Notes about Recipes in this book

• Chicken and papaya salad

  • treay on September 27, 2024

    A favourite recipe. I usually buy a papaya when they are cheap and leave it until is very ripe. Not good if the papaya is still green. An amazing summer salad!

• Fresh tomato and rocket pasta

  • treay on September 27, 2024

    Great pasta dish for the summer months. I add some chopped olives and anchovies and that enhances the flavour even more.

• Pan-fried haloumi with roasted tomatoes

  • treay on September 27, 2024

    This salad is a keeper. One of our preferred vegetarian dishes that it is a meal on its own. Rocket with white beans, raw zucchini and parsley with some olive oil and lemon with halloumi and tomatoes. The recipe is really tasty with a combination of flavours from the citrus of the lemon juice, saltiness of the cheese and sweetness of the tomatoes, that when mixed make your tastebuds sing. Lovely!

• Ham salad with peach and pecan

  • treay on September 27, 2024

    This is a favourite salad, and one that it is also perfect to make at Xmas, especially if you buy a whole ham. This time I coated the pecans with honey - hubby tried one with pears and honey pecans at a restaurant and thought they were delicious this way. It's great when the peaches are in season and these were so ripe and sweet that it was perfect! It's amazingly good.

• Smoked salmon with cucumber

  • treay on September 27, 2024

    Lovely for lunch or as part of a shared meal.

• Risoni with pesto and tuna

  • treay on September 27, 2024

    Nice dish, but even better with homemade pesto.

• Baked potatoes with Gruyère and prosciutto

  • treay on September 27, 2024

    Who doesn't love baked potatoes? In our household we have to make sure we don't eat too many. We love them. This recipe is easy to prepare and it turns out just fantastically delicious. Great recipe.

• Roast new potatoes with lemon and rosemary

  • treay on September 27, 2024

    These potatoes are to die for!! I could eat them everyday! I make this recipe about twice a month. It's so simple and yet so moreish!! Lovely with some marinated chicken drumsticks. It takes the same time to cook so I put the chicken and potatoes in a fan-forced oven, but in different baking dishes. ????

• Zucchini and caper spaghettini

  • treay on September 27, 2024

    I added some olives and anchovies to give it a bit more of flavour.

• Baked asparagus with feta

  • treay on October 03, 2024

    I used lemon rind instead because we don't like the taste of preserved lemons.

• Roast chicken leg quarters with figs and almonds

  • treay on September 27, 2024

    Not much flavour.

• Pork cutlets with lemon thyme marinade

  • treay on May 07, 2026

    The cutlets were supposed to be served with a fennel salad but I made a quinoa salad instead because I didn't have any fennel at home. The cutlets' lemon thyme looks burned, but in fact it was not, it was crunchy and delicious with the butter, lemon and sherry sauce. Will certainly repeat.

• Burger with beetroot slices

  • treay on September 22, 2024

    This is one of the best burgers we have eaten. It is so tasty there is no need to add any commercial sauce. The marinated beetroot and coriander leaves are essential components though!

• White chocolate and raspberry slice

  • treay on November 10, 2024

    Most delicious and easy to make slice. Love it!

• Strawberry and Turkish Delight sundaes

  • Melanie on May 30, 2014

    Incredibly simple dessert with a great wow factor. Increase the quantity of Turkish delight though.

• Stewed apricots

  • Melanie on May 30, 2014

    I didn't serve with the suggested cream, which I think would be too cloying and sweet. Suggest yoghurt instead. Needs the full hour, take the lid off towards the end to allow excess water to evaporate.

• Honeyed rhubarb

  • Astrid5555 on March 07, 2015

    The honey flavor was not distinct enough for my taste and I do not know what the butter adds to the recipe except for calories. I much prefer Nigel Slater's "Rhubarb with orange", which has very similar ingredients and tastes absolutely delicious.