Archive for September, 2008

Mexican Breakfast As with most things I make, this isn’t exactly authentic, but who cares when it tastes this good. And it did, believe me. This is a kind melding together of all things vaguely Mexican that I know of, initially inspired by this recipe from BBC Good Food, I made the spicy bean mixture, topped with […]

Split Pea Soup I’m a big fan of pulses. They’re cheap as chips and count as one of your 5-a-day, hurray! Recently, as our unspectacular summer grinds to an end, I’ve been hankering after soup and when I think of soup, split pea soup is one of the first to spring to mind. The only version I’ve ever […]

The Best Salad Dressing This dressing livens up any salad and what’s more you can make up a big batch of it and it will keep for weeks as its just mustard, vinegar and oil. I literally drizzle it on anything I can and I encourage you to do so too.

Moroccan Mackerel and Citrus Couscous A healthy couscous salad flavoured with orange and ground coriander.

Mackerel with a Lentil and Yoghurt Salad Lentils dressed with garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, ground corinader and cumin; with lots of red onion. Finished with yoghurt, parsley and pomegranate seeds.

Carrot, Orange and Pistachio Cake Carrot cake freshened with orange zest and a little texture from pistachio nibs comes together to make an altogether grown up carrot cake.

Mushroom and Walnut Pasta This dish evolved from hunger more than anything, adding things to the pan until it looked good, I like to fry mushrooms in a very hot pan but with no oil as they just slurp it all up. Be patient. Mushrooms tend to leak all their juices readily, but given time soak them back up […]

Another Crab Spaghetti This version is slightly different to the previous one as it has asian leanings, admittedly a bit strange with pasta, if you feel that weird about it, you could always have noodles… The point is, this is a perfect way to eat crab, with chilli, garlic, coriander and lime. Add to that that this was […]

Jansen’s Temptation I saw this recipe in this month’s Olive for a Swedish dish of potatoes and onions layered, covered with cream and anchovies and baked with a crunchy breadcrumb topping. How can you go wrong? I ended up using this recipe from Hollow Legs and it was pretty good, although I’m not sure I was completely […]

Mushroom Risotto I got one of the little boxes of Japanese mushrooms from the farmers’ market and seen as though I still had some dried ones from when I was testing mushroom recipes for a book (someone else’s!), I decided to make mushroom risotto. Also, as you use some wine in a risotto, its always the perfect […]