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Thai Chicken and Coconut Noodle Soup

Baked cod loin with ginger and spring onion

Thai Mussels

Guacamole Toast

As this blog is supposed to be about cooking, I thought I should focus on a recipe rather than jump to my usual rationale for being silent on LTK. Spoiler alert: excuses for my disappearing act follow below ;o) I wanted to have a stab at something so ubiquitous is is hard not to acknowledge…

Black onion seed and sesame bread

Please accept my apologies for the slight hiatus on Love the kitchen. I have not run out of inspiration or ideas – far from it. In the last fortnight I have been dealing with the loss of Aslan, my very much loved cat who suddenly passed away; entertaining parents for a long weekend (great opportunity…

Chilli con carne with Shiitake mushrooms

I had grand visions to end 2024 with a flurry of well overdue recipe posts. Unfortunately, the last two weeks were completely written off due to a cold/flu virus. All festive plans and celebrations evaporated. By the time the antibiotics had done their job, 2025 arrived. I didn’t have the energy to write up one…

Chilli, Truffle Oil and Parmesan Popcorn

A few weeks ago, we were sitting down to a Netflix series (either age or exhaustion has had a battering of my exact recollection as to which programme) – where one of the characters introduced Truffle oil to popcorn. It hit upon an idea as to what else we could do to make a popcorn…