All of a sudden the house feels a little too cool and the heat gets put on to take away the chill, if only for an hour or two. The rain comes more often and unpredictably, despite repeated checks of the weather app on your phone. Before you know it, summer is over and we have…
Category: Sides
Soba Noodles with Sesame Seeds
Every once in a while, I find a recipe which I find I am making again, and again. I am easily bored with food, so this is quite unusual for me. On the salad front, I am continuously making the taco salad recipe – the lime vinaigrette is so light and refreshing and the tortilla…
Stuffed Peppers
Lately I have been on a quest to find some side dishes to accompany our main for dinner. I wanted something relatively easy to prepare in advance and didn’t include the usual meat filling. With our lives being incredibly busy at the moment, I am trying to simplify my life and as such, simplify the…
Crepes with Shrimp & Watercress
This recipe might be a little retro, but trust me it is worth being revisited again, and again. It is an obvious one for the upcoming Pancake Day (or Shrove Tuesday for all those inclined) in February – one of my favourite days ever! In fact, I cannot believe I lived so many years not…
Butternut Squash & Hazelnut Tart
Tart or pie? By some definitions this is clearly a pie. For me it is a tart. I always went with the rule that if it doesn’t have a pastry lid then it was a tart. Although… my argument quickly falls short when you look at Pecan Pie or Pumpkin pie! Regardless, I have made…
Sweet Potato Bakes
My first memory of eating sweet potatoes was of my father making this dish. I could see my father was excited about these. He was talking a lot and telling us about how sweet they were. He was smiling the entire time and we were just not that interested – this was clearly before the foodie…
Basic Bread Recipe
For as long as I can recall, my mother would bake our bread each week. Three loaves and half a dozen rolls. It was bliss! Obviously freshly baked bread is divine but there was something about the crust of her bread which was just amazing. We must have been the only children I know of…
Aubergine Wraps with Sundried Tomato, Feta & Pesto
This has got to be one of my most requested recipes for a BBQ, followed by my Blue Cheese Burgers! Don’t be put off by the aubergine. My aubergine-detesting husband would agree… they are worthy. Many years ago, when I was living in London, I had a flatmate who let me do all the cooking….
Alioli (Ali-Oli, Garlic Mayonnaise)
I remember as a child, my father would occasionally sneak into the fridge for food, this was significant as he wasn’t a grazer or prone to eating out with mealtimes, so it was a rare sight when it did happen. There were two things that would lure him, leftover cooked sausages and alioli. For the…
The Food Obsessive 