Category: Spring

Tomato & Orange Salad

This is so simple it hardly calls for a recipe. Peel and slice juicy oranges, top with sliced vine tomatoes, sprinkle with small mint leaves and finely sliced green chilli, sprinkle with flaky sea salt, grind over black pepper and drizzle with a fruity extra virgin olive oil. Done! A striking, sweet and zingy salad […]

Fennel, Bean & Potato Salad

Perfect as a starter, or perfect with panfried fish for a main course.

Green Vegetable Toss

A bowl of perky greens helps to balance a rich meal.

Asparagus Frittata – look for the littlies!

Oh, soft, warm and smelling like heaven … slices of asparagus frittata stuffed between soft or crunchy bread rolls is delicious.

New Potatoes & Baby Peas

I thought about doing these potatoes with olive oil, but YEAH? NAH! Butter is so much better.

Peas

Peas. Peas. Peas. Babies only please.

Fish Burgers (but not as you know them!)

These are insanely good. Not going to say any more.

Asparagus & Orange Salad

Purple power – yep, purple asparagus, uncooked, adds sweetness and crunch to this salad.

Strawberries

Strawberries are seductive little things …

Mango & Strawberries – summer in a bowl

Could there be a better fruit combination than strawberries and mango? Doubt it.

Fresh Snapper with Lime & Chilli

Exceptional idea for fresh fish.

Broad Beans alla Genova

Broad beans, white cheese and salami … yep, I’m up for it.

A messy Sunday night supper – asparagus & eggs

Mmmm. If you love eggs, and you love asparagus, it’s time to dunk!

Avocado Dressing

Squishy avocado? Add it to the dressing!

Avocado with Chilli & Lime Dressing

Just dig in!

Spring Salad with Cumin-crumbed Fish & Avocado

Fresh, spring-like, zingy and crunchy. Sounds good to me.

Stewed Fennel with Black Olives

Italian way with fennel that goes with everything … and nothing (like, a bowl on its own with a crust of bread is pretty awesome!).

Fresh Tuna Salad

This is loosely modelled on a typical salad you might find around Nice … but there’s a bit of a leap of faith here.

Buttery New Potatoes & Asparagus

Adding plenty of chives and lashings of butter to new potatoes and asparagus makes them more than fit for the Christmas table. But why wait until then?

Jersey bennes – get steaming!

Gloriously fudgy in texture, new season jersey benne potatoes are worth getting excited about.

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.

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.

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.

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.