This was one of those recipes that could have gone either way. Basically, I just chucked some stuff in a pot, and then later in a blender, and called it soup. But there was no way of knowing whether it…
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Recipe: Orecchiette with Broccoli, Roast Garlic, and Sicilian Flavours
Last night’s dinner was sort of ad-hoc and random. I was so very zonked. But I had some lovely, fresh orecchiette from Take Me Home pasta in the fridge, and a couple of heads of broccoli and some roasted garlic,…
Recipe: Sweet and Sour Roasted Root Vegetables with Lemon Myrtle and Quinces
I’ve been singing all weekend. In fact, I’m beginning to feel like the Mystery Chorister, I’m doing so much church music in so many different venues at present. I’m also learning a lot about architectural styles of different denominations around…
Recipe: Stuffed zucchini on roasted tomatoes
I was originally going to post this to my Tomatoes challenge, but then grant season got the better of me and nothing happened at all. And now I have a Tofu challenge in play, and I have no idea what…
Recipe: Miniature Pumpkins stuffed with Spiced Split Pea and Rhubarb Stew
This post is brought to you by Farmhouse Direct – or rather, by the fact that I have been too exhausted of late to contemplate getting up early to go to the market on a Saturday morning. But I can’t…
Recipe: Roasted Root Vegetables with Creamy Cannelini Bean Sauce
It’s been very quiet around here. What always happens is that I write a post explaining why it has been very quiet, and apologising, but of course by the time I write such a post, things have self-evidently calmed down…
Recipe: Root Vegetable Rösti with Peach and Black Bean Salsa
I’m not sure if these technically count as rösti, since they are not all potato, and they do contain a lot of egg to hold them together. More like fritters, really. But when you find yourself with a fridge full…
Reflection and Recipe: Life-affirming apricots with pistachio butter and chocolate
Today was the last of a sequence of strange and difficult days at work for me. You see, a couple of weeks ago, a member of staff – not one of my scientists, but a long-term member of my little…
Recipe: Roasted Peaches and Tomatoes
This is a simple side dish that I came up with last night and loved so incredibly much that now I feel as though it’s the only side dish I want all summer. It’s the perfect accompaniment to grilled anything,…
Two really easy recipes for things you want to have in the fridge
Also known as Roast Garlic and Slow Roasted tomatoes. These are my personal saviours when it comes to vegetarian cooking in summer – I’ve been making batches of both these things every week and storing them in the fridge for…