Pickled cucumber salad
Making some gyoza and bao buns and decided we needed some pickled cucumber. Here is a very simple way of doing just that and adding a very tangy fresh taste. […]
Tag Archives: farmers’ market
Raw kale & avocado salad
I love kale, and am growing it but it’s not ready yet. At the farmers’ market it’s everywhere, so I grabbed a bunch today and wondered what to do with […]
Skate wings with burned butter & capers
Look, I know I don’t eat dairy but this is a sublime dish which cannot be made without it. Once in a while a little bit of what you fancy […]
Chilli white fish with a tahini drizzle
Farmers’ markets have wonderful fish stalls; I now buy my fish from a lady from Brighton who brings her catch (freshly caught the day before) to St Mary’s Church […]
Chargrilled asparagus with a fried egg & salsa macha
I filched this recipe from the Guardian and adapted it slightly. Got to find new things to do with asparagus! There are so many lovely thin green spears at the […]
High risk? Me? I beg to differ…
So we are almost 6 weeks into lock-down when I receive a text out of the blue. It’s from the NHS coronavirus service and it says, ‘Your condition means you […]
Grilled hispi cabbage with coconut thoran
Another great dish sourced from the store cupboard and the famers market. This is Keralan in origin but uses that most delicious of British seasonal greens, the hispi or sweetheart […]
Stir-fried courgettes with cumin seeds
Travelling round New Zealand and staying in self catering accommodation I am tempted to cook something light and healthy even if restricted to one induction ring! Last night I remembered […]
Rhubarb & cardamon chutney
It’s rhubarb time again! This week was the sweet spot for pricing so I bought 5 kgs, as last year I ran out of this delicious chutney as soon as […]
Wild garlic & potato soup
Wild garlic is here in abundance. If you are lucky enough to live in the country, as I did when I grew up Devon where it stank out the woods, […]
