Japanese greens with miso dressing
I love Japanese food and I have devised a perfect menu for a family or friends supper. This delicious and simple bean and spinach salad, with soba noodles and […]
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Sea bream fillets with salsa verde loo
My farmer’s market lady now sells her fish in the church yard in Primrose Hill having been done out of her stall by dastardly means. So I don’t have to […]
Japanese stir-fried pork with aubergine
I’m always looking for new recipes especially with eastern flavours as summer approaches. I don’t often cook with pork but it is very common in Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai and Japanese […]
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 […]
Piquant green bean salad
The farmers’ market has the first French beans right now, mine are still entwining themselves up the canes at the back of my raised bed. This is a lovely little […]
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 […]
Tangy courgette & herb salad
I am experimenting with my courgettes…sometimes it seems a shame to cook them when you can pick them and eat them in 10 minutes. This recipe is perfect for the […]
Boxing day special – easy-peasy red-curried duck/turkey/chicken
What to do with that left-over poultry? I cooked a delicious 5 spice duck for Christmas day (simply rub a duck with 2 tbsp 5 spice powder top & bottom, […]
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 […]
healthy living with cancer 