Asparagus & peas in a Bengali mustard sauce
I am so bored by endless rounds of steamed asparagus so its always great to get a new recipe. But as the season is so short and the market is […]
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Cauliflower & pomegranate chaat
The queen of vegetables – or one of them at any rate – the humble cauliflower. I am always looking for news ways to cook it and this combines Middle […]
Fennel, pepper & cucumber spicy salad
Stir-fried chicken with yellow peppers, purple sprouting broccoli & swede mash
My recent visitor, who hails from Barbados, was so excited by finding swedes in the farmers’ market that she made me buy two – and then forgot to eat them (she […]
Updating Vietnamese chicken and peanut stir-fry for Easter
I was looking for some inspiration and something quick to make after an apero in the village, and decided to simply add blanched broccoli to my Vietnamese chicken and peanut […]
Beetroot & tahini dip
This is another lovely party dip I served it with Japanese rice crackers which are a great favourite and gluten-free! All pronounced it delicious!
Vicky’s #guacamole
I always get compliments when I make this dip, and its my go-to drinks party centrepiece. I always serve it with crudités (organic veg of course) and have a couple […]
Baba ghanoush
Last night we had a little party for Ross’s work colleagues in Basel. As his boss is vegan I want to make ‘bitings’, as they are called in Kenya, that we […]
New evidence on the importance of #optimism giving you a longer life
There is new evidence, on a good sample over a number of years, of the importance of optimism. If you remember the article I posted at the very beginning of […]
Sulawesi seafood curry – for Sophie and Stephen
Fish curry full of immunity-boosting ingredients
healthy living with cancer 