Barley has become one of my favourite comfort foods, not just cooked in soup, but added to a stew, threaded through a roasted vegetable salad or steamed in a pilaf.
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Coconut milk, coconut cream and coconut flakes
Rich, creamy and intensely coconutty. Here’s the low-down on all things coconut.
Spinach & Yoghurt Salad with Pine Nuts
Gorgeous stuff. You have to make it!
Crunchy Potato Skins
Oh Lordy! If I had to choose, this might just be my last supper dish!
Spiced Chicken Drums
Cardamom, lime leaves, ginger, coriander seeds … these smell so amazing as they cook, you’ll be clambering to get your hands on one the minute they’re cool.
Smoked Fish Soup
Keep it chunky, or mash it up – delicious either way.
Lemons
Lemons – will you snuff it if you eat a lemon tree leaf?
Pancetta – get it sizzling!
Hard to resist … nuggets of golden salty deliciousness!
Get the soup pot chugging away …
Add a little crunch to your life.
Celeriac & Potato Soup
You’ll be transported to a French Grandmere’s kitchen when you whip up this soup. Heaven.
Celeriac
Celeriac is cultivated for the fleshy root which grows under the soil, although the green celery-like leaves sprouting out the top can be used to flavour soups and stocks. It’s hard work to peel off the thick skin as the roots are often imbedded in the flesh, but you’ll find a strong knife with a […]
Croûtons – crunchy crusty croûtons for soup
Turn a bowl of soup into a bowl of happiness with crunchy crusts.
Not holding back here …
This is shocking One thing I like about living in a small community is the friendliness of people working in shops and service industries. You get to know them by name. They get to know your requirements, and your quirks, like when you might be a bit grumpy or short of time, and they generally […]
What a great day to wake up
Spice it up!
Sunday in Rocky Bay – a family feast
Luca’s feast day – rocking the favourites.
Gingered Carrot Salad
This salad has a nice hot punch .. if it’s too hot for you, add a puddle of yoghurt on top.
And serve a tangy tomato, cucumber, coriander and lemon salad alongside.
Cauliflower & Potato Curry
This is such a great curry … you can centre a meal around it.
Hot ‘n Cool – how spices work
Warmin’ up and coolin’ down – there’s a reason for it.
Cardamom
Pepper may be the king of the spices but cardamom is queen.
Gâteau au chocolat
Dark and rich, sexy and seductive, yep, that’s the only way to describe this dessert.
Dry July can be fun!
July July July. It means something different to all of us, be it mid-summer, mid-winter, your birthday (Happy birthday Luca xxx), a time for celebrations or commemorations, or the dreaded DRY JULY. For those who aren’t familiar with this term, this is the month you can opt in to opt out of drinking alcohol. A […]
Seedlip’s come to town …
Full of the scent of sun-warmed carnations, a scrape of orange peel and a sprinkle of spice … Seedlip’s come to town.
Pork Belly with Cider
Oh yes, once or twice a winter, a little crispy nugget of pork belly pleases my soul.
All you need to know about roast pork and perfect crackling
Crackling. CRUNCHY crackling. Gorgeously golden, so fingerlickin’ salty, and so perfectly crackled you hear it shatter in your ears, and all lined with a layer of sweet creamy fat that melts on your tongue. OMG! Died and gone to heaven with this one.
Bahn Mi
Pickles and pork and pâté … an a pint. What’s not to like?
Split Pea Soup with Bacon Hock
There’s nothing like a bowl of split pea soup full of tender chunks of bacon hock to fill you right down to your toes.