Baked custard pots with rhubarb & mint
Every time I ever make a dish that requires egg whites only I struggle to find something quick and easy to use up the yolks. It’s that dilemma of in order to make one dessert you’re obliged to make two leading to the inevitable question of “do I really need to eat 2?” Obviously not … Read more
Rice and Peas…
Rice and Peas, and no not the caribbean kind, but good old fashioned long grain rice and green peas make for a great autumn-winter rice salad as you can cheat and use tinned or frozen peas together with other ingredients easily sourced all year round. I can’t manage to say “Rice and Peas” without affecing … Read more
Sponsored Recipe – Alibert Pasta Fresca – Ravioloni with sautéed courgette and mint
Over the course of the last couple of months I’ve been testing various fresh pasta products from renowned producer Alibert, experts in luxury fresh pasta that can be cooked traditionally in boiling water or more innovatively directly in the pan with sauce. I’ve loved the flexibility of having these two cooking methods as it not … Read more
Courgette Chutney to inspire Chef Enrico Fiorentini
My neighbours continue to pepper me with their home-grown vegetables and not wanting to offend anyone, despite harvesting a few of my own veggies, I keep accepting baskets of salad and most recently courgettes (zucchine). Fantastic you might think but the bottom line is that there are still only two mouths to feed in my … Read more
Happy memories meandering up the Mekong in search of noodle soup
This ever-changing weather is causing chaos with my taste buds and I find myself flitting from salad on hot days to jacket spuds on cold days to soup on humid days and in particular noodle soup, a favourite of mine from my sweaty travels in South-East Asia. Now I know that in the UK you’ve … Read more
New Potato salad with red onion, chives and chopped mint
I’ve really got my fellow blogger at Frugal Feeding to thank for this as his post on 23rd May http://frugalfeeding.com/2012/05/23/new-potato-spring-onion-and-wild-garlic-salad/ made me revisit the humble potato salad which for years I’ve given a wide bearth along with other mayonnaise heavy dishes such as coleslaw and coronation chicken. If truth be told I actually love all … Read more
Recipe: Veggie patch pride feeding into a Chicken, lime, mint & coriander tandoori
So my back aches and I have blisters between my thumb and forefinger from incessant digging but our inaugural veggie patch is now a reality, hooray! To say that we were both bloody knackered after our day’s endeavours is an under statement but if further proof be needed I even slept through last night’s penalty … Read more
Recipe: Houmus with Love to Elisa!
Today’s recipe is dedicated to my new friend Elisa who has just given birth a month early to a healthy little boy. Elisa, as I recently discovered, is mad for Houmus having spent the last 10 years or so living in the UK indulging in her favourite snack. Now back in Como she’s struggling to … Read more
