A Greek Recipe for the 5:2 Diet and some Hellenic Memories: My first visit to Greece was a shock. I was on a Schools Cruise – in the 1970s some of the cruise liners used to rent out the space in the bows of the ship to school groups. We flew from London to Athens […]
Crunchy Raspberry Creams
Raspberry Creams with a Crunch: It is that time of year when I don’t really want to cook too much. And, the start of the soft fruit season. I particularly love raspberries, probably a throwback to childhood when we seemed to always end up with a bird in the soft fruit cage that devoured the […]
Lemon and Yoghurt Scone Recipe
It’s a long time since I tried making scones. I can remember making batches of the things when I was in my teens because my mum, as doctor’s wife in a small town, was ‘volunteered’ to cater for the local tennis tournament each year (apparently the doctor’s wife ALWAYS did the catering!). It sounds trivial […]
A Taste of Summer – Oven Barbecued Chicken and Aubergine
This a pretty standard way to prepare chicken for a BBQ in the summer, but what you may not realise is that it works extremely well using one of those cast iron griddles in the oven. The pairing of Aubergine (eggplant if you are American) and Chicken helps to give you that smokey barbecued flavour. […]
Simple Mushroom Goulash
Perfect Comfort Food for a Cold Weather Vegetarian – Mushroom Goulash: It’s getting very wintery, instead of craving salads at lunchtime I want something warming like this spicy and simple mushroom goulash! This is a very easy vegetarian version of beef goulash that I made a few years ago. The original version didn’t have celery […]