Posts Tagged ‘healthy’
Why my thyme is never wasted & neither is my food
This week I am proud I wasted no food. I have to admit organising my meals isn’t always easy, and that this week I ended up with lots of my lovely Food Assembly vegetables a bit past their best.That’s why I hope the recipe featured below will inspire you to look beyond the soup for…
Read MoreGUEST POST – Healthy and creative Halloween treats :)
Many of you must have a party planned for this weekend, or have kids who on Saturday will go round the neighbourhood trick or treating. For this reason I asked fellow blogger and artist Mr Aide to share with you something he did last year. Read on, as there are also prizes to be won…
Read MoreThese fresh rolls are made for eating, that’s just what you’d do
Since the long weekend, I acquired a new food addiction. They’re delicious, easy to make and incredibly moreish: I’m talking about Thai-style fresh spring rolls, filled with rice vermicelli, lots of vegetables, avocado, chillies, basil, mint and parsley. I will tell you exactly what I used, although you are encouraged to try new combinations. I…
Read MorePan fried smoked bass marinated in blood orange juice with hazelnut rich salad
I made this dinner after reading up a recipe for a yummy salad on the Saveur newsletter, attracted by the fact it used lots of hazelnuts. My father grows them everywhere he cannot grow grapes: in Piedmont we have a particular type of hazelnut, the round shaped Tonda Gentile, which is highly prized…
Read MorePasta with Chloe the crab, artichoke and saffron
This dish came out of a hitch. I set out to make agnolotti with some lovely artichokes I brought back from Italy and a small crab I got, live, from the local Food Assembly, an initiative that brings together local producers and sells their fare at a local pub every week. I named the little…
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