A beautiful creamy fish pie full of fresh herbs and made a little lighter from a sweet potato topping. Ingredients 2 large sweet potatoes 1 pack of fish pie pieces, I used @abelandcole's (in fact it was the appearance of this in this week's 'fantastic fish box' that prompted me to make fish pie)…
Continue reading ➞ Sweet Potato Fish Pie
A real winter warmer... light and super nutritious. Ingredients Large piece of ginger, chopped 2tsps cumin seeds 2tsps chilli flakes 2tsps turmeric Head of cauliflower broken into small florets 2-3 tomatoes, quartered Tin of chickpeas, drained and rinsed Bag of spinach leaves Olive oil Sea salt and black pepper Method Fry the ginger…
Continue reading ➞ Spiced Cauliflower with Chickpeas
This is a recipe I make loads at this time of year. These are exactly the flavours I crave when the temperature dips. It's a super simple recipe and I will often add or leave out certain things depending on what I have in the kitchen. Ingredients 1 small butternut squash (or any…
Continue reading ➞ Squash, Bacon and Kale Soup with Butter Beans
I love fruit compote as a snack with some yoghurt or over granola with honey for breakfast. This one with plums, spiced gently with star anise and cinnamon, is perfect for Autumn. Ingredients 500g plums 300g boiling water 150g caster sugar 2 cinnamon sticks 3-4 whole star anise Method Add the sugar to…
Continue reading ➞ Spiced Plum Compote
Some kind neighbours gave us some apples from their garden at the weekend. My mind immediately turned to all kinds of apple cake possibilities. But having just made a huge and very chocolatey chocolate cake for my daughter's birthday I wanted to do something a little healthier! So here is the really very simple…
Continue reading ➞ Cinnamon Spiced Apple Crisps
I love Harissa. I've eaten a lot of it but this is the first time I've made my own. I have a feeling it will be a regular occurrence now. Ingredients 5 chillis (ideally red but I used a mixture of red and green) Olive oil 5 cloves of garlic, peeled 2 tsp cumin…
I am away for the weekend and wanted a dish that would use up a lot of the vegetables I had in the fridge and would also be simple to cook so that I could get on with packing. This fits the bill perfectly. The chicken is roasted separately on a rack above the veggies…
Continue reading ➞ Roast Chicken with ‘Use Up’ Veggies
Every now and then I get a real craving for a soup like this, fresh with chunky vegetables and filling pasta, topped with dollops of pesto and Parmesan shavings. You can use whatever veg you fancy or you have in the fridge. Broad beans, asparagus, broccoli... Ingredients 1 banana shallot or a few small…
Continue reading ➞ Summer Veg Soup with Pasta and Pesto
This is a really simple dish that looks like you've made a bit of an effort. It makes a lovely veggie main course and would make a great accompaniment to some barbecued meat this summer. Ingredients 2 aubergines Squash (I used half a small butternut squash) Half a block of feta cheese 1tbsp…
Continue reading ➞ Aubergines Stuffed with Squash and Feta
This is something I love to eat during the summer. You don't need much else with it, it's a meal in itself but a piece of roast chicken, lamb or some sausages would be welcome. I use Jamie Oliver's recipe for this salad. Ingredients 200 g stale bread (Jamie recommends ciabatta, I use campaillette)…
Continue reading ➞ Panzanella Salad
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