Seasonal recipes from your store cupboard
The great thing about having a box of mushrooms in the fridge is you can always turn them into a quick brunch, lunch or supper. They appear in my experience to be a little like Marmite – people love them or hate them! I suppose you can understand the slightly slimy texture being off-putting to …
Gado-gado is an Indonesian salad which literally means “mix-mix” since it is made of rich mixture of vegetables such as carrot, bean sprouts, cucumber, green beans, potato with tofu and hard-boiled eggs, all coated in a peanut sauce dressing. The joy of this salad is you can use such a variety of vegetables – raw …
I don’t know about you, but I really don’t like green peppers! It’s annoying when you buy an assorted bag and realise you don’t want to use the green pepper. Even roasted I find they still have that bitter taste. So, what to do with them? ….. An easy to make yet delicious green pepper …
Malaysian dishes ooze healthy ingredients and exciting flavours. This salad hits all the senses with smell, taste and vibrancy with a delicious mix of sweet, salty, sour and pungent flavours as well as contrasting textures, with fruits, vegetables, beansprouts and peanuts. The joy of this salad is that you can adapt it to meet what you have …
This dish combines root vegetables with peppers and courgettes to give a different flavour to traditional ratatouille. I often find that when you see ratatouille it is almost a stew with vegetables swimming in a tomato and oil sauce. When I spent some time in France in my teens, I was served a delicious dish …
Cornish yarg cheese has a delicious flavour and texture which lends itself to complimenting the egg, mushroom and potato combination in this recipe. This is a very quick snack to make if you have some cold potatoes and some mushrooms in the fridge.Add a handful of fresh herbs for more flavour.