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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Stripey Sarnie Batman!

How to amuse yourself in the kitchen. Nuff said really. Had a weird thing when I was meditating today. I was doing the usual thing, trying to focus on my breathing, and the usual things were going through my head – mentally constructing a stripey sandwich, wondering why it’s always my left leg that goes [...]

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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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Tomato and Avocado Salad

After all the indulgences of Christmas it’s time for something healthy to cleanse the system. 1 Avocado, diced 2 Tomatoes, diced 25-50g Watercress, chopped (1-2 handfuls) 1 tbsp Mixed Seeds (I used Pumpkin and Sunflower) 2 tbsp Olive Oil 2 tsp Whole Grain Mustard 2 tsp Cider Vinegar 1 tsp Honey Put the diced avocado, [...]

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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 11′s recipes – Spicy Potato Wedges & Kiki’s Simple Salsa

A little late, but here’s a couple of spicy recipes to keep you going. Both have chilli in them, yet both are very different. Spicy Potato Wedges 2 potatoes, cut into wedges (skin on) 1 tbsp olive oil 1 tsp cumin 3/4 tsp paprika 1/2 tsp ground coriander 1/2 tsp salt 1/8 tsp chilli powder [...]

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Report 9 – Many new things, some failures, and a new haircut (Roast Vegetable and Quinoa Salad & Spicy Tomato Pasta Sauce)

Ok, I’m playing catch-up (again) with this damn blogging stuff, so let’s get to it! First the recipes: Roast Vegetable and Quinoa Salad This came about as a result of my going gluten free (see below for more of that). It’s nice and simple to make, and really tasty too. 100g quinoa 1 red bell [...]

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Report 4 – I’m late, I’m late!! (Lentil dahl & Student pasta sauce)

Ok, first an apology (to my almost entirely absent readership). I’m a bit late with my report. No excuse really, I was just in a fowl mood (not just angry, but chicken angry, grrr-cluck-cluck!) last week and I just couldn’t be arsed. Was actually quite unusual for me. I was in such an almighty blue [...]

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