Category Archives: cooking

Vegetable crumble

Posted on September 8, 2011 by

Roast some vegetables.  Make a white sauce, or a cheese sauce if you’re so inclined.  (I usually am).  Make a crumble topping – or some breadcrumbs if you’ve any stale-ish bread lying around.  Pour the white sauce over the vegetables, … Continue reading →

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Salad days

Posted on May 17, 2010 by

I’ve never been very good at making salads.  I love salads.  I love them – I love their crisp flavours, their varied colours and textures, their fresh fibrey vitamin-packed goodness.  I love them salty, sweet, spicy, sour, savoury, warm or cold, … Continue reading →

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Pumpkin Kofta Curry

Posted on January 17, 2010 by

The squash were beautiful at the farmer’s market yesterday, glowing roundly in their plastic basket in the pouring rain.  I brought them home eagerly, looking forward to trying this recipe which has been floating at the edge of my brain, waiting … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve Cooking

Posted on December 24, 2009 by

Bread sauce Quince and chilli jelly (quince jelly melted slowly in a pan, with some chopped dried chilli stirred through and left to steep for a while, because we have run out of chilli sauce) Red cabbage Apple sauce with … Continue reading →

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Mince pies

Posted on December 22, 2009 by

They are a bit rustic-looking; pastry is still not one of my strong points. They taste good, though.

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Carrot and parsnip soup

Posted on December 18, 2009 by

Today’s lunch, a helping from the second batch of soup.  It is not very exciting, but soothing and warming, and is very easy to make. You will need: Butter 6 carrots or so 2 parsnips Stock Melt a large slice … Continue reading →

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In the soup

Posted on December 16, 2009 by

I bumped into my sister the other day coming out of the tube station.  She was on her way home from a tutorial, and I’d just left an evening of careers talks (Zoë lives near to one of our main hospitals).  … Continue reading →

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Tomato and borlotti bean soup

Posted on November 15, 2009 by

About three years ago I bought some organic borlotti beans from a farmers’ market, put them in a jar and forgot all about them until I was packing to move house and found the jar at the back of a … Continue reading →

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Red and purple

Posted on November 12, 2009 by

Two too many plums for the plum tart, little tomatoes left out of a Greek salad.

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