Bread dough, 2 ways, 4 different meals - Day One
These are challenging times indeed. My intention here is to try and be both creative and economical with my store cupboard ingredients...
Pasta with mussels and cannellini beans
Today we went to the local fish market and bought some lovely fresh mussels. We had cannellini beans and tinned tomatoes in the store...
Asian Salmon salad
Now for something completely different from the numerous pasta dishes shown here for past couple of weeks. We got some Norwegian Salmon...
Pasta with pesto, asparagus & green beans
Traditionally, pesto is made from basil, EVO oil, Parmesan & pine nuts -it’s an ingenious way to use up your extra basil. I had some...
Sweet pepper & olive pasta
After a big blow-out family lunch yesterday (13 adults and 2 wee-ones - 4 courses and copious amounts of wine) I felt that a bit of...
Salad days are here again ...
It’s Saturday, so another trip to the local market was scheduled - today we also stopped for cappuccini & cornetti (croissants). Again,...
Penne con fungi
Well, I really don’t mind telling you that today’s lunch was dynamite! My kids are always telling me off for not being modest or...
A simple sugo
Sometimes, the simpler, the better. This was definitely the case today when a (very satisfactory) morning in the garden left not a lot...
Spaghetti alla carbonara di asparagi
Today’s lunch was experimental on quite a few levels. The first one being that I don’t eat wholemeal pasta. The second one being that I...
Aubergine Parmigiana anyone? I know, I know - it's been done before...
So, anyone who knows me knows that I can’t go to the market and local shops for aubergines, tomatoes & mozzarella, without making my...
