This is one of my favourite salads. And everytime I make it I wonder why I don’t make it more often! Watermelon and Feta salads are not an original idea. If you’ve never had one I urge you to try it, the combination of sweet melon and salty feta cheese is so refreshing.
We are officially in Summer mode so salad it is!
I would never have thought that I’d be posting a recipe for soup in June, but here we are. As there is still a real chill in the air I’m not quite ready to commit to salads at all times just yet.
I can’t wait til there’s a grand stretch in the evenings. Winter light is no friend to food photography, I mean, I struggle at the best of times. So you’ll have to trust me when I say this salad tasted and looked much better than the photo suggests.
I suppose at this stage Christmas and New Years is a distant memory for most, but I hope everyone had as nice a festive season as I had. Back to reality with a bang there on Monday and back to business as usual with the blog. I am loath to use the ‘D’ word […]
In his book Jerusalem, Ottolenghi describes Ras el hanout as “a spice blend brought to Jerusalem by North African Jews consisting of mainly sweet and hot spices, toasted and ground. There isn’t one definitive recipe, every spice shop in North Africa…has its own ‘flagship’ spice blend with a typical set of secret components.”
I may have already mentioned (gushed!) that I bought Sabrina Ghayour’s Persiana last week. I have already made 3 recipes from it and loved each of them. I’m blogging this as it is so simple, tasty and perfect for the recent heatwave we’ve had. Well, 2 sunny days counts as a heatwave in Ireland, doesn’t […]
Harissa is a Tunisian hot chilli sauce which can be used in many ways. It can be used as a marinade or rub on meat or fish. Halloumi cheese marinated in harissa and fried or griddled is divine. You can also use it as flavouring to add to stews, soups, hummus, pasta and couscous. It […]