Notes about Recipes in this book

• Croque monsieur

  • RosieB on May 28, 2016

    This is a nice easy and tasty sandwich made with local ham sliced off the bone and good cheese. A perfect easy dinner when I could not be bothered to cook.

• Hummus 1

  • Juleslovesgoldies on February 26, 2026

    Favourite hummus recipe.

• Thai corn fritters

  • Juleslovesgoldies on May 31, 2026

    Really delish; great weekend brunch!

• Cauliflower, chilli and coconut soup

  • debkellie on May 25, 2024

    I was dubious about the combination, but it made a delightfully different soup. Nicely warming for a cold winter's evening!

• Sweetcorn chowder

  • Lafro on March 26, 2022

    A very tasty soup.

• Spaghetti with silverbeet, raisins and pine nuts

  • debkellie on December 20, 2021

    A very pleasant, quick, week night pasta... took Monday night taste buds to next level ;-). Would definitely make it again.. (I had no oranges, so instead soaked the raisins in Mandarin Napoleon)..

• Macaroni cheese

  • debkellie on August 05, 2020

    Of the 3 variations we can highly recommend "Michele's macaroni cheese" (p.181): the description they give it is correct: "Sounds weird: tastes fantastic". Worth trying, even if you don't like Mac 'n' Cheese.

• Thai green chicken and cashew curry

  • RosieB on February 17, 2016

    This was a nice curry and better for using a really good fresh green curry paste.

• Tunisian lamb shanks

  • Lafro on March 10, 2026

    Very simple to make. The broth was very thin - but the flavour was all there. Cooked it longer than 2 hours which made it very tender.

• Tunisian vegetable and chickpea tagine

  • pennyvr on September 12, 2014

    A delicious way to get lots of veggies! I'm not sure about the zucchini - I deviated from the recipe and cut them into 3cm pieces, which took longer than 10min to cook down. Also the flavours didn't really infuse into the pieces of zucchini. I wonder if perhaps they are supposed to remain crunchy? I found this amount of chilli nicely hot while still allowing the other flavours to come through.

• Hot Thai salmon and lychee salad

  • debkellie on February 11, 2026

    I was using up tinned lychees (opened to make a lovely cocktail) and an EYB search brought up this recipe. Had this as a main course salad for 2. It was exceedingly tasty! Thoroughly recommend!

• Leek and goat's cheese quiche

  • pennyvr on August 25, 2016

    Made a bit too much filling for my (24cm) tart tin - should probably reduce by 1 egg and similar proportion of cream.

• Chocolate fudge cake

  • debkellie on August 01, 2015

    Really good. Moist, and great mocha flavour. Took 30 minutes longer than suggested.

• Sherry-soaked raisin and almond cake

  • debkellie on July 07, 2015

    Today's "cake of the day" : I subbed in cream sherry for sweet (Harvey's Bristol of course): looking forward to sampling the final variant - the batter was delicious!

• Lemon tea cake (Madeira cake)

  • debkellie on July 04, 2021

    An abundance of lemons on the tree: this was a really easy cake. Taste is beautiful.