Category Archives: Wheat-free

Sublime sorrel sauce for salmon

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Louise

My health has recovered and with it my hunger and, as is often the case after a few days of enforced fasting, I want certain things. Like, and I know it’s odd, salmon with sorrel sauce. Sorrel isn’t something easily … Continue reading →

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Unexpected baked aubergines with cream and basil

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Louise

Every so often I have a cull of the paper recipes I have collected over the last twenty years. And, when that happens, since I’m usually overwhelmed by the volume of rubbish and unusable ideas that are clogging up my … Continue reading →

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Ottolenghi’s roasted aubergines with saffron yogurt

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Louise

When I want a new idea for the relatively mundane, I turn to Ottolenghi. Whether the chef, the restaurant or the cookbooks, it is, for me, a name synonymous with reinvention, particularly of vegetables. There is no limp lettuce or … Continue reading →

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Gremolata or how not to waste a lemon

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Louise

I have always loved lemons. When I was little, so I am told, I used to grab any little piece of one and suck out the juice. I still do it now because I love their sharp taste, the way … Continue reading →

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A handful of Salade Niçoise

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Louise

There’s not much that makes me want to leave London but, right now, the weather is, well, challenging. It’s the weather for socks, central heating and raincoats when I should be moaning about wasps, barbecues and sweaty people on the … Continue reading →

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Self-sufficiency salad with caramelised onion, rocket and goat’s cheese

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Louise

WTF is two months old today and I have learnt an awful lot in that time, an awful lot about how easy it can be to eat well every day and how a little bit of planning can turn a … Continue reading →

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Dorie Greenspan’s lamb and apricot tagine recipe

Posted on June 24, 2011 by Louise

I’m a bit late today, for which I apologise. My Mum arrived from the States this morning and, well, there was a flat to vacuum and a bathroom to clean before I could think about WTF we are going to … Continue reading →

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An old favourite: watermelon and feta salad recipe

Posted on June 23, 2011 by Louise

Watermelon always seemed the ultimate treat. After all, my childhood was spent watching cartoons in which any success was celebrated with a ‘slap-up’ feast full of large wedges of the stuff. But, since it was absent from 1970s Britain (or … Continue reading →

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Habas con jamon…broad beans with ham recipe

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Louise

There’s still tortilla in the fridge, the first of the broad beans are finally starting to appear and, inspired by the Spanish theme yesterday I keep thinking about ‘habas con jamon’ to serve with the leftovers. Habas, or beans, are … Continue reading →

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Tortilla de patatas: a proper Spanish omelette

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Louise

They have something called a tortilla francesa on café menus in Spain and anything less French I have yet to see. Flat like a pancake, usually cooked to complete dryness, it has none of the fluffy, yet rich lightness I … Continue reading →

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