Simple and Quick Gratin Dauphinois Recipe: The Panasonic CS-894 steam microwave has so many more features than a conventional microwave. It really does speed up the cooking process even with dishes that you might normally expect to need hours in the oven. This year, Spring seems to be rather late, so I’m craving comfort food. […]
Basic Summer Cooking – Tomato Salad
Tasty Tomato Salad – Recipe and Rules: One of the first dishes I remember eating in France was tomato salad. The French family I stayed with ate their lunch outside and it was usually made up left-overs from the night before, supplemented with various salads and fresh bread. Tomato salad featured frequently on the menu, […]
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 […]
Basic Summer Cooking – Quick Courgette Ratatouille Recipe
Courgette Ratatouille with Summer Savoury: This ratatouille recipe is really an early summer dish – when the first vine tomatoes are really ripe and there are young, fresh courgettes available. Very simple to make, it keeps well in the fridge for three or four days, works cold with a salad or warmed up to serve […]
Indian Spice – 5:2 Diet Recipe for Red Lentil Dahl
Spicy Red Lentil and Spinach Dahl – a 5:2 Diet Recipe: One of the joys for me of eating out in London is that over the last twenty years or so our capital city has become thriving international culinary hub. Recently I’ve been lucky enough to sample some excellent Indian restaurants and I’ve developed quite […]
Beetroot and Goats Cheese Salad with Honeyed Walnuts
Goats Cheese and Beetroot Salad with Honeyed Walnuts There are a thousand and one variations on this for Goats Cheese and Beetroot Salad around. My version was made to use the cooked beetroot in mild vinegar that LoveBeetroot sent me this week. We’ve been having something of an Indian Summer and after wandering around the […]
Venison Carpaccio with Wild Mushroom Balsamic Salad
Venison Carpaccio I’ve been messing around with mushrooms! Apart from four jars of pickled mushrooms, I have made a porcini marinade and a rather delicious balsamic mushroom salad. And, since I had a small piece of venison fillet, I thought I’d try a venison carpaccio to go with the salad. I could just as easily […]