Have two questions, one being since you live in the UK, are your recipe ingredients needed on your website recipes in UK amounts as well as the salad recipes in your cookbook. I did look at the look inside option on Amazon and it seems your cookbook ingredients are geared for the US audience, but wanted to be sure before ordering the book.
Second question, I also couldn’t seem to find any nutritional information added to the recipes I was able to view on the look inside option on Amazon, so am wondering if the nutritional information for your book recipes might be somewhere else in the book or is there no nutritional information at all.
Many thanks
Nicky Corbishley says
January 15, 2020 at 5:24 pmHi Joycelyn,
The book is a little more geared towards a US audience as it was published by a US publisher. There are gram amounts included in the book too though.
Unfortunately the book doesn’t contain nutritional information. I really wanted the book to concentrate on amazing flavours, and for it not to be a ‘diet’ book.
I have published a few recipes on my blog from the book and I’ve included nutritional information for those (the chimichurri, winter noodle, falafel salad and the sushi bowl).
Hope that helps 🙂
Gael Crane says
October 8, 2019 at 9:20 amHi,
Is there any way one can omit tomato sauce of any kind in the receipt of crock pot short ribs? I want lots of gravy but not with tomato base.l
Thanks,
Gael
Nicky Corbishley says
October 23, 2019 at 3:21 pmHi Gael, do you mean from this recipe: https://www.kitchensanctuary.com/crockpot-beef-short-ribs-with-rich-gravy
Yes, you can leave out the tomato puree entirely and it will still taste great.
Marilyn Dietrich says
October 1, 2019 at 3:34 pmI really want to make this! It looks delicious! I’m from the USA so I’m not familiar with the UK terms. Could you please send me the USA terms. Thanks a million!
Nicky Corbishley says
October 2, 2019 at 10:25 amHi Marilyn, Could you tell me which recipe you’re referring to and which terms you’re unsure of please? I’ll try to help.
Andy says
August 3, 2019 at 8:59 pmNicky,
You have a wonderful flair for explaining simple things. Love ur cooking. I’m a aussie that lives in Indonesia with my beautiful wife and kids. Love to share their cooking tips with you anytime
Regards Andy