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
As culturually insensitive and as culinary inappropriate as this may sound, I always think of dal as a confused bolognese. Hear me out. It straddles the line of curry… and bolognese… but is absolutely neither… but kind of both at the same time? Nothing like a bolognese in flavour or components but everything like it … Continue reading BEETROOT & COCONUT DAL WITH QUICK CUCUMBER PICKLES
Mathematics has always been something I’ve avoided. From mitching class in school to hang out in the fields to still using calculators to do basic sums. I avoid numbers as much as I can. However, I won’t need a maths class or a calculator to understand I’ve put on weight lately. I mean, I’m giving … Continue reading BROCCOLI & PEA SOUP WITH POACHED EGG
Mussels are just that thing, aren’t they? One of those things that look like a hell of a lot more posh than they actually are. Yet people are still infinitely frightened of them. Those that like cooking think they’re hard to cook and those that hate themselves hate the way they taste. How can you … Continue reading VERMOUTH & GARLIC BUTTER MUSSELS
Guys, this stew is fixed to make your week. I was cooking for a friend that really doesn’t care about food. The kind that only eats to live. The kind that eats what they’re given and never comments on the taste – good, bad or indifferent. I made this stew because it was easy. The … Continue reading BLOOD ORANGE, CHORIZO & BUTTERBEAN STEW
