Posts Tagged ‘rice’

Chicken and 3-rice salad This Ottolenghi recipe is downright delicious. The combination of 3 rices, plenty of herbs, spring onions and fried onion makes for a dish bursting with flavour and texture.

Kale, hazelnut and red rice salad Stir-fried kale with plenty of garlic, chopped hazelnuts, quinoa, red rice and an orange zest dressing.

Red Rice Stir Fry with Poached Eggs We get our vegetable box on a Friday and if we get cabbage and potatoes, I’ve taken to making bubble and squeak for brunch at the weekends. A spoon (or more) of baked beans on the side and a poached egg, what could be better? Now, this isn’t bubble and squeak in the strictest sense, […]

Brown Rice Salad The base is brown rice, some lentils for texture, plenty of red onion and garlic and toasted seeds for crunch.

Parsnip and Leek Risotto Running with the idea of cooking parsnips in long thin strips with or without bacon like this recipe, I came up with this risotto, utilising some leeks lurking in the fridge. I’m not normally a fan of risotto, but this was perfect, rich and comforting. I tried to use as much parsnip and leek as […]

Simple Egg Fried Rice A simple recipe, perfect for using up leftovers and shoehorning in extra vegetables.This recipe works best with cold rice, so next time you cook rice, cook a bit more for the next day! (Although we use freshly cooked rice as often as not). Top with whatever interesting bits and bobs you have, toasted cashew nuts, […]

Slow Cooked Lamb, Sweet Potato and Lentil Curry The picture doesn’t really do this justice, it was the inaugural outing of our slow cooker and it did us proud! Amazing tender lamb in a rich sauce of lentils and sweet potato served alongside rice and peas. I just browned the meat and chucked it into the slow cooker with the rest of the […]

Rice and Peas Mmmmmm rice and peas, actually one of my favourite things ever. I am salivating at the thought, my mum is the expert here, family and friends often demand a big pot of this to go with her legendary curries. As with most family recipes, this is impossible to transcribe, I’ve given below a basic recipe, […]

Easy Lentil Curry with pilaf This is a really easy, one pot curry, you can make it days in advance and it actually gets better with age.

Kale and Mushroom Stir fry I was pretty excited when I saw the dark green leaves bursting out of the top of my vegetable box this week, but then quickly I was lost. I felt like kale would be delicious but what to do with it? I’ve already made this, delicious by the way, but I wanted something else… Internet […]