This month’s recipes
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Category Archives: Wheat-free
Caramelised fennel with goat’s cheese
There aren’t many vegetable dishes which make me want to lick the plate. This is one of them. I’ve made it twice in a week, once as a starter, once for lunch and I’m already craving a third instalment.
Posted in One pot, Vegetarian recipes, Wheat-free
Tagged fennel recipes, goat's cheese recipes, ottolenghi
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The ‘Little Black Dress’ of roast chicken recipes
It is a truth universally acknowledged that, at some point during the year, usually at Christmas, most women’s magazines will mention the need for, and the delight of a LBD, aka as a ‘Little Black Dress’. Though the repetition of … Continue reading
Posted in Chicken recipes, One pot, The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook, Wheat-free
Tagged Deb Perelman, roast chicken recipes
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Dukka: party food par excellence
The weather is changing, my heart is lifting with it and my thoughts are turning to entertaining. Well, actually, they’ve already turned that way since I had my London Loop companions round last night and some of my Antic Disposition … Continue reading
Polpetto’s kale with almonds and shallots
If there is such a thing as the restaurant or restaurateur of the ‘moment’ in London then Polpo, and particularly Russell Norman, must be it. Right now, not only are they opening new branches and a new pub but Mr … Continue reading
Posted in Vegetarian recipes, Wheat-free, Winter vegetables
Tagged Florence Knight, kale recipes, Polpetto, Russell Norman
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An early spring clean and an old favourite…chicken
Spring cleaning comes early in my home. By the time February is on us, I have usually been through my clothes and books and am itching to find something else to chuck out and/or re-organise. This year, it was the … Continue reading
Posted in Appetite, Chicken recipes, One pot, Wheat-free
Tagged chicken recipes, Frank Spencer, Nigel Slater, spring cleaning
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Winter tabbouleh recipe, via Moro and me
Living in N7 can be a mixed blessing. You can, for example, buy the above haul of vegetables for less than £9. However, you may have to dodge the people shopping in wet pink slippers to do so. But I … Continue reading
Posted in One pot, Vegetarian recipes, Wheat-free, Winter vegetables
Tagged Moro, salad, vegetarian
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HFW’s Mexican chorizo: a dream storecupboard ingredient
Once upon a time chorizo came cured and in slices. It was something you had on toast for a tapa and struggled to pronounce. Then, a few years ago, a new form of chorizo appeared on our shores: a cooking … Continue reading
A New Year’s brunch: Ottolenghi’s shakshuka
When I was a teenager there was one recurrent theme about Christmas: even though the house was full of snacks and free booze, by December 27th I was desperate, frantic even, to get out of the house and pay to … Continue reading
An inspired cauliflower ‘steak’
Cauliflower is not exactly the sexiest or trendiest of vegetables. Every gastropub worth their coarse sea salt has kale, celeriac and, ugh, beetroot on its menu but the humble cauli is not yet that popular. Personally, I love the way … Continue reading
Throw-in-the-oven Ottolenghi chicken (no, not an oxymoron)
Whenever I rave about Ottolenghi, someone always says, without fail, ‘oh I can’t be bothered; he uses too many ingredients’. In the last week alone the mention of his name to a) a real foodie and b) someone not that … Continue reading
Posted in Chicken recipes, One pot, The Guardian, Wheat-free, Yotam Ottolenghi
Tagged chicken recipes, one-pot, the Guardian, Yotam Ottolenghi
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WTF Do I Eat Tonight? 