Ever Tried Black Garlic?

You know you’ve got a cooking problem when you see some new random ingredient in the supermarket and you just have to have it! I came across this the other day whilst looking for fennel seeds (keep an eye out for an excellent soup recipe coming soon) and I just couldn’t resist. It’s garlic that’s [...]

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This Will Blow Your Mind!

Check this out. This clip has done the rounds of the blogosphere recently, but it’s so good it’s worth sharing again here. How good is that? It’s right up there with my tip on how to get the skin off fresh ginger (scrape it off with a teaspoon). Ah, the kitchen is a fascinating place [...]

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Cooking, stretching and kicking ass!!

I’m a little bit spacey at the moment as I’ve just got back from my yoga class and I’m a little ‘stretched out’ if you know what I mean, so you’ll have to bear with me. Made this pizza the other day and it came out real nice. I used my basic pizza recipe but [...]

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Garlicky Green Salad

Ok, confession time, I totally nicked this from the coffee shop on the high road. They sell it as a cold salad in a tub, but it tastes just as good warm with Shepherd’s Pie (as pictured). 1 courgette, sliced 1 head of broccoli, decapitated 1 cup sugar snap peas 1 tbsp olive oil 3-4 [...]

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Saag Aloo

A surprisingly quick and simple recipe that I think you’ll enjoy. 4 potatoes, chopped 2-3 handfuls of spinach, washed 1 onion, chopped 2 cloves of garlic, crushed 1 tsp fresh ginger, grated/chopped 1 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp ground coriander 1/2 tsp turmeric 1/2 tsp red chillies, chopped 2 cardamom pods, crushed 1/4 tsp salt [...]

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Sweet Sweet Potato Wedges

So nice they named ‘em twice, these sweet potato wedges are pretty yummy, and go great with a veggie burger. 1 sweet potato, skin on 1 tsp crushed garlic (approx 2-3 cloves) 1 tsp hot English mustard (the kind with seeds in) 1 tsp honey 3 tbsp olive oil salt, to season Heat oven to [...]

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Nut Roast

More one for Christmas, but deserves to be more than just once a year I reckon. 1 tbsp olive oil (plus extra for greasing) 1 onion, chopped 1 leek, chopped 225g mushrooms, chopped 400g red lentils of lentils, rinsed and drained 2 cloves of garlic, crushed 1 cup of mixed nuts (such as hazelnuts, almonds [...]

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Potato and Tomato Dahl

Hi all. Here’s a little something I’ve come up with. But first, a small qualification: Contrary to the recipe below I made the dahl pictured with a tin of chopped tomatoes and a teaspoon of ground coriander, coz I’ve got no money so had to make something up with what was in the cupboard, but [...]

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Week 13: Exercise and egos (& Suzette Rice)

Right, I’m well late for this ‘report’ but that’s ok, coz I’m going to chill out a bit about this whole blogging thing (hence the fact that it’s not a report anymore). Last week I was too busy with cat sitting, work, and everything else to even get online, never mind do things, so I [...]

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Kiki’s scrambled tofu & Butternut squash and mixed bean stew

Got a couple of tasty and interesting recipes for you this week. One’s a re-imagining of a favourite of mine, and the other’s something to keep you warm until spring finally makes an appearance. Kiki’s scrambled tofu Those lovely ladies Tanya Barnard and Sarah Kramer have done such a great job of coming up with [...]

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