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Kedgeree with Chilli and Garlic

Warm chickpea, curly kale and pine nut salad

Chicken and Prawn Egg Fried Rice

Thai Green Curry with Prawn, Squid, and Butternut Squash

Steamed Broccoli with garlic and red chilli

Gazpacho soup with garlic and rosemary ciabatta

Couscous with roasted Mediterranean vegetables

Thought I had run out of steam where couscous is concerned? Wrong- think again! This is one of my favourite couscous recipes, and one I have been making for nearly 10 years. It has taken several iterations to get this recipe as I wanted it – it first gained popularity when I cooked in for…

Watercress and pomegranate salad

This recipe began its life as a garnish to steak. When I first wrote it up, I had the following in mind: “When it comes to the good old meat and 2 x veg, I am quite partial to something hot and vegetable-related to accompany the meat and potatoes. However, where steak is concerned, I…

Fresh Egg Pasta with Cuttlefish Ink

My very first attempt to make fresh pasta dough can be chalked up as a dismal failure. I was barely thirteen at the time, insisted on being bought a pasta machine for my birthday, which I would use all the time. Reality painted a very different picture.. the dough just jammed up in the rollers,…

Salade Niçoise with warm potatoes

Well, this is a first. Creating a recipe, photographing it, eating it then, four weeks later, sitting in a hotel room in Monterey, California – suffering with my worst jet lag to date thinking that, however brainless I feel, why not use this opportunity to dedicate some constructive time to Love the kitchen?. I have…