olive oil

Baked Whole Sea Bass with Mediterranean Vegetables

Spanish Tortilla Omelette with Chilli, Thyme, and Garlic

Tomato Bruschetta with Chilli

Fusilli pasta with pesto and griddled Mediterranean vegetables

Fragrant Spinach Rice

Italian Oregano Flatbread with Goats Cheese and Pear

Smoked salmon, spinach and poached egg bagel

A little while ago – almost four weeks to the day – two things happened – I had my work Christmas party, which also coincided with my last day of my job in Yorkshire. Leaving party + a festive shindig did certainly render me, the next morning, into a certain feeling of disrepair. It is,…

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…

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…

Roasted root vegetable skewers

This is it. A milestone. The big fifty (recipes posted to date on Love the kitchen). And what did I choose to do to commemorate – something so extraordinary simple…but, at the same time, something I have neither seen nor tried before. I now rate it highly ;o) I really am a big fan of…