This month’s recipes
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Author Archives: Louise
Last of the summer salad: Nigel’s plum tabbouleh
The weather is both beautiful and strange right now: beautiful, because it’s so full of sunshine in the daytime that I am inspired to keep wearing my sandals; strange because as soon as the light goes I realise that I … Continue reading
Catherine Phipps’s chicken with braised lettuce, peas and bacon
As a child I had ‘favourite’ foods, though what they were escapes me. I think it was more a case that foods I never got to eat were on the list, so if the chance ever arose I’d waste no … Continue reading
Posted in Chicken recipes, One pot
Tagged Catherine Phipps, Chicken, Diana Henry, The Happy Foodie
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How to feel rich for a quid: Meera Sodha’s spicy chickpeas
It’s only at weekends that the idea of eating more than one or two dishes crosses my mind. Even then, the starter is often replaced by something that can be cooked and eaten simply: a dip, a handful of something … Continue reading
Delicious pancotto pugliese, aka sausages and beans…
Every year my sister buys me a subscription to Delicious magazine for my birthday and, every month, when it arrives, I spend a happy few hours turning down the corners of the pages, optimistically choosing what I’d like to cook. … Continue reading
Posted in Sausage recipes
Tagged #cookrealfood, delicious magazine, Pancotto pugliese, pork sausages
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Gifts from the Garden: Debora Robertson’s chive pesto
This book has been on my shelf for a couple of years and, mostly, I’ve not been able to use it as much as I’d like because, well, I don’t have a garden. But, aha, this year the terrace has … Continue reading
Posted in Herb recipes, Summer recipes, Vegetarian recipes, Wheat-free
Tagged Debora Robertson, gluten-free recipes
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How to feel rich for a quid: make bread #1
If you look at some bread books, and courses, you’d think making bread was the hardest, most complicated thing ever attempted in a kitchen. And, in some ways, it is worth spending time on making it the best it can be; since … Continue reading
Posted in Bread recipes, How to feel rich for a quid
Tagged Alice Waters, In the Green Kitchen, Jim Lahey
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The joy of the storecupboard: Lucas Hollweg’s pea and Parmesan tart
Two of my favourite storecupboard ingredients are ready-rolled pastry and frozen peas. The former lends itself to tarts, onion or roasted tomato or Flammekueche and the latter, a newcomer to my kitchen, can be turned into a soup, pesto or salad with barely any … Continue reading
The Complete Nose to Tail roasted tomatoes with goat’s cheese
It may not feel much like summer out there (it’s so dark in my office that I have turned the lights on) but the shops are still full of gorgeous, over-ripe fruit and vegetables. Right now, the huge 5kg boxes … Continue reading
Posted in One pot, Tomato recipes, Vegetarian recipes
Tagged Bread Ahead, St John restaurant
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Honey and Co’s pomegranate chicken with bulgur wheat salad
When I started this blog, it was very much a way of recording the recipes I liked, a form of personalised cookbook that I could access anywhere. If I was staying with friends or family, and wanted to cook something for … Continue reading
Mark Diacono’s poached peaches
A couple of months ago I worked at the Stoke Newington Literary Festival, helping out with the food events. It is/was full of bright stars and ideas but the one I remembered, and decided to try, was Mark Diacono‘s poached peaches. In amongst … Continue reading
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