Possibly the best cheese on toast in the world – Goats Cheese and Grilled Pepper Tartine. What is a tartine? Originally made with a long slice of baguette sliced horizontally then spread with whatever happened to be leftover in the house (the word tartiner in French means to spread), today’s tartines are made with a…
vegetarian
A collection of vegetarian recipes or omnivore recipes that can easily be made vegetarian. A flexitarian diet does not preclude meat and fish but aims to minimise the impact of food on the environment. We should all be aiming to include more local and seasonal food in our diet and reducing the percentage of meat (particularly red meat), dairy and fish. Our vegetarian recipes are every bit as nutritionally sound and healthy, as tasty and as filling as the rest of our recipes.
The Sourdough Saga – Sourdough Bread from Scratch
Lessons from a Sourdough Bread Novice. These days, it seems, everyone is making sourdough bread. Want to join in the fun? It’s addictive, but you need time and patience if you are starting from scratch. That said, once you have got the hang of things, it’s a cheap and easy way to provide your daily…
Sourdough Pizza with Sourdough Discard Dough
An Easy Sourdough Pizza Recipe with Sourdough. Having recently joined the growing number of people making their own sourdough bread, I’ve been busily feeding and discarding my starter for the last week or so. And, I’ve been just a little shocked. All that gloop going in the bin – it seemed wasteful to me. So,…
Pea and Parmesan Risotto Recipe
How to make Risotto – Pea and Parmesan Risotto. Risotto is the ultimate comfort food. A plateful of risotto is something I make for myself when I’m looking for an easy meal that I can put together from ingredients I have in the cupboard, fridge or freezer. Once I learnt how to make risotto, it…
Vegetarian Sausage Pasta Recipe
Supper in less than 30 minutes – Vegetarian/Vegan Sausage Pasta. If like me, you are trying to reduce the amount of meat in your diet, you may well have looked and wondered about vegetarian sausages. With the success of the Greggs Vegan Sausage Roll, I was keen to try for myself and bought a pack…
Easy Aubergine Parmigiana
Basil infused easy aubergine parmigiana – the perfect winter supper. Aubergine parmigiana is one of those versatile dishes I love. It works perfectly for vegetarians as the main course. And it also makes a delicious side dish to eat – with hake or cod, with a nut roast or with lamb dishes. And, this is…
Easy Leek and Potato Soup with Cheese Croute
What do you make when you have nothing much left in the cupboard? A few leeks and potatoes are all you really need to make a delicious, easy leek and potato soup. Adding a stock cube or homemade stock will, of course, elevate your dish and, if you choose you can add leftover celery or…
Parsnip and Apple Soup with Horseradish
Parsnips pair very well with apples. That earthy sweetness you get from the root vegetable is lifted nicely by the piquancy of apples – especially if you use cooking apples or a sharper green variety like Granny Smiths. I’m trying to keep the salt content of my soups as low as possible so using horseradish…
Broccoli, Stilton and Celery Soup
At this time of year, I seem to end up making a lot of soup. Perhaps my favourite lunch in Winter, a large bowl of wholesome soup with a hunk of crusty bread and butter is the ultimate cold-weather comfort food. This Broccoli, Stilton and Celery soup is an old favourite that I vary depending…