Recipes

Dan Lepard’s Toll House Yo-Yos

January 9, 2012 Recipes

One of my Christmas presents was Dan Lepard‘s new book Short and Sweet. I’m a huge fan of his thanks to his column in the Guardian – his recipes never seem to go wrong. I’ve made these toll house yo-yos before and I have mucked around with the recipe a bit – mainly because the [...]

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Chocolate Brownies

January 5, 2012 Recipes

I’m a keen user of delicious, which is a fantastic electronic way of keeping together all those things that in real life I’d have on bits of paper floating around the house (and driving Andy up the wall). It turns out I have 27 brownie recipes tagged (let’s not even talk about the 100+ chocolate [...]

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Cheddar and Rosemary Sables

December 22, 2011 Recipes

I have millions (well, maybe not quite) of recipes tagged in delicious and every now and then I make a concerted effort to actually cook one of these recipes. I recently discovered I have over 100 chocolate cake recipes tagged so you can expect to see a flood of those in the near(ish) future. With [...]

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Gluten Free Shortbread

December 20, 2011 Recipes

I’ve been doing a ton of cooking lately – a first birthday party, followed by a Christmas party and I’ve still got a Christmas Eve party AND the big day itself to go! For the first birthday I was on the hunt for gluten free (or coeliac friendly) recipes. As with vegetarian food, I find [...]

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Rocket Pesto

November 29, 2011 Recipes

So, rocket, or arugula, or even more irritatingly, roquette.* It grows like a weed in my parents’ garden and there’s only so much that can be used in salads or as decoration. Mum gave me a huge bunch after a weeding session and probably thought it would sit in my fridge until it was thrown [...]

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More Chocolate Brownies

November 25, 2011 Recipes

Here we’re gearing up for the baby’s first birthday which means thinking a LOT about the catering for his afternoon tea party. As the baby will be unaware of the significance of the event, and most likely a bit annoyed that strange people have turned up in numbers to interrupt his afternoon play, the party [...]

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Fish en Papillote

November 15, 2011 Recipes

Generally when we buy fish we just pan fry it. And in many respects there’s nothing nicer than a piece of fresh fish, quickly fried off in a bit of butter. However, aiming for something a bit different, while staying light, I decided to give fish en papillote (wrapped in paper, baked and effectively steamed [...]

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Carrot and Coriander Galette

November 11, 2011 Recipes

This is really a very pared down version of Marcus Wareing’s recipe in One Perfect Ingredient. I’ve owned this book for ages and I love it. I’ve also been looking at this recipe for ages and never got around to making it. Either we have the coriander but not the carrots, or vice versa. It [...]

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Spicy Fried Potatoes

November 4, 2011 Recipes

Everyone loves potatoes (don’t they?) but sometimes it’s tricky to do something other than sauté them, mash them, turn them into chips and so on. Last night I was faced with an Asian style fish dish (recipe to come) that needed an accompaniment. We’d had rice the night before, there were no noodles in the [...]

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Asparagus and Bacon Tart

October 24, 2011 Recipes

This is a quick midweek supper: supplement it with a salad and make sure you don’t eat it all as it’s delicious cold for lunch the next day! Asparagus has a short season – this was beaten into me while living in England when everyone (well, everyone interested in food) goes a bit mental banging [...]

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