I used to have a flatmate who was highly neurotic about food. There were so many things she wouldn’t eat, it was easier to list the things she would eat. As well as being vegan, she had a massive list of things that apparently “give you cancer“. You know, really harmful …
I don’t know about you, but I often find that I use the same few recipes when faced with something like, say, haddock. An incredibly useful resource in helping me to come up with new and exciting dishes (like this one) has been The Flavor Thesaurus by Niki Segnit which essentially …
This dish has evolved in my kitchen from the classic pasta alla norma into something that probably no self-respecting Sicilian would associate themselves with. Their loss. In case you’re wondering where the differences lie, I’ve added some other veg to the aubergines. And I roast them instead of frying (it’s easier and …
Need a quick, basic tomato sauce? Look no further. This one is tasty enough to serve simply on pasta, but unobtrusive enough to blend seamlessly into something fancier. A moussaka for instance. Or pasta with roasted vegetables and tomato sauce. Three minutes prep then leave it to simmer. Bob’s your …
Sometimes, Kipper helps to decide what we’ll have for dinner. I knew we had some mushrooms, and we had puff pastry, so I asked her what else might go with them. “Garlic!” She looked very pleased with this suggestion. Yes, I think garlic would be very nice. What else? “Olive …
Kipper was dancing round the kitchen, singing, “ANCHOVIES! YUMMY ANCHOVIES!” This is normal behaviour for a pre-schooler, right? She was certainly very enthusiastic about this dish, although both she and DH thought that there weren’t enough “YUMMY ANCHOVIES” in it. We had to intervene to stop her eating them whole, …
This dish was created in honour of The Largest Beetroot in the World, which came in our organic box this week. It weighed in at a massive 850g and was about the size of Kipper’s head. According to nutritiondata.com, an average 2-inch diameter beet weighs a mere 82g, so this whopper was …
This is another recipe that originally comes from my Mum. It is fabulous because it’s dead easy to make, and you get your spuds and veg all in one go. Oh, and it’s totally delicious. The other thing that makes it brilliant is that you can get it ready in …
Kipper loves peppers. She once had a meltdown in a supermarket because she wanted to buy a huge yellow one. When we got home, I was unpacking the shopping and turned around to find that she’d taken it out of the bag and was chomping away on it as though …
I had been planning to make pizza for dinner, to use up some mozzarella and assorted vegetables that were in the fridge. I told Kipper, thinking that we could have some fun making the dough together, stretching it out, doing the toppings… “I don’t like pizza!” Really? You always liked …
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