Maybe it’s all that rich meat I’ve been guzzling on, maybe it’s the slow, terrible and steady tightening of my trousers around my middle. Maybe it’s the recent promotion of my belly to the heady heights (widths?) of a full … Continued
yoghurt
Aromatic courgette yoghurt
You know when you spend ages crafting a main dish? And then, sweating profusely and with the time till dinner o’clock running out, you throw together a side dish? You with me so far? You know when the main is … Continued
Food Urchin, WMPC and the sweet stuffed apricots
And breathe… My nerves have just settled after submitting a meal to Food Urchin‘s Where’s my Pork Chop challenge, now comes the seemingly endless wait to see what the outcome is. Will he like it? Is it too bland? Too … Continued
Potato & chickpea curry, tomato cachumber and raita
No-place does vegetarian food like the South Asian subcontinent. I’ve had very good vegetarian Italian, Japanese, Thai and for want of a better name, fusion food. But nowhere, and I mean no-where, that I’ve come across takes vegetarian based cooking … Continued
A South Asian influenced feast
Sometimes you start off with the kernal of an idea that just grows until it’s way beyond your control, taking on a life of it’s own, just like Jack’s magic beans. This started off when I glanced at What’s for … Continued
A spicy and smoky aubergine, chickpea and tomato stew
I have a whole repertoire of dishes that I create pretty much from instinct. Cooking most days means that I have developed a whole lot of simple concoctions that are easily adapted to whatever ingredients I have hanging around. This … Continued
Baba ganoush, roast red pepper and hummus
In need of lunchtime inspiration I spent a good five minutes mentally cataloguing the contents of the fridge. A rather tired aubergine and red pepper were loitering in the vegetable drawer, a tub of greek yogurt and the remains of … Continued