roast butternut squash salad with pomegranate and tahini dressing

roast butternut squash salad with pomegranate and tahini dressing A spicy, sweet and sour roasted squash salad topped with tangy cheese, cru...

halloumi tikka (squeaky cheese in a spicy yogurt marinade!)

grilled halloumi tikka This year's BBQ season was somewhat short-lived, which is a bit of shame as I didn't have many opportunities ...

Goat's cheese and blackberry salad with blackberry vinaigrette

Goat's cheese and blackberry salad with blackberry vinaigrette I live a simpler life these days. Part of it is a case of cutting my coa...

buffalo wings with blue cheese dip

buffalo wings About 20 years ago I was seconded to the New York office of the UK company I worked for. I wish I could tell you that I spent ...

fancy breakfast or brunch? baked egg and proscuitto in a bread roll

baked egg and proscuitto in a bread roll Every so often I find a couple of rock-hard bread rolls looking up at me forlornly from the bread b...

stuffed delicata squash

delicata squash stuffed with tomato and mince sauce A few weeks ago I posted about one of my favourite new discoveries, the delicata squash ...

a virtuous necessity: lemony pea and mint pesto

lemony pea and mint pesto crostini Stumbling bleary-eyed into the kitchen in need of my early morning fix of strong tea and Radio 4's To...

socca "pizza" topped with lamb, aubergine and feta

socca "pizza" with lamb, aubergine and feta Pizza is one of the dishes that I know from my friends on a gluten-free diet that the...

roasted vegetable frittata

roasted vegetable frittata There is an advert on the telly at the moment for a well-known food brand. It irritates me for a number of reaso...

in praise of damien trench: baked camembert

baked camembert with garlic, rosemary and bacon My favourite radio food writer, Damien Trench, is back. He returns on Radio 4 for another s...

chorizo, nutella, sour cheese and pickled apple crostini

chorizo and nutella crostini with pickled apples and labneh A few years ago I started to make a party canape that was essentially a crostin...

deep- fried breaded camembert with spicy plum sauce

deep-fried camembert with spicy plum sauce As a truculent teen-aged vegetarian, I wasn't expecting much (well too many veggie options) f...

Grilled honeyed figs and labneh cheese salad (infused with middle eastern flavours)

grilled honeyed figs and labneh cheese salad I wanted to create a salad suitable for the colder weather. (Yes, you can eat salads in the aut...

roasted butternut squash salad with spiced plums, hazelnuts and blue cheese

roasted butternut squash salad A few years ago I bought a rather trashy but adorable pink leather slouch bag. What I loved most about it was...

pumpkin and parmesan soup revisited

pumpkin and parmesan soup When I don't post a recipe on this blog, it is highly unlikely that it is ever because I am not eating. Heaven...

stuffed nasturtium flowers

stuffed nasturtium flowers My best friend and I had been shopping; a wedding dress for her and a bridesmaid's dress for me. My friend wa...

sweet and sour marinated roasted courgettes with goats’ cheese, basil and toasted pine nuts

sweet and sour marinated roasted courgettes with goats’ cheese, basil and toasted pine nuts I am always looking for new ways of cooking up a...