Summer
Green Bean, Red Onion & Pecorino Salad
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Pecorino doesn’t come cheap and I would have hated to let the leftover chunk in our fridge go to waste. After having made Creamy Pecorino & Lemon Pasta with it, I felt it was time for a change. Looking for a bit of inspiration, I paged through a few Good Food magazines and cookbooks when […]
Cherry Tomato, Feta & Basil Kebabs
Wednesday, January 9th, 2008Who isn’t on a diet at the start of the year? If you’re hosting a party after Christmas and worrying about what you should serve, these little kebabs will help you out. Not only are they fun to prepare and look elegant, they’re healthy too. This recipe comes from Gordon Ramsay’s new Fast Food book […]
Tomato, Borlotti Bean and Garlic Soup
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Tomato soup is one of those dishes you can’t have as a meal on its own. By the time you get up from the table you have to pee and afterwards you realise it must have been the tomato soup because you’re still damn hungry. To address this problem beans have been added to this […]
Broccoli, Pine Nuts & Mascarpone Pasta
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007No wonder pasta is such a favourite for families all over the world. It is quick to prepare and has the potential to be healthy, depending on the sauce you make with it. Children have an endless fascination with all the shapes and sizes pasta comes in. Speaking of which, Gabriel tasted pasta for the […]
Spaghetti with Tomatoes and Pancetta
Wednesday, November 28th, 2007I lied. Not all the tomatoes from the veg plot this summer were used for my fresh tomato sauce. Sometimes I craved a bit of meatiness and prepared this simple pasta dish. In the past I used to scoff at recipes using pancetta and substituted it with bacon instead. Oh how I see the error […]
Cherry Tomatoes Stuffed with Chili & Coriander Crab
Wednesday, November 14th, 2007With the holiday season coming up a lot of people will be hosting parties. Cocktail parties, dinner parties, Christmas parties, all types of parties! If you want to wow your guests, prepare this canapé. It’s simple and straightforward. Experience the divine by biting through the tomato and discovering the creamy meatiness of the crab followed […]
Chicken, Bacon & Pistachio Terrine
Monday, November 5th, 2007A savoury terrine is ideal for the summer and makes an ideal light lunch or starter. Elegant or rustic, it suits every type of occasion and can be served at picnics, buffets or anything you can think of! Eat it hot. Eat it cold. Eat it on crusty bread, or like me with a crunchy […]
Fresh Nectarines and Cream
Tuesday, October 30th, 2007In today’s rat race there are so many ready-made desserts and sweets on shops’ shelves that the fresh produce section gets automatically shunned when people are choosing a dessert. Yet the possibilities of fruit desserts are endless. This recipe, if you can call it that, is simple and suits every occasion, even a dinner party. […]
Potato & Onion Spanish Tortilla
Thursday, October 18th, 2007The Spanish Tortilla is not to be mixed up with the Mexican version. This omelette is one of the Spaniards’ staple foods. Stacks upon stacks of them are in the fridge compartments of supermarkets, ready to eat. In tapas bars they are cubed and speared on cocktail sticks, served with drinks. It can be eaten […]
Simmered Fresh Tomato Sauce
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007One thing that never ceases to amaze me is how easily tomatoes grow here in the UK. For four years in a row we’ve had bumper crops of tomatoes. With Gabriel’s arrival this year our vegetable plot got grossly neglected and our poor tomatoes missed out on the tender loving care they needed. Yet we […]
Pan-fried Butter & Garlic Prawns
Friday, October 12th, 2007We live in a tiny, sleepy village called Canewdon. When two cars have driven through the high street it has been a very busy day. The closest city, Southend-on-Sea, is twenty minutes’ drive away. More correctly, it is a seaside town that has been described as “interesting” by a fellow South African. Others, including me, […]
New Potato, Feta and Pecan Salad
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007The beauty of salads is that they are so easy and (usually) quick to prepare. It is very difficult to go wrong, since most of the time there is nothing to cook. What’s more you don’t need a lot of ingredients to put a salad together and if you don’t have the components to make […]
Egg, Bacon & New Potato Salad
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007Like most men Neil regards salads as fluffy, bunny food and I can’t say I disagree. Our main issue with most of them are that you are starving half an hour later after getting up from the table. This problem has been solved by adding protein and starch to the leaves. Breakfast Salad is my […]
Smoked Salmon Pâté
Saturday, July 21st, 2007If you’re like me and stop at the seafood section in your supermarket on every shopping trip and yearn for the overpriced, elegant ready-made seafood starters, you will love this recipe. It is shockingly easy to prepare, tastes better and is cheaper. What’s more you don’t have to wonder who touched the food nor if […]