As it turns out, 18 lettuce seedlings in a 30cm x 30cm planter is actually quite excessive.
Category: Ilaria’s Blog & Recipes
Roasted Capsicum & Butternut Pumpkin Soup with Chorizo Crumb
A sprinkle of spicy chorizo crumb gives Ilaria’s soup a bit of oomph!
Spinach & Pumpkin Salad with Roasted Honey Pears
Introducing my roast pumpkin and pear salad – possibly one of the most delicious combinations of fruit and veg ever.
Ilaria’s Chia & Coconut Dessert
Stunning to look at, full of goodness and tastes divine.
Stuffed Peppers with Freekeh
Freekeh freak-out! Traffic light bright!
Stuffed Peppers – easy to do!
No freekeh? Use burghul or couscous … just get cooking them.
Ilaria’s Caesar Salad
Caesar Salad? I’m doing it my way!
Sticky Lemon Slice – Addictive!
Sticky, sweet, lemony-tart, and simply too hard to resist.
Salad Caprese Ilaria’s way
Stacked, overlapped or a tumble? Ilaria puts her spin on it.
Sunday morning, Sunday mooring
When it’s sunny in London – out you go!
Grilled Broccolini with Feta
Skinny green stems never tasted so good.
Flemish feasting in springtime
Ilaria enjoys beer and Flemish feasts in Belgium
Tanked Up Niçoise
Ilaria’s at it again – dreaming of summer while in the depths of a dreary London winter.
Ilaria’s not starving in London
Thank god for ovens, for shallow roasting tins, for non-stick baking paper and for vegetables!
Ilaria’s London Flatting Eggs
Cook in the pan. Serve in the pan. Only one thing to wash. Mum – it could be good for you on Waiheke to save water!
The Heathrow Injection
My house. Too cute!!! Check out that bay window!
About the Wick
Walking to work helps offload some of the over-indulgence!
Doughnuts make me smile …
Doughnuts. Yum. Stuff ’em in …
Around Lea Canal
I can never go past the beautiful reflections of the coloured walls in Lea canal without pausing for a look.
Barcelona!
Hi. Ilaria here. It was freakish energetic excitement that helped us get out of bed at a goddam awful time in the morning to catch a cheap flight to Barcelona. But it was all worth it once we touched down about 10am, Spain-time. This city boasts a curiously beautiful balance of 21st century inevitability and […]
Pasta al pomodoro
Tuscany makes me think of tomatoes, basil, and the beach. Oh, and this gorgeously fresh tomato sauce.
Marcella’s Fresh Tomato Sauce
This makes the sweetest tomato sauce imaginable, but you must start with great tomatoes.
Pig on the beach – true!
Thatched roof, pig on a beach, Durdle Door, whatever next!
Ilaria goes wandering.
Dianne’s 5 Grain Bread
My kind of bread – mix it, bake it, eat it. No kneading, rising or faffing around with these babies.
Bring me bread and oil
Basically, a big feast of carby-goodness will always put a smile on my face.
Ilaria’s Spicy Chickpea Bunnuce Burgers with Green Chilli Yoghurt Dressing
These are seriously so good that I swear they’ll beat any kebab and falafel combo that a 1am service, or any other time, can offer you.