This recipe makes a great autumnal dish, with oodles of flavour and a nice comfort feel. It’s vegetarian, yet uber easy to make into a vegan meal – just leave out the feta. You can add a few toasted pine nuts if you like, just to boost the protein content back up again, but be… Read More »
Easy Mushroom Stroganoff This mushroom stroganoff is a little bit of a cheat. Rather than dealing with the worry that your cream will curdle or separate you’ll be using cream cheese so there’s no chance of a weird texture. You still get all the scruminess of caramelized onions and paprika, served in a creamy sauce.… Read More »
This recipe is deliciously decadent, the pasta cooks in the wine, and ends up with a risotto like consistency, with all the wine flavor absorbed by the pasta, and the alcohol steamed off. I tend to use wine that’s perfectly good, just not to my taste, or wine that’s sat in the fridge for a… Read More »
This soup is perfect for end of summer, start of fall, when the veggies in the garden are coming to an end and you want something warm but still fresh and summery tasting. You can add a sliced onion to go in ahead of the zucchini, but at this time of year I’m looking to… Read More »
I’ve often seen those Martha Stewart style images of one-pot spaghetti meals where you just throw all the ingredients in a pan, stroll off and build a set of solar panels out of used bicycle parts, knit a sweater for a cat in need, then return to the kitchen to a perfectly prepared hassle-free meal.… Read More »
During the summertime I’d love to think that my garden could provide me with a steady flow of delicious fruits and veggies to feed us a healthy and appetising selection of meals from June through to October. It sort of does, except not so much with the steady. It’s all “Hey, you like gooseberries, here’s… Read More »
Tropical Wraps Recipe These tropical wraps have a bit of everything. They’re sweet, yet savory; hot, yet cold; spicy, yet creamy; and soft, yet crunchy. It’s like a happy little Caribbean party in your mouth. Make the fruity salsa in advance as it works best if the chili and cilantro have time to infuse the… Read More »