with Florette Salad I’m really rather pleased with today’s recipe for Vietnamese Rainbow Vegetable Summer Rolls; ever since I saw these colourful rolls in Pinterest and other social media platforms, I’ve been wanting to make them and devise my own version. Today’s recipe is super easy, and also vegetarian, but you can add cooked meat such…
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Rustic Tuscan Bean Casserole with Grana Padano Cheese Croutons
A Summer Casserole for Al Fresco Eating Summer doesn’t have to be all about salads, cold meat and cheese platters and today’s recipe for Rustic Tuscan Bean Casserole with Grana Padano and Cheese Croutons is perfect for any Al Fresco dinner or for a comforting but light family luncheon dish. Tinned Italian beans are given…
Three Cheese & Apple Puff Pastry Ring
with Bramley Recipes Today’s recipe is one that we have just devoured, not more than two hours ago, and is hot of the recipe press. Three Cheese & Apple Puff Pastry Ring is my latest creation for Bramley Apples and all of the producers who grow these heritage British apples. I saw the idea for a…
Tenderstem® “Eat your Greens” Toad in the Hole
Vegetarian “Toad-in-the-Hole” Tenderstem® “Eat your Greens” Toad in the Hole is my latest recipe creation for all my veggie readers – it’s just as tasty as the sausage version, but uses the stems of Tenderstem®, sweet potatoes, shallots, onions, carrots, sun-dried tomatoes and cherry tomatoes in the batter instead of the usual bangers; serve this easy…
Mum’s Bilberry Plate Pie and Clotted Cream
For High Tea Bilberries: Bilberries are any of several primarily Eurasian species of low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium (family Ericaceae), bearing edible, nearly black berries. The species most often referred to is Vaccinium myrtillus L., but there are several other closely related species. Bilberries are distinct from blueberries but closely related to them. Bilberry (especially…
Moelleux aux Groseilles (Redcurrant Cake)
Summer Soft Fruit Sensations We have had a seismic few days since the EU referendum on the 23rd June, and as I’m not in the habit of making political statements on Lavender and Lovage, I won’t be saying anything other than I needed to bake over the weekend to cheer myself up! The weekend felt…
“Kladdkaka” Swedish Chocolate Fudge Cake
For the Longest Day, Summer Solstice and Midsummer Today’s recipe for “Kladdkaka” Swedish Chocolate Fudge Cake is in celebration for Midsummer and the longest day – the Summer Solstice, which happens to be today, the 20th June 2016; Midsummer follows on this week and falls on Friday the 24th June, which is great news, as it means…
“Scarborough Fair” Spatchcock Roast Chicken
with Summer Roast Veggies and AEG Today’s recipe just in time for the weekend, is for one of our new favourite meals, “Scarborough Fair” Spatchcock Roast Chicken with Summer Roasted Veggies and all cooked in my new toy, an AEG Oven with Steam Bake; I was sent one of these new ovens a few weeks ago and I…
Egg Hoppers for Breakfast
Traditional Sri Lankan Cuisine Egg Hoppers for Breakfast……these are what I enjoyed on my first morning in Sri Lanka just a few weeks ago; I wandered across to a small serving area in the hotel restaurant, where a traditional sari-clad lady was wielding small pans whilst pouring, ladling and cracking eggs – set in front of…
Mixed Bean Shakshuka for Meat Free Monday
5:2 Diet and Weight Watchers Friendly “Shakshouka or shakshuka (Arabic: شكشوكة; Hebrew: שקשוקה ) is a dish of eggs poached in a sauce of tomatoes, chilli peppers, and onions, often spiced with cumin. It is a staple dish throughout North Africa and the Levant, and its origin is unknown. Shakshouka is similar to the Turkish dish menemen, and the…
Apple, Lemon and Elderflower Drizzle Cake
with Bramley Apples, Lemon Curd and Elderflower Cordial After a weekend of dizzying high temperatures, with the mercury reaching the high twenties in the South of England, it’s time to pack up my winter recipe file and share some spring and summery treats; and, there can be little more spring-like that the prospect of a light…
A Classic Greek Salad Recipe
The Secret Recipe Club In preparation for an upcoming trip to Astypalaia, a small Greek island in the Aegean sea, it seemed only right to make a Greek Salad to accompany the moussaka I made for friends who came over for dinner the other night. I love a classic Greek Salad, or Shepherd’s Salad (Çoban Salatası)…
Postcards from Beguiling Sri Lanka & Pol Sambol
A Quick “Teaser” Snapshot of this Magical Country “āyubūvan” The flight was long, but comfortable, and a three-hour stop over in Mumbia offered an opportunity to meet my fellow travellers who were on the same press trip to Sri Lanka with me just two weeks ago; a snapshot of the country’s food and people was…
Bacon, Cheddar and Chive Cream Cheese Dip
with Emma Bridgewater and Market Deli The Six Nations Rugby championship is over for 2016, and as avid England supporter, I’m delighted to say that England won the Grand Slam as well as the overall Six Nations Championship! Yesterday was billed as “Super Saturday” when ALL the final fixtures were played, and what better accompaniment…
Carlins, Black Badgers and Parched Peas
A North Eastern and Lancashire Speciality for Carlin Sunday (Passion Sunday) It’s no surprise that quite often, the most plain and simple of foods (and ingredients) are revered and held in people’s memories; they are usually recipes that are associated with childhood, or from a native land, and this humble brown pea is one such thing….
