This gluten free tart looks very pretty and is easy to make. I roast my own beetroot but you could buy ready roasted beetroot to save some time. I love it with goat’s cheese but the barbarian boys and John are happiest when it is served without. Whether you serve it to vegetarian guests at …
With the barbarians now being vegetarian, I often end up cooking two meals or leaving them to fend for themselves. However, as they are barbarians, this often means they eat very few proper vegetables! On Monday we all eat meat free, and I get to fill them full of vegetables. Using ready made pastry is …
I do like it when you ask me for recipes, it prompts me to get them typed up and shared. So do feel free to harass me! This is a very easy dish to make so perfect for a mid week supper but has enough wow factor to feature at a dinner party. I only …
I love bhajis and could happily eat them by the dozen. They are a firm favourite in our house even though I don’t make them as often as I could. Whether you serve them as a starter or a side or make them as a snack because you fancy them, they are delicious little bundles …
John is a huge fan of sausages, me, not so much. While we have been in lock down I have been experimenting with making sausages. Boerewors for my South African roots and some pork and apple sausages. I have about six kilograms of sausages taking up space in the freezer now! This dish is a …
Fall from the bone, melt in your mouth pork ribs are a favourite with John and the barbarian boys. Even the one that is now vegetarian looked wistful when I made these and commented that they had been a favourite! These are easy enough to do, even for a busy weekday, as they can be …
I am sure you all know the old adage, ‘When life gives you lemons, make lemonade’, well life gave us lots of strawberries. As things slowly open up again I took the barbarian boys strawberry picking. 7 kilograms of strawberries later, I needed to find ways to use them up. This strawberry lemonade takes minutes …
Sometimes even I don’t feel much like cooking, but negotiating a takeaway is a mine field. You never can tell how seriously they will take the gluten free request. We do have a favourite one that has yet to poison John but most of the time it is just so much easier to cook. This …
I know lots of people are squeamish about eating offal, but I believe in nose to tail eating. I must admit that I draw the line at brains and I won’t contemplate tripe, but kidneys, hearts and liver make a regular appearance on our table. Organ meats have a greater concentration of vitamins and minerals …
John doesn’t much like fish, not even a fish finger sandwich! He will however eat fish cakes without protest. I wanted to create some slightly different fish cakes, so I swapped potato for sweet potato and added chilli and coriander. Healthy easy recipe using sweet potato
