This month’s recipes
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Category Archives: One pot
Unbelievable herb salad with butter and almond dressing
There is a great thrill, to me at least, in discovering not so much a recipe as a tip. So when I recently learnt that the best way to peel ginger was by using a teaspoon (thanks Debora) I was … Continue reading
Posted in One pot, Ottolenghi The Cookbook, Salad recipes, Vegetarian recipes
Tagged salad recipes, summer recipes, Yotam Ottolenghi
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It’s salmorejo and gazpacho weather
I’ve never understood the notion of barbecues. Why, when it is already boiling hot, would you want to light a big fire and stand over it getting hotter? No, when it’s 30° (oh, it’s such a treat to write that) … Continue reading
Posted in Claudia Roden, One pot, Soup recipes, Summer recipes, Tomato recipes
Tagged Ballymaloe, Claudia Roden, Cordoba, soup recipes, Spanish recipes
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Ballymaloe and Patatas (well, what else?!)
Three weeks ago I volunteered at the first Ballymaloe food festival, which took place just outside Cork in Ireland. It was a delight: I saw good friends, watched many an idol (Claudia Roden, Jancis Robinson, Rory O’Connell), found ingredients that I have never seen … Continue reading
Afghani chicken: a weeknight saviour
I’m a tad allergic to bits of chicken; you know, bits of chicken that have been chopped up and wrapped in plastic. You would be too if you’d read the description of how they are prepared in Not on the Label; … Continue reading
Posted in Chicken recipes, One pot, Wheat-free
Tagged chicken recipes, fast recipes, one pot, one-pot chicken recipe
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Savoy cabbage and Parmesan soup
There is a moment, about now, when the earth starts to wake up and smell, not in a too-many-dogs-not-enough-flowers way but more in a, well, earthy sort of way. I absolutely love it. I crave light more than warmth so … Continue reading
£15 week: can it be done and how does chorizo and cider help?
£15 then, a possible feasible budget for two people for a week? Well, yes and no. Yes, because I made four main meals: a) sausage ragu, b) this risotto (not recommended; overwhelmingly rich and salty), c) this cheese soufflé (ALWAYS … Continue reading
Cold remedy 2: Nigel Slater’s aromatic rice
The ideal response to the end of a cold is a Vietnamese soup like this, a Thai one like this or a curry like this. However, since I didn’t have the ingredients for any of those in my cupboards, I was … Continue reading
Posted in Appetite, One pot, rice recipes, Spicy recipes
Tagged Nigel Slater recipes, one pot recipes, rice recipes
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Cold remedy 1: potato soup with crispy bacon and sage
When I have a cold I go through a few ‘food’ stages. In the first few days I need comfort: soothing soups and lots of toast. Then, when I start to feel the tug of recovery and want to kick-start … Continue reading
Posted in Appetite, Gluten-free, One pot, Potato recipes, Soup recipes, Winter vegetables
Tagged one-pot, potato soup recipes, soup recipes
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Alpine food for Alpine weather: Recipe Rifle’s Tartafin
The snow may have melted but there is apparently more on the way and you could be forgiven for slathering yourself in duck fat, wrapping yourself in foil and getting in the oven to keep warm. I have thought of … Continue reading
Posted in Cheese recipes, One pot, Potato recipes
Tagged cheese recipes, one pot recipes, potato recipes, Recipe Rifle
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A new Nigel Slater cookbook and a thrifty risotto
When you live on your own buying herbs is truly a pain in the backside. Especially since the ones I buy are almost always the floppy, go-off-in-three-seconds kind that I can’t grow: flat-leaf parsley, coriander and dill. Whereas thyme, rosemary … Continue reading
Posted in Ideas for leftovers, One pot, Vegetarian recipes
Tagged Kitchen Diaries II, Nigel Slater, risotto recipes
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WTF Do I Eat Tonight? 