Harissa is a north African paste made from chilli, tomato and paprika, you often find it in the world foods aisles of supermarkets. This makes a simple lunch that could be served warm or cold. [Read on...]
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This Krushchev Dough, apparently the favourite dough recipe of former Russian leader Nikita Khrushchev, is a forgiving one that breaks many of the usual rules of bread making. [Read on...] 
Now Nigella Lawson’s Rapid Ragu may sound a darn sight more stylish with it’s panetta and canned puy lentils but it’s not a million miles from those meaty (and slightly freaky) pasta sauces I used to cook up on the kind of cooker that now belongs in the Geffrye Museum. [Read on...] 
Given that my husband is part Serbian, I was very excited by this recipe. I’ve not eaten kiflice before but they sounded delicious, a buttery bread roll filled with salty white cheese. [Read on...] 
Today’s dish of pesto pasta salad can be served warm or cold, it is ideal for making in bulk at parties, indeed it is my usual savoury contribution to short notice gatherings. If you make it with jarred pesto and keep a vacuum pack of olives in the cupboard and toss in some frozen peas you can make it entirely with store cupboard ingredients. [Read on...] 
Ajvar can be hot or not, so add red chillis if you want spice and leave them out if you don’t. Ajvar can be used to top meat, cous cous or my particular favourite, to mix with scrambled eggs as a kind of piperade. [Read on...] 
My favourite use of tortilla wraps is the quesadilla. You can put anything in a quesadilla, it’s the Mexican answer to toasted sandwich much like Croque Monsieur is for the French. [Read on...] 
It wasn’t any quicker than making it on the hob, in fact at nearly 50 minutes including warm up time it was definitely longer but the beauty was that I had a perfect risotto without any stirring required. Heaven. Had I had the larger cooking dish seen at the demonstration (above bottom left), I think you could easily make risotto for 10 people in this way. [Read on...] 
Today sees the final part of my trilogy of suggestions for chutneys and beetroot picked up from the Baxter’s afternoon tea. Out of the dozen recipes they gave me, I ended up making six of the savoury ones at home to reproduce what I’d seen that afternoon. I didn’t walk away intending to make [Read on...] 
Two quick and easy beetroot recipes to make tapas for summer parties. [Read on...] 
Whether using canned fish or vacuum packs, healthy mackerel salad recipes are an essential store cupboard standby. An easy Mackerel salad recipe paired with walnuts, beetroot and fresh apple slices. [Read on...] 
It wasn’t strictly a master class but I witnessed a whole new way of mixing hummus when visiting Bethany of Dirty Kitchen Secrets a few days ago. Apparently the trick is, when the processor is doing it’s thing, you grab it and rock it back and forth violently on the kitchen work top.I was impressed with the results, Beth’s hummus was a lot smoother than ones I have made in the past. I will post pictures of our food blogging barbecue meet up soon. [Read on...] 
Spar was the local supermarket on the Midland’s council estate where I spent my teenage years. With humming fridges and strip lighting, it sold things like Vesta curries and crusty rolls in a giant plastic tube with a hole at the bottom from which you pulled your bread before decanting it into a polythene [Read on...] 
Amongst the dregs of my recent yard sale you will find a reindeer that poops jelly beans, a broken kettle and a heap of Trinny and Susannah books. These are still bound for the charity store or dump but I am seeing other items with new eyes. These terracotta dishes, once sold filled with [Read on...] 
These little guys were the result of my tea time cooking last night. I had some minced turkey to use and wanted something more interesting than a pasta bolognaise sauce. I normally coat my meat balls with flour but in search of an alternative in my cupboard I decided upon polenta. The selection of [Read on...] |
 
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