Notes about Recipes in this book

• Peasant soup

  • ithyt on August 31, 2015

    5.14 Doubled - but only had 1 can of beans. Scrummy - tasty and full of goodness.

• Scrambled eggs with red chillies and vine tomatoes

  • Melanie on March 07, 2014

    Nice to eat on a cold morning, serve with wholegrain toast. Recipe suggests roasting small vine tomatoes before scrambling the eggs however I was too impatient for this. I pan fried a roughly chopped large tomato with the olive oil and emptied onto a plate before cooking the chilli and adding the eggs into the pan to scramble.

• Pasta puttanesca

  • ithyt on August 31, 2015

    5.13 Yum and super easy. 5.14 Added 3tbsp capers - prefer Nigella's method.

• Warm ratatouille

  • ithyt on August 31, 2015

    3.15 Scrummy - didn't add coriander and used jarred peppers.

• Lemon Capri torte

  • Astrid5555 on October 28, 2012

    Expected a fluffy cake as pictured in the book, however turned out disappointingly dense. Lemon lovers will nevertheless like it.

• Banana bread

  • Melanie on March 07, 2014

    Tastes great straight out of the oven with lashings of butter. Make sure the bananas are mashed very well. If you have any left after two days it still tastes lovely.

• Baked eggs with Swiss chard

  • Melanie on March 07, 2014

    The recipe serves 2 however I greedily ate this all by myself. If this was served with toast though it should definitely be shared! I read "chopped" onion as diced however if I had paid attention to the photo I would have used sliced which I think would work better. I substituted feta for the goats cheese.

• Warm winter vegetable salad

  • ithyt on August 31, 2015

    5.13 Didn't have parsley. Dressing yummy but strong go easy. 5.14 Yum again!

• Chicken stew with green olives

  • ithyt on August 31, 2015

    5.15 Average

• Cinnamon roast peaches with vanilla yoghurt

  • Melanie on March 07, 2014

    Yum! Definitely be greedy and eat two of these.

• Orange yoghurt and polenta cake

  • Melanie on March 07, 2014

    Very easy to put together, interesting texture - I was a fan.

• Tawny granola

  • Melanie on March 07, 2014

    Very easy and flexible recipe. Love using whole almonds in this recipe.

• Grilled bananas with Greek yoghurt and agave

  • Melanie on March 07, 2014

    Delicious with honey for breakfast (skipped the rum).

• My dad's chicken curry

  • ithyt on August 31, 2015

    7.14 Thickens in the last 2 minutes. 1 x dry, de-seeded thai chilli was plenty of heat for H. Ok - for a quick easy curry.

• Clover's Carnation milk jelly

  • ithyt on August 31, 2015

    6.15 Quick and easy - kids loved. Could use as a decoration/garnish in a shot glass.

• Blackberry and apple crumble

  • ithyt on April 24, 2016

    4.16 Slightly adapted - Used just apples with a Butter Puff Pastry base. Fantastic with Wholemeal Spelt Flour. I pre-cooked the apples with caster sugar which made them very rich - not necessary. Would definitely make again healthier version without the pastry base and without cooking apples in sugar first :)

• Squid salad with chargrilled peppers and coriander/cilantro dressing

  • aberne on July 27, 2012

    This is really delicious. Be sure not to put too much squid in the pan at once, otherwise it goes all rubbery and watery. Quite simple, and great with crusty bread to sop it all up.

• Holler's curried parsnip soup

  • ithyt on August 31, 2015

    7.13 Maybe try with kumara - v distinct parsnip flavour.

• Quinoa salad with tahini dressing

  • ithyt on August 31, 2015

    2.14 Ok - dressing quite different.

• Coconut curry with prawns/shrimp

  • ithyt on August 31, 2015

    6.13 Would be great in deep noodle bowls. Lime juice - essential. Scrummy - I loved. H didn't like the prawns. Great girly lunch.

• Pear and ginger muffins

  • ithyt on August 31, 2015

    6.13 Stodgy

  • Melanie on March 07, 2014

    I made lots of substitutions however the end result was still lovely. Recipe suggests using pear puree however I quickly pan fried 2 chopped pears to use as a replacement. In addition I replaced the spelt flour with 3/4C plain flour & 1/2C wholewheat flour; substituted half the honey for brown sugar; and used 2 whole eggs instead of 4 egg whites.

• Baked apples

  • Melanie on March 07, 2014

    Small red apples worked well. To serve, I added a few spoons of ricotta, sprinkled over the leftover topping and spooned some of the cooking water over the top.

• Cardamom rice pudding

  • Melanie on March 07, 2014

    This was quite delicious - sort of like an Indian pudding and sweet but not overpoweringly so. I made a couple of changes by using ground cinnamon, ground coriander, currants and chopped almonds.

• 101 Cookbooks by Aran Goyoaga

  ...such a beautifully styled and photographed book. I love the British and slightly Scandinavian aesthetics... It is seasonal, light yet hearty, healthful and did I say beautiful?

  Full review