Notes about Recipes in this site

• Green lentil salad with walnut dressing

  • Jane on July 01, 2012

    I had some leftover French green lentils so I used this recipe as the basis for a lunchtime salad. The dressing recipe made a huge quantity, far too much for this recipe - I only made half anyway but I ended up with a big jar of dressing in the fridge, which is fine as it was a nice dressing so I will use it on other salads. In addition to the red onion and cherry tomatoes I added some chopped red pepper so it was colorful as well as tasty.

• Asparagus & buffalo mozzarella salad with caper dressing

  • nicolepellegrini on July 02, 2021

    Every Spring I'm always looking for new ways to enjoy asparagus and this really hit the spot - especially with having some buffalo mozzarella I needed to eat up! Tasty combination with a nice mixture of textures.

• Green curry of broccoli soup

  • Krisage on August 02, 2016

    We cooked most broccoli (in PC) and pureed it, then added in reserved tops and cooked until tender. Added a small handful of salted peanuts as a garnish for each serving. Nice!

• Potato soup

  • spharo00 on January 25, 2013

    This soup doesn't look like much, but it's very warming and filling. I made this when my pantry was looking a little bare and I had a few onions and potatoes I needed to use. I thought there might be too much onion when added with only one potato, but I decided to follow the recipe. It cooks for such a long time that the onions practically melted into the soup. This made for a very comforting meal.

• Braised fennel with olives & soft polenta

  • cassiemcgannon on October 18, 2012

    Next time I'd use less oil, as it came out a bit greasy, and I'd cook it for much longer at both the browning and braising stages. Yummy though!

• Lentil ragu with zucchini 'noodles'

  • cassiemcgannon on July 26, 2012

    Made a version of this with Puy and red dried lentils, and added celery, spring onion, salt, smoky tomato ketchup, and lots of cheese. A good base recipe, but would be incredibly dull without the extra flavours; is perfectly OK but nothing special with them.

• Sunny Parisian carrot bowls

  • pennyvr on May 16, 2022

    Dressing is delicious, could put it on almost anything

• Quick pulled chicken

  • pennyvr on June 08, 2022

    This is exactly the recipe I've been looking for, quick, simple and can be made in small amounts as protein for a fussy child.

• Sauteed brussels sprouts

  • mondraussie on January 01, 2013

    Add a tub of yogurt to make a delicious pasta sauce.

• Orecchiette with broccolini, pancetta & aged pecorino

  • Barb_N on January 30, 2020

    I added sautéed red onion and mushroom, and skipped the cream. Excellent meal.

• Lemon delicious puddings

  • gjnmc on May 09, 2014

    After removing from oven, push cake down into syrup and allow a few minutes to soak it up before serving.

• Puddle cookies

  • sallyjoy on December 03, 2014

    gluten free and diary free

• Celery sticks with potted cheese

  • kateiscoooking on February 04, 2018

    Added a good glug of sherry!

• Irresistable mushy peas

  • anya_sf on December 15, 2020

    Really nice variation on mushy peas. I increased the quantities by 50% to serve 3, but only used 2 Tbsp butter. Recipe doesn't say how big a bag of spinach; I assumed 5 oz. Skipped the stock powder and thought 1/2 Tbsp sherry vinegar was enough to add brightness.

• Spiced salmon with almond ‘hummus’

  • fairyduff on June 29, 2024

    The revelation here is the 'almond hummous'. I was surprised that such a simple mixture would whip up this beautifully using the stick blender, and the result will become my preferred method of making 'hummous' from store cupboard ingredients. Well received by all.

• Super simple egg & bacon pie

  • fairyduff on July 10, 2022

    Brilliant. Family have requested a repeat.

• Stonesoup semi toasted muesli

  • fairyduff on April 15, 2020

    Best muesli ever. I made a half-quantity and still got plenty. Mixed it in the stockpot to avoid spilling out of the mixing bowl.

• Smoky tomato & lentil soup

  • fairyduff on August 15, 2022

    Open the tins, put on the stove, stir in the spice. Lunch! .

• The ploughman’s ‘pie’

  • fairyduff on June 02, 2024

    Revelation! Mustard+mayo on ham! What took me so long? Very simple technique here with loading the ingredients into a dish that works its magic in the oven. For the mustard sauce I took a further shortcut by placing a spoonful of mayo directly on the plate and a smaller spoonful of mustard onto the mayo, to swirl into each other at the table. I converted the recipe for a one-person serve and found I should have used a smaller dish, even though I had already downsized from the springform pan.

• Peanut butter chocolate fudge

  • fairyduff on November 30, 2022

    This is excellent and easy to do. I used 95% dark chocolate to keep the sugar content right down. The intense dark flavour is mellowed by using the coconut milk. Very satisfying treat. I can imagine using any other chocolate or other nut butters would also be successful. Also thinking of adding other flavours in the future - orange water, peppermint extract, coffee etc.

• Potato rosti

  • fairyduff on May 23, 2020

    This is the best way to make these as using egg white makes them crispier, I think. The video was handy for the method of squeezing out the moisture. Mention was made of Yoram including parsnip in his version - because of that I am inspired to try finely shredded broccoli stalk for yet another variation (and to use up broccoli stalks!)

• Green pea curry

  • fairyduff on April 15, 2020

    I loved it - including the tofu, which was a surprise. Unfortunately I was the only one.

• Lebanese omelette with almond ‘hummus’

  • moonflowerstitch on April 28, 2023

    This was so delicious! I used premade red pepper hummus so it was also very quick. I love how many different variations she lists. I had no Za’atar so used the suggested curry powder (with a little thyme). It was such a nice change for my daily breakfast.

• Stupidly easy banana bread

  • MarionBear on September 22, 2022

    Brilliant easy tasty loaf. No sugar needed!