Mediterranean ingredients or influences
Mediterranean
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As the summer approaches every year, I seem to spend most of my time daydreaming about salad. Not about chowing down on a lettuce but of ways to make it tastier and more interesting because I’m fat and need to eat more of it. It’s a tough job but there…
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There are so many different versions of salsa verde served up across the Mediterranean with variations of ingredients with Spanish versions including green tomatoes! I wanted to make something in the realms of an Italian salsa verde but without the anchovies – years of working in a pizza restaurant and…
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Okay, now I know what you’re thinking. New potatoes, butter and herbs is not a new concept – what are you playing at? To be honest with you, 10 years ago I wouldn’t have been able to successfully boil some new potatoes – I might have been able to knock…
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I like to do a bit of research with recipes that are not mine and are more traditional – find out how they came about, variations and other historical bits. I feel like you should know about the original and traditional recipes before you think about starting to try messing…
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It’s been said many many times that money can’t buy happiness and it’s probably true. Having said that if you pop to the supermarket, for a few quid you can get the makings of this (slightly untraditional) Greek salad which is as close to complete foodie happiness as I personally…
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As the name suggests, I can’t take credit for this one sadly. One day a little while ago I was suffering badly with dizziness and having a grump about it. Kieran told me I had to eat, I said I didn’t want anything, there was pouting and sulking….it was ugly.…