Mushroom bourguignon is a rich and hearty vegan dish of fresh vegetables and aromatic herbs simmered in a red wine sauce. Serve with garlic mash for a perfect Pesach dinner. There are two things I always overbuy for Pesach – matza, and red wine. Every year I work out how …
A creamy, filling vegetable chowder made with deeply savoury roasted cauliflower, buttery fried onions, and hearty carrots and potatoes. It’s a meal in a bowl! The power of a name has been demonstrated over and over again to me recently. My daughter Kipper won’t eat stir fry, but happily chomps …
With crispy golden edges and a meltingly soft, delicious interior, this gorgeous leek and potato kugel is a glorious twist on tradition. My new year’s resolution should be being more decisive. Or not. Hmmm…. Do you suffer from indecision? I do. Only recently I received two lovely looking leeks in …
A great big sunshiny thank you to everyone who joined in with One Potato Two Potato in July. Somewhat inevitably, we have a selection of fabulous summer potato recipes! Whether you’re after a lunch or supper dish, or something yummy to go on the side, we’ve got you covered with these …
Summertime Shabbat lunches = SALAD. When the weather warms up, if the food isn’t cold, then I don’t want to know. It’s too hot out to be leaving the oven on or warming things up. The food needs to be served fridge-cold, or at most, room temperature. So, the annual search for new …
Welcome to the recipe roundup for May’s One Potato Two Potato! May’s One Potato Two Potato recipe linky brought another delicious haul of potato and sweet potato recipes! There really is no such thing as too much potato. In fact, I’m munching on some sweet potato crisps as I type …
Back during Pesach, readymade frozen oven chips were off the menu. Perhaps you can buy them for Pesach where you live, but here in Cambridge, far from a large kosher shop, there were none to be had. And I was really craving chips. Well, not necessarily chips, but definitely hot, …
You may remember that a couple of months ago Michelle at Utterly Scrummy and I started a new recipe linky to highlight the wonderful versatility of potatoes and sweet potatoes. And our first two months of entries have showed how right we were! There’s been everything from desserts and bakes …
A huge and heartfelt thanks to everyone who took part in the first ever One Potato Two Potato linky for vegetarian potato and sweet potato recipes. The entries all look absolutely delicious and really show off the versatility of potatoes and sweet potatoes, as we have everything from main dishes, …
By the time you’ve got your seder out of the way, there’s less than a week left, but somehow coming up with chametz-free dinner ideas even for a few days seems like a challenge. Never fear! Below are some of my family’s favourite Pesach meals – some of them are so …
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