This month’s recipes
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Author Archives: Louise
The Summer Wardrobe: rosé port and tonic
A couple of years ago, I wrote a few posts about the recipes that were on repeat all summer long, the things that I just kept coming back to. This year, thanks to weeks of glorious sunshine, I already have … Continue reading
Posted in Summer recipes
Tagged offley, port, recipe detective, summer wardrobe, The Wine Society, Waitrose
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Weekend treat: no-churn ice cream via Diana Henry, Nigella and Palomar…
Do you like ice cream? If so this is going to change your life. I’ve only known about it for a month or so and it has already changed mine.
Posted in dessert, One pot, Weekend
Tagged dessert, Diana Henry, ice cream recipes, Nigella, no-churn ice cream, Palomar, recipe detective
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Rachel Roddy’s chicken with potatoes and anchovies
If there was anyone I’d be happy to share my kitchen with, I think it would be Rachel Roddy. Since my kitchen is tiny, with barely room for one person, let alone two, this would be quite a step. But … Continue reading
Perfect midweek one-pot wonder: Ottolenghi’s barley risotto
I didn’t think I’d get the chance to post this any time soon, since summer seemed to have arrived and cooking anything more than one’s own skin felt like far too much faff. But then the floods replaced the sunshine … Continue reading
Posted in One pot, Vegetarian recipes
Tagged midweek recipes, one-pot, onthelist, ottolenghi, vegan, vegetarian
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My new granola, via Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
I first wrote about granola here in 2010, and for the last eight years this is the only one I have made. It remains delicious, simple and quick, all essential qualities for any recipe. However, in recent months, thanks to … Continue reading
Posted in Breakfast recipes
Tagged breakfast, granola, salt fat acid heat, samin nosrat, vegan
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The Modern Cook: Anna Jones’s baked ricotta with cannellini beans
Christmas is coming and, as is my wont, I like to recommend a few good cookery books for those who are short of ideas, for themselves or for their food-loving friends. I wear several work ‘hats’ and one of them is … Continue reading
Posted in Bean recipes, One pot, Vegetarian recipes
Tagged Anna Jones, Diana Henry, one-pot, vegetarian
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All Sorrows are Less with Bread, but Nigella’s chicken helps too…
I’ve been rather busy for the last six weeks and both cooking, and blogging, have been very low on my agenda. Why? Well, if you have read this blog often, or for a few years, you may remember that about … Continue reading
Posted in Chicken recipes, One pot
Tagged Chicken, discount code, Nigella Lawson, notebooks, one-pot, Poach my Lobster
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Uyen Luu’s pork belly with coconut milk and greens
It’s rare that I make a recipe more than once in a year; I am renowned for reading new ones whilst eating something I have never tried before, and yet there are probably only twenty things that I repeat. Which … Continue reading
Giorgio Locatelli’s beef stew with peas and potatoes
Cold, isn’t it? I turned the heating on for the first time this week and I didn’t once feel guilty about how early in September it was. And, when the light dips along with the mercury, my thoughts turn to … Continue reading
Nigel Slater’s Blueberry and Peach Cake
I’ve not been cooking, or baking very much recently. There was the small matter of having to move out of my flat for three weeks whilst it was redecorated, then there was a heatwave which never inspires me to go … Continue reading
Posted in Cake recipes
Tagged blueberries, cake recipes, Fruit recipes, Nigel Slater recipes, summer
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WTF Do I Eat Tonight? 