Seasonal recipes from your store cupboard
A great picnic or canapé tart which can be made up at the last minute with your choice of filling. The word Picnic dates back to 1740-50 when the Germans called an excursion at which a meal is taken outdoors a Pic-nic (now Picknick) and the French called it pique-pique. Nowadays eating al fresco is …
A fresh and crisp wrap to serve with your Summer picnic.
Carrot cake is always a popular favourite and there are many variations to make. Back in the 1980s when I worked in a lovely daytime cafe in Godalming, Surrey, I used to make large trays topped with a rich cream cheese topping. In that decade a cake with vegetables was quite a strange thing! Nowadays …
I love avocados and am always looking for new ideas and recipes.They are delicious hot and cold and so healthy too! There aren’t many foods that don’t go with an avocado, even chocolate seems to turn up in recipes! One of my favourite quick snacks is a half avocado with a drizzle of pesto in …
With 2 chicken breasts on my worktop and 1 hour before dinnertime, the culinary mind had to get moving to create an appetising and creative. I searched the fridge – homemade sun-dried tomatoes, mozzarella ball, basil leaves and ….. I know a jar of mayonnaise. Now, I have used mayonnaise as an alternative to oil …
I like sweet potato and my husband prefers potato, so I’ve combined the two,and added some chopped Savoy cabbage and leek to make a slight twist on traditional Bubble and Squeak which is called so because the cabbage makes bubbling and squeaking sounds during the cooking process. The sweet potato adds a nice colour and flavour. …
