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A short tale of four chefs and their salt cellars
This little article in the Independent caught my eye a few weeks ago Tips with everything: Chefs reveal their craftiest kitchen tricks. There was a theme threaded through the tips of salt and the...
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On leftovers for breakfast, frittata and mindful eating
Becoming mindful teaches you that the nothing is the same twice. Each breath we take is different and though it might seem the same each cup of tea that we drink is subtly different in multitude of...
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What to do when you don’t have enough broad beans for your recipe
Broad beans are finally in season over here after bravely battling through an eternity of rainy days and plant-destroying gales. I had what looked like a big paper bag full in my veg box a couple of...
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Easy meals for the hot weather
After a record-breakingly wet year to date the sun has finally arrived in Great Britain. When you live in a place where Summer is short, you have to get out there rather than sweltering in the...
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Simple spinach, cottage cheese and oat pancakes
You know my feelings about oats. They are far too modest to say so themselves, but how many other foods are wholegrain, low GI and more than usually endowed with cholesterol mopping soluble fibre?...
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A simple butternut squash and lemon soup
This soup was inspired by one that I had a new local restaurant Florio on my last visit there, a simple butternut squash soup topped with greek yogurt and almonds. A pretty straightforward soup, but...
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Turning leftovers & eggs into a sort of shakshuka
Eating well all week undeniably takes time and effort. Much as magazines and certain celebrity chefs would like to tell us that it’s possible to put a healthy, balanced and brilliantly tasty meal on...
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Simple ideas for using almonds and a new cookbook ’5 ingredients in 10 minutes’
As you’ll know, I’m not one to fill this little online space with reviews. I think the last book review I did was probably my second ever blog post in 2007. But I’m very happy to say a few words here...
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A meal in a bowl canellini bean, leek, fennel and noodle soup
It snowed here again last week (in April!) so we’re still cooking wintery food and dreaming of fresh tomatoes and summer berries. On the stove are hearty soups like this one made of tomato, fennel,...
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Bored with Steamed Vegetables? How to Give Them a Makeover
Steamed vegetables are a great way to boost the plant content of your meal while preserving as many of the nutrients as possible, but steamed veggies can also be a little bit boring and bland at...
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