Two Ottolenghi Recipes: Sweet Potato Gratin and Roast Chicken with Saffron, Hazelnuts and Honey

Ottolenghi Sweet Potato Gratin

It was a perfect low effort dinner for guests – washing the Magimix bowl out probably took the longest and I was free to sip wine whilst it baked in the oven. Better still we had some left over and it was easy to warm some up for Ted the next day. Keep reading after this recipe as I’ve included the one for the chicken we ate with it too. [Read on...]

Autumnal Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Pecan and Maple

Recipe summarised from Ottolenghi: The Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi [Read on...]

Ottolenghi Honeyed Sweet Potato with Chickpeas and Lemon Garlic Yoghurt Sauce

Ottolenghi Honeyed Sweet Potato with Chick Peas and Lemon Garlic Yogurt Sauce

A little snack to keep you all going. The past week has been very frustrating whilst my blog was refusing to pitch up at it’s new host but we got there eventually. I am busy behind the scenes designing my new WordPress theme. The colour scheme is chosen, my graphic designer husband is having [Read on...]

Ottolenghi Puy lentils with sour cherries, bacon and Gorgonzola

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Today I have been walking round with my kicked puppy face feeling a bit bleugh after having a molar removed unexpectedly yesterday. It seems appropriate therefore to show you my most blah recipe from my Ottolenghi cooking burst over the past few weeks. Maybe I over did my lentils or maybe this is one of those dishes that tastes good but isn’t pretty. [Read on...]

Ottolenghi Cauliflower and Cumin Fritters with Lime Yoghurt

Ottolenghi Cauliflower and Cumin Fritters with Lime Yogurt photographed by Sarah Trivuncic

  Easter has come and gone, tomorrow my husband will be back at work and I’m on sandwich making duty again. If only I still had a few of these cauliflower fritters knocking about and I’d have another easy lunch ready made for him. My parents in law visited today and we ate a [Read on...]

Ottolenghi Cous Cous with Dried Apricots and Butternut Squash

Ottolenghi Cous Cous with Dried Apricots and Butternut Squash

Simple and healthy but fabulous cous cous recipe from the first Ottolenghi cookbook. [Read on...]

Half Term Hangover, Weaning Joys, Ottolenghi and H2OPE for Haiti

Rice and “curry”: a Ted-shaped milestone Two things have been different for me since New Year; blogging more regularly and Ted going to preschool twice a week – see how the two are connected? Last week, the week where I was exhausted after the three charity cupcake sales, was half term and although Ted [Read on...]

Fool Proof Chocolate Macarons

Fool Proof Chocolate Macarons

Ever wanted to be a girl who jumps out of a cake? Me neither, in usual circumstances – but this week was not usual. After 12 failed batches over a period of five months, I finally managed to get the all important FEET on my French macarons.   Since my recent revelation about the [Read on...]

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