Potato and leek has always been one of my favourite tinned soups and so it seemed only right when brainstorming ideas for Soup of the Month that it should go on the list. It may seem boring or unoriginal but it’s definitely a classic that I wanted to try making my own version of. Potatoes are awesome. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it. In every form and recipe, they are just there…. being awesome. You can mash or boil them to provide a background for the main event, or they can come to the front of the…
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Before Meniere’s Disease, for me batch cooking was something mums with big families did. It was something your grandma did and something people talked about on cooking shows. It had no relevance to me – I was working in a restaurant and pretty much lived on air (along with caffeine,…
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We’ve made a few recipes with roasted peppers, and almost always have a jar of the shop-bought ones in the fridge. They go really well in pasta, risottos and many other things, and are a really handy store cupboard ingredient to have in your kitchen. This quiche isn’t made with…
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Chai is one of my new favourite things. I think most people of my generation and older are familiar with the term “cup of chai”, referring to a cup of tea but I have only recently discovered the particular blend of chai spices, and more specifically, chai latte. Oh my…
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Say hello to one of my Feta, Courgette and Aubergine Pasta. This has it all – fresh, flavourful and packed with veggie goodness but so tasty and filling that you don’t feel that you’re eating something that’s really pretty good for you! It’s also something I can happily eat on…
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Cooking is individual to the cook – we all follow recipes from other people but, as we learn we start to develop our own methods and techniques for doing things and our own ideas about flavour combinations and what tastes good and that’s when you become a “fully fledged cook”.…