Sides

Fragrant Spinach Rice

White and Sweet Potato Cheese Rosti

Roasted root vegetable skewers

Chunky Chips with Herbs and Balsamic Vinegar

Potato, parsnip and carrot mash with wholegrain Dijon mustard

Couscous Tabbouleh

Smoked salmon, artichoke and red onion pizza

According to Wikipedia (so, it must be true), the ‘Pizza’ was invented in 1889 when Neopolitan pizza maker Raffaele Esposito was commissioned by the Royal Palace of Capodimonte to create a pizza in honour of Queen Margherita. The tomato, mozzarella cheese and basil creation – as legend would have it – matched the colours of…

Menemen – Spicy Turkish Scrambled Eggs

Just over a month ago, I had travelled from Yorkshire > London > Amsterdam > Paris > London by train for various work commitments, then, getting up at 0300 embarked on an 11 hour trip to Turkey. All by cattle class. If anyone is seething with envy – please don’t. Economy travel is not what…

Flambéed Pear, Blue Camembert and Walnut Salad.

Dull and wilted salad leaves this is not – I have been making it a bit of a personal mission of mine this summer to see how many new salad concoctions I can come up with. In summer, in particular, I really enjoy having big ‘meal-in-one’ salads and am really enjoying the process of assembling…

Chickpea Hummus

When I first started to elaborate my bread section, I also intended, in parallel, to work on recipes which go really well with the bread varieties I have made. Confession time: I am falling very far being in creating blog posts which include all the toppings I have made to date. In earlier posts, I…