Indian spiced roast chicken
This one’s a real crowd pleaser that tastes as good as it looks. The list of ingredients might look a little overwhelming at first, but this really is a very simple dish that knocks a […]
June 2016
Chewy peanut butter and jelly cookies
No sooner had I remarked that my recent peanut butter and jelly cake was quite possibly the best cake I’d ever tasted, than a recipe for a cookie version landed on my kitchen counter! I […]
Honey and thyme Chantenay carrots
This is a ridiculously simple recipe and one that is most likely to get children eating their carrots, should that be a problem. Sweet carrots are made even sweeter by cooking in honeyed water blended […]
Coarse salt and coarse sea salt
Many modern recipes call for coarse salt or coarse sea salt and various brands are readily available in stores and supermarkets. A reference to “coarse salt” in a recipe means what in the USA is generally […]
Tarte au citron
There are two things I rarely dare to bake – tarts and bread. The main reason being that they are the recipes most likely to leave me in a pool of tears! I adore a lemon tart, […]
Rice payasam or kheer
Enriched with a tasty coconut flavour, rice payasam, or rice kheer, is similar to a western rice pudding but is a traditional festival food from the Karalan area of South India and contains the region’s […]
Chicken and chorizo penne pasta
This is another of those recipes that was more about luck than judgement! We’d just returned from a short break away and arrived home, feeling a little sorry for ourselves, and wanted something easy but also […]
Coconut ice
Considering my obsession with all things coconut, there was a certain inevitability about this recipe appearing sooner rather than later. Having grown up by the seaside, one of my earliest memories is of sitting on the […]
Date syrup
Date syrup is a healthy, natural sweetener made from concentrated date juice and widely available in jars and bottles sold commercially in supermarkets and health food shops. The better brands contain no preservatives or additives, […]
Triple layer peanut butter and raspberry jam cake
One of my wife’s great treats in life is that good old American staple, the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Like many people who are easily confused, I spent years oblivious to the fact that the […]
