Kerala fish curry
I have been making this fish curry for about 20 years; it is so simple and delicious. I brought back the curry leaves and fresh turmeric from Singapore specially so I […]
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Spicy quinoa salad with everything in it! Perfect for Easter Sunday…
I made this for a big Easter Sunday lunch (doubled the quantities for a buffet dish between 30 people). As I couldn’t get broad beans in Switzerland, I substituted flageolets […]
Grilled cumin & lime chicken with mango salsa
We were given an enormous box of Alphonso mangoes in India, so when we arrived back to an empty fridge, I had to use my wits to concoct something delicious […]
UK cancer survival rates trail 10 years behind other European countries
This is perhaps unnecessarily depressing, even if true. What is important is Macmillan’s conclusion: ‘better prevention; swifter diagnosis; and better treatment, care and aftercare for all those diagnosed with cancer’ Healthy eating, exercise and a […]
Grilled whole fish with spicy sour/sweet sauce
Here is a fish for Good Friday recipe! One of my favourite fishes is white snapper, which we feasted off in Myanmar. It is surprisingly good value here and the flesh […]
Oriental mushroom medlay
Clearing out the fridge before going to India I found a mixture of mushrooms; it seemed a pity to waste them so I did a bit of research and adapted […]
Pork & Prawn noodle soup
Another meal in a bowl, and what flavours! It’s a common combo out here, pork and prawns – local surf and turf? The secret is to make a really good […]
Another clear lung scan!
I thought these anthurium lilies from the Gardens by the Bay Cloud Forest Dome resembled a healthy set of lungs…
Stir-fried pork with long beans and Chinese chives
Still exploring old-favourite cookery books; this one, Mahdur Jaffrey’s Far Eastern Cookery, I bought soon after I got married over 30 years ago and was my introduction to this style of […]
The #gluten-free bandwagon: unless you are #coeliac, caveat emptor!
Another great article from the Guardian’s Emine Saner. I have always been sceptical about all the gluten-free marketing and people claiming to be ‘allergic’ to gluten (coeliacs excepted)…and it seems […]
healthy living with cancer 