An Italian Christmas from Diforti: Founded in 1875, Diforti originates in Caltanissetta, Sicily. Michele Diforti, the great-great-grandfather of the current owners, started his business collecting harvesting and preserving olives. That business was expanded by his son Luigi, who added vegetables and almonds to the range of products available…and then by HIS son Salvatore who […]
China: The Cookbook – Review
A Comprehensive and Fascinating Guide to Chinese Home Cuisine – China: The Cookbook I am the sort of cook who tends not to follow recipes. That’s not to say I don’t enjoy reading recipe books, I do. But, for the most part, I improvise a lot (with varying degrees of success). My own recipe […]
Spicy Prawn and Coconut Asian Noodle Bowl – 5:2 Diet Recipe
Spicy Prawn and Coconut Noodle recipe with Coriander and Ginger: Dieting in the summer is so much easier – somehow as the nights close in and the temperature drops, our minds turn to sticky toffee pudding, sausages and mash and delicious calorific food that really doesn’t work on a fast day. But, despair not. There […]
Basic Summer Cooking – Potato Salad
Easy Potato Salad Recipe: Summer is the time of year when no-one really wants to be stuck in the kitchen for too long. Salads that can be made up in advance, like my simple potato salad recipe, are a great way to keep things easy. And, getting the barbecue going is another way to enjoy […]
5:2 Diet Fast Day Favourites – Cauliflower Rice
Coriander and Ginger Cauliflower Rice with Garlic Chilli Prawns recipe for 5:2 Diet Fast Day: There are certain 5:2 diet recipes that are doing the rounds at the moment. We all try to find ways to enjoy our 5:2 diet fast day meals. Some of the ideas I’ve seen around include all sorts of things […]
Back on the 5:2 Diet Wagon: Recipes for the 5:2 Diet
Adapting Favourite Recipes for the 5:2 diet – Low Calorie Options: When I cook something that I enjoy these days, I generally try to work out whether or not it could be adjusted for the 5:2 diet. And, as you may remember, I recently had a go at making Tonia Buxton’s Prawns with Feta, using […]
5:2 Diet Tips
5-2 Diet Tips – Eat Well and Cook Less? OK, a guilty little secret about me and the 5-2 fast diet. I enjoy cooking on 5-2 diet fast days. Maybe a masochistic tendency, maybe just wanting to keep busy. But like everyone there are days when I simply don’t have time to make home-made soups. […]
Tomato Salad with Garlic Prawns
Ten Minute Suppers: I have a passion for real food. While there are some dishes which DO take time, there are also some real easy win things I make for myself when I don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen. They don’t involve opening a ready meal box though I do have my own […]
Home Made Tapas
Tapas is something I’ve blogged before…but this particular dinner was done for a particular reason. My friends are pescatarian and I’d promised to cook for them and their 10 year old son. My normal Sunday Lunches are traditional roasts. Or, for veggies/pescatarians, something like a paella or tagine. My cooking isn’t entirely child friendly though […]