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
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
So I hate calling a meatless meatloaf a veggie meatloaf. Because in my head, it’s not packed with vegetables or meat, making it neither of those things. How bout that? So I just call it a loaf and then precede it with whatever is in it. I find it to be the cleanest way. It’s … Continue reading BBQ CHICKPEA & APRICOT LOAF
One of the hardest things for any recipe writer, or any home cook for that matter, is deciding whether or not to be guided by some kind of formula prior to cooking. The decision whether or not to be guided by instinct or instruction is one that splits many cook. Some like to follow a … Continue reading CHICKPEA & LENTIL BALLS WITH LIME PADRON SAUCE
So I’ve had this recipe nestled in my head for quite some time now. It’s one I have depended upon in my darkest hours. There is a cruel culinary juxtaposition that qualifies the majority of soul warming dishes to take the longest time to cook. So the times when you want to be on your … Continue reading QUICK SAAG ALOO
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
So I saw a meme floating around the other day making fun of food bloggers. It poked fun at food bloggers not being able to give you a recipe without some elaborate backstory as to how they came to discover/develop the recipe. Funny because let’s be honest, no bowl of soup needs all that drama, … Continue reading CORNBREAD & CHARRED PADRON PEPPERS
MIKEY AND THE KITCHEN. 