Both making and eating granola makes me feel like I have my life together. I know there are negative connotations around those who make their own granola – it conjures images of meditation circles, hemp and constantly having a muslin cloth with some dripping homemade labneh hanging over your sink faucet. I promise you can … Continue reading CHOCOLATE, ORANGE & PEANUT GRANOLA
In a digital world that fortunes the pretty and complex, sometimes the reset of preserving something a little familiar, simpler and humbler is the sigh of relief you need. I actually consider it to be a privilege to belong to a generation that knew what it was like to have a part of their lives … Continue reading VANILLA MILK PORRIDGE WITH CARAMELISED BANANAS
Nigel Slater, who I consider to be somewhat of a paternal figure to me in the kitchen, once said, ‘Whatever the xenophobic meat-‘n’-two-veggists say, pasta is now our national dish. The family no longer unites over a joint of beef. It unites over a bowl of pasta’. I’m sure the meat-‘n’-two-veggists reading this will be … Continue reading CRUSHED PEA, PRESERVED LEMON & PISTACHIO PASTA
Noodles are my go-to. You know how some food writers are always like ‘this dish is my faaaaavourite’ only to find two pages later their promiscuity is flagrant as they anoint another dish their favourite. Well noodles are my go-to. Tacos are my FAVOURITE dish, don’t get me wrong – no, Mac & Cheese is… … Continue reading HIYA-ATSU NOODLES & GINGER MISO SOUP
I’m like… eyebrow deep in a really cool writing project right now that’s taking up a lot of my cooking time. The process of recipe development means a lot of nights hovering around the Kitchen, a lot of scribbling on random scraps of paper around my Kitchen and then furious typing afterwards. For people who … Continue reading COURGETTE, CHICKPEA & PRESERVED LEMON STEW
I don’t eat with my eyes. I’m not sure if you’ve noticed by the actual state of some of my food but it’s true. I don’t care what something looks like. If it’s easy to make and it tastes great then it’s good enough for me. The visual is just a bonus. A lot of … Continue reading SAUSAGE & RED PEPPER LENTILS
There are many things that I treasure about my relationship with my boyfriend. High on that list, is that he will not touch any chicken that is served on the bone. Great. Cos that’s my favourite bit. If we had to fight over the grissly boney bits of the chicken, I doubt we’d even be … Continue reading CUBAN BEAN SOUP WITH SHREDDED CHICKEN
Soup shows up in my Kitchen menu at least once a week. Health benefits? Being resourceful and using up ingredients? Wanting to feel comforted, all that ‘hug in a bowl’ crap food bloggers lean on? Possibly. But mostly I just can’t be arsed for anything else and I’m a Capricorn to the core and like … Continue reading ARTICHOKE & BUTTERBEAN SOUP WITH PARSLEY BUTTER
The culinary eagle-eyed among you will see this recipe and note that it’s a little tom-yummy. And yes it is absolutely based on the glorious Thai soup, but as usual, I have issues deeming anything as authentic because I take so many shortcuts and left turns. So this has landed somewhere in between and I’m … Continue reading HOT & SOUR FISH SOUP
I tend to have a sixth sense when it comes to fussy eaters. When someone tells me that, for instance, they don’t like seafood, their plight as an eater is automatically established. I know that the fussiness is strong in this one. This not a fact, just a musing of mine own experiences. And I … Continue reading PURPLE KIMCHI
