I ate these at a blog event recently although I’ve been racking my brains which one it was. Then I spent a weekend with Helen who served them as an appetiser. They’re kind of addictive. If you’ve never heard of padrun peppers then I urge you to seek them out, they’re currently around £1.99 a…
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Lemon yogurt tahini
Lemon yogurt is one of my favourite flavours because it’s flexible to use in non-sweet dishes as well as more obviously dessert or breakfast. I have marinated chicken in lemon yogurt to great effect and during the current heat wave we have enjoyed a cooling salad dressing made from Muller Light Greek Style lemon yogurt….
Smoked salmon potato salad
This is the potato salad I made using the dill and rapeseed mayonnaise in my last post. I was wondering how to use this can of hearts of palm shown below and read on the side that it went well with smoked fish. I tend to keep a wallet of smoked salmon in my freezer,…
Peach and raspberry galettes
Take one peach that’s been sat in the fridge so long you’re sick of the sight of it (even though there’s nothing actually wrong with it) one narrow strip of left over puff pastry (from Charlotte’s courgette tart) and half a dozen raspberries out of the garden. Cut the puff pastry into circles with a…
Dill mayonnaise
This may surprise some people but I had never made my own mayonnaise before. I wasn’t scared or put off by tales of splitting, I just hadn’t got around to it. So I waited specifically for when I wanted some mayonnaise and didn’t have any conceivable alternatives in the fridge. I used one beater on…
Courgettes with feta and chilli
Food with stripes is always more fun with my @lecreusetUK a reliable means to scorch stripes into steaks, peppers and today, courgettes. Yes it takes some time, yes it takes some babysitting but honestly the flavour from chargrilled courgettes cannot be matched by cooking them any other way. I once bought some ready made chargrilled…
Piedmont peppers
Delia didn’t invent them but I always associate piedmont peppers with her Summer Collection. They’re almost a serving suggestion rather than a recipe – roast peppers filled with tomato, olive and anchovy. Usually my anchovies are artfully criss crossed fillets, these ones today were crumbled chunks of Belle Ile whole anchovies from one of their…
Garlic and herb tortilla
We had potatoes left over from a potato salad I’ve not blogged yet and it was time for Ted’s tea. For a speedy supper for one six year old I fried left over potato slices in butter and when they were nice and crispy I added two beaten eggs and some cubes of Boursin garlic…
Polenta with salami and chilli
Last month I visited Venice for my 40th birthday and one of the things I was eager to try was cichette style appetisers in a Venetian bar. I will publish a Maison Cupcake post with the various Venetian dishes we tried but here is something I reproduced myself at home having been inspired during our…
Lamb chops with coriander pesto
Lamb chops with coriander pesto – a super speedy supper. I have as you see below had something of a Sacla mountain lately, I received 8 jars and have been gradually incorporating them to different meal ideas at home. The lamb chops had been forgotten and unloved in the freezer but after defrosting I smeared…
DIY posh mushy peas
Do you ever think you’ve seen a recipe somewhere and when you look for it you can’t find it? I was convinced I’d read In Nigella Lawson’s How to Eat or Nigella Express about pimping up frozen peas with creme fraiche and mint to make posh mushy peas. But I couldn’t find it anywhere. I…
Moroccan style turkey with cous cous
My Moroccan turkey with cous cous is a super easy turkey recipe for a weekday supper that’s not too spicy for kids and not too bland for grown ups. Something I’m ever thankful for is that my son enjoys spiced food and so long as I don’t go too crazy with the chilli he will…
Spicy carrot soup
Who needs canned soup when you can have this spicy carrot soup ready inside 15 minutes? On Saturday I was busy cooking my souffles for Blue Kitchen Bake’s French Classic challenge and the idea had been we would have souffle for lunch.
Leftover lamb curry with mushrooms
Meat from the weekend roast was brought back to life in this quick leftover lamb curry with mushrooms. One of my new year’s resolutions has been to buy a generously sized joint of meat for Sunday lunch and to use the left overs during the week. So far we’ve done chicken, lamb and pork and…
Turkey Teriyaki Noodles
Before you think I still have turkey left, I made this over two weeks ago! Every December my husband insists on ordering a Norfolk Black turkey from our local butcher. There are generally only four of us for Christmas dinner with one or two sets of guests over the following few days – two of…
Blue cheese pasta bake
This blue cheese pasta bake is the result of a “fridge dive” using up ingredients in the fridge. Blue cheese pasta bake with butternut and broccoli I don’t know why pasta bakes have been under used in our house but I intend to change this. Generally do pasta straight with sauces or pesto, our favoured…
Roast cheesy sprouts
No more soggy brussels sprouts with these roasted sprouts with rosemary, lemon and pecorino from Nigellissima. Well I didn’t plan for the first two recipes on this site to be made with brussels sprouts but then this is a reflection of what we’ve been eating for dinner at home and that’s why this site is…
Sprout coleslaw
Raw salads are a welcome change after Christmas. This brussels sprout coleslaw is perfect for using up left over ingredients you may have in the fridge. It’s the tail end of the Christmas bag of sprouts and although I will certainly buy more during the winter, I feel I ought to do something interesting with…
