Recipes

Main Course

I don’t know where this roasted butternut squash pasta recipe originated from. I was fairly sure it was an early Jamie Oliver one but I

April 10, 2016 1 Comment

Salad

Despite the fact that I cook a lot and mostly it turns out okay, I have always struggled with salad dressings. I don’t know why

April 1, 2016 No Comments

Main Course

I call this jungle curry because that was the name of the recipe I adapted it from in the fantastic “World Food Cafe” cookbook by

March 27, 2016 No Comments

Sweet Things

The flapjacks of my childhood were chewy flapjacks (the kind you can feel destroying your teeth as you eat them) so for most of my

March 26, 2016 2 Comments

Lunch

I’ve made this leek and chickpea soup twice in the past week. The first time at the weekend because my partner fancied soup with chickpeas

March 24, 2016 4 Comments

Sides

I’ve been eating these Irish potato cakes since I was a child when both my Mum and her Mum, my Nanna Connie, used to make

March 15, 2016 3 Comments

Lunch

This recipe for cream of celeriac soup is probably the simplest soup I make (even simpler than the very easy frugal lentil soup I shared

March 12, 2016 No Comments

Main Course

I love these soupy noodle dishes. They’re so quick to make once you’ve done the chopping and really tasty. I shared a recipe for Thai-inspired

March 10, 2016 No Comments

Main Course

In the past I have made a more traditional pea and paneer curry (mattar paneer) with a drier tomato-based sauce but since I discovered this

March 9, 2016 No Comments

Lunch

If you’ve spent any time at all on my blog you’ve probably picked up on the fact that I like lentils. Actually I love lentils,

March 8, 2016 No Comments