I got a Magimix for my birthday and I am VERY VERY VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I’ve run two food processors into the ground, and when my third started showing signs that the end was nigh, I decided that the…
Category: nut-free
Recipe & Post Mortem: Wombok and Noodle Soup for a Rainy Day
The weather has turned cold, which means lots of leafy greens in my farm box, and particularly lots of Asian greens, about which I have few ideas what to do with. But this is definitely soup weather, and so I…
Recipe: Carrot, Zucchini and Haloumi Fritters in Pita
Hello! I hope you are all doing well out there. It turns out that for me the post-Easter slump applies even if Easter is spent on a massive online church crawl rather than by singing in person at every church…
Recipe: Oven dal
I decided on Friday that I wanted to have a crack at that oven dal recipe I shared the other day on my list of pantry cooking. About halfway through, I informed Andrew that this was a good proof-of-concept experiment,…
Recipe: Carrot, Tomato and Chickpea Tagine with Saffron and Ras El Hanout
I was asked to organise a farewell lunch for one of my scientists at the local pub, which means organising pre-orders. They have a new menu this month, and one of the offerings caught my attention – heirloom carrot and…
Recipe: Chicken Mole-ish
This is very definitely not a proper Mole sauce. I don’t do anything fancy like using a carefully selected collection of different kinds of chilli and grinding them with my spices, and it is somewhat less fiery than the real…
Recipe: Thai-ish cucumber, carrot and mango salad
While my culinary explorations have taken me all over Europe, the Middle East, India and parts of Africa, I’ve never really experimented with food from Asia. And yes, I realise that this is an enormous variety of cuisines to ignore,…
Recipe: Vegan Blueberry No-jito Cupcakes
I was planning on making my lemon and raspberry vegan cupcakes this weekend, but the supermarket lemons were all imported and expensive, and the limes were local and cheap. Lime and coconut are a pretty safe combination, and then I…
Recipe: Fancy gluten-free citrus shortbread
It’s another Christmas baking post! Actually, it’s the last of the Christmas baking posts, so let’s hope that by the time this post rolls around, I’ll have actually thought of some other things to blog about and this won’t wind…
Recipe: Ricotta Cake with Lemon and Raspberries
Back in August, I went to a cheesemaking workshop at La Latteria, where we made Primo Sale, Bocconcini, and Ricotta cheeses. It was a really fun workshop, which I fully intended to review, but that’s clearly not going to happen…