Summer is here at last. This year, for the first time, I have started to realise just how delicious a salad can be. Chicory has long stared out at me from the supermarket shelf and last week was the first time that I walked over, picked it up and put it in my basket. This [...]
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Smoked Mackerel, chicory and potato salad
Posted in British, Cuisine, Dinner, Fish, Recipes (cooking), Salad, Savoury recipes, tagged avocado, chard, new potatoes, pea shoots, smoked mackerel, summer salad recipe on June 27, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Two ways with Hummus – recipe
Posted in Cuisine, Dinner, Lebanese, Recipes (cooking), Salad, Savoury recipes, Vegetarian, tagged baby plum tomato, cheap meal, cucumber, dinner, flat bread, hummus, lunch, quick supper, recipe, versatile dish on February 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I just LOVE hummus. The humble chick pea is one of my favourite legumes because it is so versatile and tasty! I mostly add them to stews, my favourite being a curried chickpea and spinach stew. I haven’t made it for a while but it is sure to make an appearance on here soon. My [...]
Roast tomato, buffalo mozzarella and puy lentil salad
Posted in British, Cuisine, Dinner, European, Recipes (cooking), Salad, Savoury recipes, Vegetarian, tagged lunch, salad, dinner, healthy dinner, recipe, puy lentils, roasted tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella, dried pulses on February 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I had never cooked Puy Lentils until I made this salad. We have recently just moved into a new kitchen and the dried pulses now stand proud in kilner jars so that I can actually see them! The Puy Lentils sat neglected at the back of the cupboard in our old kitchen for so long [...]
Quinoa and Feta Salad
Posted in Recipes (cooking), Salad, Savoury recipes, Vegetarian, tagged corriander, feta, flaked almonds, green beans, quinoa, radish, roast tomatoes, rocket and watercress, salad, spring onion, tenderstem brocolli on May 23, 2010 | 4 Comments »
There is NOTHING better than a good salad on a hot summers day – and today was no exception. After visiting the M&G Garden at Chelsea Flower Show this afternoon in the swealtering heat and stupidly getting sucked into the temptations of Oxford Street, I headed to the cool and quiet Waitrose foodhall in John [...]



