Just one of our favourite dishes, great as a side, main or starter on a bed of lettuce and served with salsa or guacamole. You can make ahead and reheat or make more for two nights. Its so easy and tasty there won't be any left! Recipe: I cup of flour, 1/4 cup of cornflour, [...]
EASY TIGER ROLLS Tiger topping is a great way to add interest to your bread, this version is a simplified and quick version of the true 'Dutch Crunch' bread. INGREDIENTS 7g sugar 4g yeast (doves farm is very good) 50g warm water 50g rice flour/ground rice 7g sunflower oil 7g TOASTED sesame oil [...]
Brought along by Miriam the lamp work glass bead class in February, this hearty salad fitted the bill a treat! Adapted from a recipe in 'Bowls of Goodness' by Nina Olsen its a meal in itself. Preheat the oven and prepare: a cauliflower into florets, two red onions cut into fine wedges. Mix 250ml olive [...]
The most scrumptious bread whether you are GF/vegan or not. Perfect accompaniment to any meal, moist perfect bread to serve warm or cold, toasts like a dream and keeps for days. This recipe is adapted from the Doves Farm Bread Flour Packet recipe and relies on using their wonderful flour. Makes three loaves, one [...]
Oh ... that moment when someone walks in with an Ottolenghi radish & broadbean salad in a handmade stoneware bowl (thats they also made themselves!) as their lunch contribution
RED WINTER SLAW Couldn't be easier and so tasty - this recipe is another of my all-week fridge staples in the winter when lettuce just feels too cold! 2 carrots grated 1 small red onion sliced 1 small red cabbage finely sliced 1 stick celery finely sliced dressing: 2 tbsp dijon mustard half a jar [...]
Buckwheat is not wheat at all and is gluten free. This is a substantial loaf, but sliced thinly is really very good and certainly beats shop bought gluten free offerings! Simply take 600gms of whole buckwheat and soak overnight in lots of fresh water, in the morning strain and rinse, then soak 200gms of milled [...]
CUCUMBER SANDWICH PICKLE A great way to finish up any tough cucumbers and gherkins from the garden, also works well with courgettes or a mixture, just slice very finely. Take about six cucumbers about 6" in length and a kilo of onions, slice very finely (use a mandolin or mouli) and layer with [...]
LENTIL & BEETROOT SALAD Serve this as a warm salad - or chilled as you prefer. Several small beetroot or two large beetroot (peeled and cubed) roasted for half an hour at 175c in a little olive oil 150g of dried Puy lentils 250ml vegetable stock & a bay leaf 1 small onion chopped [...]
HERB SALAD WITH ORANGE & MUSTARD DRESSING SALAD: 125g fine asparagus salt and black pepper Romaine Lettuce or Red Oakleaf 100gms Lambs Lettuce 100gms Rocket 1 bunch of flat leaf Parsley, stalks removed 1 bunch of fennel tops, stalks removed 1 head of wisteria - flower buds only, no green at all 60gms (2oz) [...]
