Vegetarian “Toad-in-the-Hole” Tenderstem® “Eat your Greens” Toad in the Hole is my latest recipe creation for all my veggie readers – it’s just as tasty as the sausage version, but uses the stems of Tenderstem®, sweet potatoes, shallots, onions, carrots, sun-dried tomatoes and cherry tomatoes in the batter instead of the usual bangers; serve this easy…
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Moroccan Chicken & Apricot Salad with Tabbouleh
with Florette Salad Now that summer has well and truly arrived, with sun-dappled days and hazy sunshine, it’s time to start cooking and eating outside; the BBQ is well used throughout the summer months in our house, from juicy bangers, succulent steaks to crispy skinned whole fish being cooked over coals, and we all love the outdoor…
Italian Calzone – Stuffed Pizza Pasties
My Holiday Dish A calzone, in Italian: “stocking” or “trouser”, is an Italian oven-baked folded pizza that originated in Naples. A typical calzone is made from salted bread dough, baked in an oven and stuffed with salami or ham, mozzarella, ricotta and Parmesan or pecorino cheese, as well as an egg. Different regional variations on…
Mum’s Bilberry Plate Pie and Clotted Cream
For High Tea Bilberries: Bilberries are any of several primarily Eurasian species of low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium (family Ericaceae), bearing edible, nearly black berries. The species most often referred to is Vaccinium myrtillus L., but there are several other closely related species. Bilberries are distinct from blueberries but closely related to them. Bilberry (especially…
Spicy Beef Larb Lettuce Wraps
5:2 Diet and Weight Watchers Today’s recipe has been a huge hit ever since I made it a few weeks ago – Spicy Beef Larb Lettuce Wraps that are only 220 calories per serving, and that taste amazing. Perfect midday fodder for anyone following the 5:2 diet (for a Fast day) as well as all Weight Watchers…
“Scarborough Fair” Spatchcock Roast Chicken
with Summer Roast Veggies and AEG Today’s recipe just in time for the weekend, is for one of our new favourite meals, “Scarborough Fair” Spatchcock Roast Chicken with Summer Roasted Veggies and all cooked in my new toy, an AEG Oven with Steam Bake; I was sent one of these new ovens a few weeks ago and I…
Sri Lanka for Food Lovers – A Culinary Map
and a recipe for Sri Lankan Chicken Curry Part Three When you have a very large and well-known neighbour such as India, as Sri Lanka does, it is hard to rise above the behemoth of their cuisine and promote your own; but, Sri Lankan cuisine is delicious and very different to Indian cuisine with the vast…
The New Orleans Muffuletta Sandwich
For British Sandwich Week with The Caravan Trail I love a good sarnie (sandwich) and when well made with quality ingredients and home-made bread, a sandwich can rival any sit-down main meal, hands down. I’ve shared many a great sandwich recipe on Lavender and Lovage, from the ubiquitous Egg and Cress sandwich beloved of British afternoon…
Healthy Kung Pao Chicken
with Spiralised Asian Vegetable Salad I am an avid lover of Asian cuisine, it stems from my childhood years growing up in Hong Kong, and when I’m stuck for ideas on a busy day, it’s usually a Stir-Fry I turn to for a quick and easy meal. However, my favourite “to go to” recipe lately…
Healthy Cauliflower Cheese
For the Weight Watchers Diet Cauliflower cheese, even the words sound comforting and warm, and, it was always called cauliflower cheese as opposed to cauliflower gratin in our household when I was growing up, a simple and frugal dish that was often on the table towards the end of the week (or month) when the…
Salmon Fishcakes with Oatcake Crumb
Everything in Moderation! As part of a new “Everything In Moderation” series of recipes, let me introduce you to the mighty fish cake, and to be exact, a new recipe for Salmon Fishcakes with Oatcake Crumb. “Dry January” is a distant memory for some and we’ve all (probably) over indulged on Pancake Day and Valentine’s Day, however,…
Pork Sausage, Leek & Apple Pies
Loving sausage recipes from debbie&andrew’s Today is Valentine’s Day, and so today I would like to share a new recipe that was sent to me, along with some very fine sausages, that would just fit the bill for a hearty yet romantic Valentine’s Day dinner. I’ll be sharing my adapted recipe for Pork Sausage, Leek & Apple…
Savoury Sausage and Sage Baked Apples
With Roast Chicken for Bramley Apple Week It’s Bramley Apple week this week, from the 8th of February until Valentine’s Day on the 14th of February, we all have the extra opportunity of celebrating all things Bramley! I cook and bake with Bramley apples all year around, or to be more precise, when I can source…
Chutney Chicken and Vegetable Parcels
The Secret Recipe Club Today’s recipe for Chutney Chicken and Vegetable Parcels is one of the easiest and healthiest recipes I have made recently, and it was discovered when I was perusing the site of my assigned Secret Recipe Club chef for Group D’s first reveal of 2016. The Secret Recipe Club is a monthly cooking and…
January Comfort Food: Chicken and Pearl Barley Stew
Cooked in The Sage Fast, Slow, Pro I have a new kitchen toy, and I cannot stop playing with it as it’s so amazing! I have mentioned it before and shared a recipe when I used it too……..Cumbrian Chimney Pot Pie, I used the pressure cooker facility on this impressive piece of kitchen kit then; today’s…
