Notes about Recipes in this book

• Chicken, pumpkin and borlotti beans

  • rodillagra on January 11, 2015

    http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/07/foodanddrink.chicken

• Good morning muffin! (banana, bran, maple and pecan)

  • Astrid5555 on November 11, 2012

    Made these as a healthy snack for my kid's lunchbox and got rave reviews.

• Indian parsnip soup

  • bigwerk on June 12, 2011

    used half Parsnip and half cauliflower

• Love me tender ribs

  • Lillibet on July 02, 2011

    Really LOVE this recipe - sooo tender, tasty and really easy to prepare. Using normal chilli powder instead of chipotle tamed the heat as they are fairly spicy. Tried to score it 5* but cant seem to get above 4.5

• Date and banana smoothie

  • Melanie on March 28, 2014

    Delicious, would make again. I made a single serve using half a banana.

  • e_ballad on August 13, 2016

    I think you need to like super-sweet smoothies to enjoy this using the ingredient quantities specified. I wound back on the date quantity & it was much more suited to my palate (& I'm a bit of a sweet tooth!).

• Chicken (or salmon) superfood salad

  • Melanie on November 22, 2016

    I changed the quantities a bit - cooked more quinoa and peas, added diced cucumber and skipped the alfalfa. Only marinated the chicken for an hour or so. Tasty, would make it again.

• Leon original superfood salad

  • monicahorridge on May 17, 2013

    This is really easy, tasty and healthy; makes a great lunchbox salad.

  • eeeve on July 16, 2015

    Lovely salad, tastes almost like their fabulous restaurant staple. The quantities are a bit silly, though: 2/3 of a head of broccoli (used a whole one), 2 tbsp quinoa (used 100g cooked), 1/2 an avocado (used a whole) - no need to have a few florets of broccoli sitting in the fridge or cooking up 2 tbsp of quinoa... Really good, though, so will make again.

• Chicken, asparagus and fairtrade lemon cassoulet

  • MattDufty on December 28, 2011

    Certainly not a traditional cassoulet by any measure but this is a fantastic recipe and has become a favourite in our household. Just as good if you leave the asparagus out when it's not in season.

• John and Katie's (not too) spicy chicken couscous

  • herbietea on February 16, 2013

    Very sceptical about mixing the raw chicken with the couscous and the putting in the oven, but it came out beautifully. The chicken was really tender and couscous was moist underneath and crunchy on top. Not too spicy for the boys. Might add some dried apricots with the sultanas next time

• Green pea curry

  • eeeve on December 04, 2018

    Quick to make as stated, but not a good looking dish and also not tasting that great (though not awful either). Even though I quite like peas, I thought this was a bit much. The sauce itself is nice, albeit slightly bland (though I did go easy on the chilli with a view to feeding it to the toddler). Probably won’t repeat.

• Allegra's big kitchen cake

  • eeeve on December 08, 2018

    The cake was lovely and moist the day after baking, when I cut it up and tried the off-cuts. After frosting it with a mascarpone mix it went in the fridge and got eaten the next day. By then it had turned really dry and stodgy. Something to remember for next time.

• Moroccan meatballs

  • eeeve on November 02, 2014

    This was okay, but it lacked ... Moroccan-ness! The sauce needs spices - cardamom, cinnamon, saffron, dates, apricots all come to mind to bring a bit of Morocco to this dish.

• Sweet potato falafel

  • redbirdo on February 02, 2016

    A hit with my kids and very healthy.

• James's rhubarb and ginger jam

  • Victoria_from_London on June 23, 2018

    1kg rhubarb

• Egyptian aubergine and tamarind stew

  • Victoria_from_London on September 04, 2021

    This works like a wonderful spicy peperonata, and is just as good cold at picnic or even on toast as with rice. I didn't used to like green pepper but it needs the slightly sour green note to balance the flavours. If I have to use red pepper I'll reduce the other sugar.

• Moroccan chicken tagine

  • e_ballad on October 21, 2017

    I’ll be honest, I wasn’t particularly enthused about this dish heading in, choosing it only as a way to use up a glut of swedes & turnips. This turned out to be one very tasty meal! After the marinating, this is a “bung it all in the pot & forget about it” dish.

• Ham hock, Savoy cabbage and rosemary soup

  • e_ballad on August 14, 2019

    Make sure you use a big meaty hock as this is essentially where the flavour is. Mine was a little on the meagre side & the broth was barely flavoured.

• Leon granola

  • e_ballad on October 17, 2018

    Perfectly serviceable, but nothing outstanding.

• Sausage, kale and flageolets

  • e_ballad on June 15, 2017

    Very much a stick-to-your-ribs dish, this does rely on good ingredients as there's not much to mask anything that's so-so. But this is simplicity at its best. A great winter meal.

• Open sesame slaw

  • tekobo on January 30, 2017

    Unusual and tasty slaw with peas and broad beans. I made up a garlic mayonnaise in place of the soya milk and oil dressing. Added all the other ingredients as per the recipe. Tasted great.

• Leon gobi

  • Silverscreensuppers on January 28, 2018

    I thought this was lovely! Am trying to cut down on meat so made a big batch of this and will freeze individual portions for work lunches. Really nice flavour, quite sweet though, so if you were making this as part of a feast, you might want to balance it out with something more savoury. Reminded me of a 1970s veggie curry, the kind of thing Cranks would have served up in huge vats. Tasty.

• Butternut and bacon chowder

  • Sweepie6 on November 18, 2018

    Yum. Used salami instead (no bacon) and a squash I'd roasted earlier. Great! Not at all sweet, thankfully.

• Hummus

  • Anthony.J on December 31, 2020

    P156

• Saveur.com

  ...there are plenty of Leon favorites, such as the Moroccan harira, a hearty bean and vegetable stew, there are also a number of new recipes from the people who helped make the restaurant a success.

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