After my recent dalliance with healthy eating, I’m back with a heavy cream sauce. I know sundried tomatoes are considered a bit retro, and not in a cool way, but I recently picked up a packet at a bargain price and was planning to throw them into a salad. Then I remembered this dish that […]
If your childhood was anything like mine, growing up in Ireland Minestrone Soup was something that came in powdered form in a box with some questionable looking dehydrated veg. Nevertheless, I loved it.
Burrata. I thought I’d never get my hands on it! The lovely people in Iago got some in and kindly let me know. I love my cheese but my level of excitement was bordering on pathetic. I was dying to experiment and this Burrata Strawberry and Watermelon Salad was born.
Is it too late to wish everyone a Happy New Year?! I took a bit of a break from the blog for a few weeks which was great as now I’m refreshed and have a load of ideas for posts.
I love Italian food. That may be pretty obvious to anyone who reads this blog regularly. I got it into my head to make some Aubergine Parmigiana – eggplant for anyone on the other side of the world!
…or Tart’s Pasta if you are more of a lady like Delia. I prefer Nigella’s description. This is adapted from her version in Kitchen. There are a lot of theories as to how the dish originated and how it got it’s name, but basically the dish came from a need to make a quick tasty meal with […]
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 […]
Panzanella is something I have been intending to make for a long time but never got round to it til now. It was one of the many recipes made at the Tannery course I attended and was absolutely delicious so I thought I had no excuse but to make it now. It is best made […]