I love the word dumpling. It starts so crude and vulgar but ends so whimsically poetic, doesn’t it? Anyway. Anyone who is a keen reader of my blog knows how much I hate waste. Yes the planet and yes the cost save etc etc etc but I know there are other bloggers who will reel … Continue reading LEEK & PARSNIP STEW WITH SWEET POTATO & PEA DUMPLINGS
This time of year is cosy, makes you want to grab a cable knit, sit in front of the fire, hold mugs of chocolate for the Gram yeah, yeah yeah, we know. I’m sure you’re absolutely SICK of food writers giving you the usual “it’s Winter…” spiel so I’ll save you the trouble. It’s winter. … Continue reading CAULIFLOWER & BLUE CHEESE SOUP WITH HAZELNUT BUTTER
I always joke whenever I post a recipe that contains a chia seed or some kind of oat that I’m NOT a Deliciously Helmsley Clean Eater. But I cook so frequently with said items that I now have to drop the joke and just become one. Whether that means becoming a joke or becoming a … Continue reading TURMERIC CHIA BIRCHER WITH MANDARIN PUREE
If you’ve read my blog over the years (which some of you have and I’m very grateful!) I have issues deeming something an ‘authentic’ recipe, when it is nothing of the sort. This stew has nothing authentically Mexican about it. There’s my disclaimer and I can’t help myself. As a food writer, I often get … Continue reading MEXICAN MEATBALL STEW
Whenever I am away from my Kitchen for an extended period, I always start missing it like a family member. I start feeling like I’ve neglected it. Like it’s pining for me. Like it’s waiting for me to respond to a text that I’ve left on two passive aggressive blue ticks. I’ve had a manic … Continue reading SCRATCH BREADCRUMB & BACON PASTA
I promise you… GENUINELY… the addition of quinoa here has nothing to do with modern cliché. I mean, I’m a bearded food blogger with a French Bulldog, I do not struggle for modern cliché material. I even have a recipe for Butterbean Blondies, for God sake. But this recipe is genuinely a product of nothing … Continue reading ASPARAGUS & PEA QUINOA RISOTTO
Sick of me posting soup recipes? I would be too if they didn’t taste so damn good, give me a break. I feel confused when I don’t have a ziplock bag of frozen soup in my freezer. I make big ass batches, eat what I need that night, have another bowl for lunch the next … Continue reading GINGER CARROT SOUP WITH GARLIC BUTTER & CRISPY SERRANO
Whenever I’m feeling in between worlds, I don’t waste time floating… I just straddle both. It doesn’t bare questioning whether or not I am craving noodles because the answer will always be yes, but the context in which they are served is often pondered. Not for long, but definitely pondered. The pondering is whether or … Continue reading LIME COCONUT & BROCCOLI NOODLE SOUP
It surprises people when I tell them that I only started cooking a few years ago. In University, I literally lived on a diet of Super Noodles (Beef was my flavour of choice). In fact, my favourite meal was a Super Noodle SANDWICH. You read correctly. Sloppy beef noodles wedged between two heavily buttered, white, … Continue reading PORCINI & MISO KETTLE SOUP
A Fridge Soup is kind of my favourite, I like feeling smug in my own Kitchen. Like I’ve somehow shown my damn self who’s boss. Like ‘see… I told you I’d use up all those ingredients you bought’. I often get asked what some of my best Kitchen tips are. My first is always enough … Continue reading CARROT SOUP WITH HERBED FETA & PRETZELS
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 