(NB: still no idea what’s happening with shifting web-hosting, which is making me reluctant to post much here just now, in case I hit exactly the wrong window and it all gets deleted. Sorry. I had no idea it would…
Category: side dishes
Recipe: Roast Potatoes with No Photos (Because we ATE THEM ALL)
No, I didn’t eat the photos. I haven’t even eaten these potatoes all that recently, which is a tragedy, because they are possibly my favourite food in the world. And, actually, I probably do have photos of these potatoes somewhere,…
Recipe: Drained Yoghurt (Labneh)
I’m not sure you can call something with exactly one ingredient a recipe, per se, but this is a really useful thing to know about, very easy, and a basis for all sorts of yummy things. This is basically a…
Recipe: Extremely Good Ratatouille
Ratatouille is one of those things that can be really good or really bland, I find. I got it right this time, so I’m writing down what I did before I forget. Also, I have to mention just in passing…
Recipe: Pizza Serafina (Sultana pizza)
I work in a Medical Research Institute, and the nature of research is that people travel a lot for their careers. My current Divisions include scientists and students from France, Germany, Switzerland, Algeria, China, New Zealand, Sweden, The Netherlands, The…
Recipe: Baked Ricotta
Today is horrendously hot, and the next two days threaten to be worse. I have therefore spent the afternoon… cooking. No, really, bear with me, it isn’t as mad as it sounds. Cooking in this weather can only be described…
Recipe: Warm Sweet Potato and Pumpkin Salad
So I was minding my own business at work this Friday (and I apologise once again for the dearth of posts here, but work has been *crazy*) when I got an SMS from Andrew: “Do you have a recipe for…
Not a proper recipe for not entirely Greek Salad
I think I may have to start a section of this journal for recipes that aren’t proper recipes but which people ask me for. You know, for recipes like pasta bolognese or fruit crumble, which are a handful of this,…
Recipe: Ricotta and Herbs
Still feeling too seedy to really be creative, so here’s a really short, easy recipe, inspired by The Complete Italian Vegetarian Cookbook. This recipe makes me feel a little sad, because right now is absolutely not the season for it…
Recipe: Baked Cauliflower
This is a very simple recipe, from a book called Reds, Whites, and Greens, by Faith Willunger. As you might have gathered from the title, it’s a book of Italian things to do with vegetables. I’m yet to find a…