The other day I wrote a recipe for a stew that used the water of boiled sweet potatoes to make the stock. That water came from a mash recipe. This here recipe, is THAT mash. I made this mash last week whilst deep in the throes of woe. I was hungover to a point of … Continue reading GARLIC SWEET POTATO MASH WITH CUMIN BREADCRUMBS
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
Imagine a Christmas without eating something that has been pickled. I shudder at the thought. Now I wouldn’t say I make homemade things to give away as gifts (however if I was on the festive receiving end of my Spiced Pineapple Chutney I wouldn’t be sad…) however it does warm my heart a little when … Continue reading PICKLED RED CABBAGE
I’m about to give you a recipe for what I will loosely label a ‘side dish’. However I am absolutely not above eating a plate of potatoes for dinner. I have, I do and I shall continue. Reserve your judgement, because when they taste this good, there is justification. I believe every household should have … Continue reading BASHED PESTO POTATOES
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
It’s usually in the dark of night with my head on a pillow and an eyemask on my mug that I remember… ‘… oh shit, there’s X in the fridge I need to use up’. This can range from a small box of eggs yolks (unwanted from a pavlova recipe) or even a leggy broccoli … Continue reading BLACK RICE & FETA TABBOULEH
Despite the fact I’m about to give you a recipe for homemade crisps, I must say that if you fancy some crisps, honestly just go and buy some. Don’t make your own. What’s the point? If you fancy a bag of crisps or if you have people coming around and you want to shove a … Continue reading MICROWAVE CRISPS
The weather can’t make up it’s mind. The air is either sprightly with optimistic Spring light or it’s dull with thick, marbled Winter skies threatening rain. The kind of weather where you spend an ungodly amount of time considering putting clothes outside to dry but you fear them getting drenched. But alas, gloomy unpredictable weather … Continue reading ZA’ATAR SQUASH SOUP WITH BROWN BUTTER SEEDS
This recipe was sponsored by Love Food, Hate Waste. We need to stop fearing whole ingredients. Not fearing as in ‘boo’ but fearing the consumption of eating a whole ingredient and not seeing the lesser used bits as gross or inedible. These are adopted attitudes that need to be dropped. From root to toot, there … Continue reading #COMPLEATING – PUMPKIN PANCAKES
You know what my biggest pet peeve is with food writing? When writers give their recipes suspicious titles. ‘Happy Soup’, ‘Lovely Pasta’, ‘Easy as Pie Pie’. I’ll be the judge of that thank you. Just tell me what the God damn recipe is, will you? Having said that… despite my initial anger at such childish … Continue reading SQUAFFLES WITH BAKED MAPLE BACON
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 