Don’t you hate a naked bean salad? I mean, if you wanted to eat undressed beans, you could just eat them straight out of the can. Come on! Dress it up. Make it tasty.
Archives for November 2018
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3 soft tortillas
It’s weird and I don’t know why it works, but soft-cooked eggs on squished avocado just tastes so damned good.
Prawns & Crunchy Salad with Sesame Dressing
Succulent prawns with the crunch of a good salad, doused in a sweet sour sesame dressing with a nice bite of chilli is just the thing for hot weather.
Garlic – King of the plant world
Thanks California for helping us out over winter … but we don’t need you now. Oh, oops, though would you mind sending us your pomegranates for our festive tables? Ta.
Waiheke happenings this week
Santa’s snack is ready. Bread and water. Not.
Don’t be frightened …
Don’t hold back. Give it heaps. Add that salt!
Roasted Chicken Nibbles with Yellow & Red Peppers
You know the saying ‘A watched pot never boils.’? Add another saying to the list: ‘An unstirred dish of chicken nibbles, potatoes and peppers will burn.’ Apart from that, this dish is a doddle.
Rigatoni with Eggplant & Roasted Tomatoes
Bang the gong! This is awesome.
Crema Catalana – Catalan Crème Brûlée
Author Emma Warren makes a mean Crema Catalana. See how.
Baby Broad Bean & Pea Salad – Amanida de Favetes I Pèsols
If you can find it in a deli, finely shaved duck jamón, tossed through at the end, dresses up this salad beautifully.
The Catalan Kitchen
Catalan cuisine – edgy, surprising, intriguing, comforting. New book by Emma Warren.
Radicchio
I love the striking colour of radicchio and the way it lifts a bowl of green salad … and it’s refreshing minerally bitter bite in other dishes.
Fridge Feast
Pretty as a picture – artful leftovers.
Artichokes – did I mention spikes!
Deal to them – no mercy – lop the tops off the buggers along with any other spiky unloveable parts.
Artichokes with Garlic & Mint
Be prepared to become addicted …
Linguine with Feta, Broad Beans, Pine Nuts & Rocket
Here’s a spring pasta dish that rings all the bells: bouncy fresh, packed with flavour, fast and filling. And good for you.
Waiheke’s market
Colourful characters, buskers, kids, dogs, collectibles and more … oh, better mention good food.
Wet Sundays
How to lift a boring wet Sunday. Drink gin!
A nod to Italy …
I’m going on an Italian bent for the next week or two. No, not actually going there, just sharing some terrific Italian family recipes. I first went to Italy in 1975. Holy smoke! I must have just been a baby (because, surely, I’m not that old!). I sailed into the gorgeous port of Genova and […]
Bruschetta with Grilled Zucchini & Buffalo Mozzarella
That whiff of barbecue smoke brings them running … though these succulent treats can be prepared indoors in a grill pan any time of year.
Potato & Basil Frittata
Check out the crisp and lacy edges!
Cavolo Nero with Ginger & Pine Nuts
What to do with crinkly green leaves? Read on.
New Potatoes Roasted with Fresh Bay Leaves
New potatoes are great any which way … but roasted with fresh bay leaves they just may become your new favourite.
Bay leaves
Fresh bay, strongly aromatic, like pine needles, eucalypt and lemon all crushed together, with a scattering of floral blossoms on top.
Making an omelette
I don’t know why people don’t cook omelettes more often. They’re so quick, so tasty and so utterly satisfying, that it’s almost criminal to think of dashing off to buy fast food when there’s an egg or two in the pantry.