• Cati on September 20, 2016

  Why do publishers print recipe books with the list of ingredients in the smallest print. I nearly did not buy this book because of the print size. In fact I left it in the shop, but later I saw it in Book Depository $10 cheaper, so thought with the discount I might put up with the inconvenience of getting eye strain. So glad I did. There are a lot of recipes I will be making.

Notes about Recipes in this book

• Avocado, cherry tomato and dukkah salad

  • RosieB on December 07, 2016

    Easy tasty salad. I cut down the lime juice as the dressing was tasting too sour. Served with the chicken wings.

• Lemon and garlic chicken wings

  • RosieB on December 07, 2016

    These were really tasty. I only made half recipe of the garlic sauce which was really runny. I also put in half the amount of lemon juice. I thought it would be too wet but I baked the final time with top heat and fan and they browned up and were crispy and delicious. It's not a difficult recipe but a bit of mucking around with making the garlic sauce and squeezing the lemons. I served this with the avacado and cherry tomato salad.

• Chargrilled vegetable salad with couscous, spiced yoghurt and almonds

  • melba on December 27, 2021

    This makes a huge quantity!

• Cauliflower and chickpea salad with almonds, fried onion and sultanas

  • e_ballad on October 31, 2016

    Whilst I didn't think much of the dressing, this salad was fantastic. Very tasty, though keep the toasted pita on the side in case you have leftovers, otherwise it gets sogged.

• Beetroot, lentil and ricotta salad

  • e_ballad on October 28, 2016

    This was great. The quantity of dressing is far too much for the salad, so I used half & it was just right. Very tasty & held up as leftovers, albeit a more homogeneous beetroot-stained colour the following day.

• Labne

  • e_ballad on June 13, 2017

    Absolutely foolproof & very moreish. Beats any commercially available labne I've tried.

• Farro, Persian feta and almond salad

  • e_ballad on October 31, 2016

    Another great salad. Incredibly quick to get out on the table & a perfect salad for leftovers. Really yummy.

• Pork and veal meatballs

  • e_ballad on October 16, 2017

    Perfect texture, but could have used a bit more flavour punch.

• Chickpea, fregola and fennel soup

  • e_ballad on February 27, 2019

    Definitely not a soup, but more of a fregola pasta dish, if using the quantity of fregola specified in the recipe. If it’s soup you’re after, use half or even a third of the quantity . On the subject of fregola, I’m yet to come across a type that requires 30 minutes to cook - mine was closer to 8 minutes to reach al dente. It would be gruel if the cooking time was adhered to. The flavour was ok, but nothing especially notable.

• Meatball wrap

  • e_ballad on October 16, 2017

    Essentially the book’s “Pork & veal meatballs” whacked into flatbread with a bit of salad.