day : 15/01/2016 2 results

The amazing Xana salad

Such delicious wholesome goodness just bursting with zesty flavour. The key is that everything gets chopped really small then give the flavours a few minutes to develop.  Simply chop a variety of tomatoes, onion, olives, hard boiled egg and parsley.  Season with sea salt, add good quality olive oil and a generous squeeze of lemon juice.  Wait for five minutes or so then dig in! We had ours with this incredible seafood spread :)    

Spiced Butternut Squash Soup

Anyone else fighting off a bit of a cold/flu virus? My answer is ginger and chilli, at least I can taste it!     Sauté a chopped onion, a couple of cloves of garlic, a good sized knob of grated ginger, some chopped coriander stalks, a de seeded red chilli and chopped butternut squash in a little olive oil and butter until softened. Add a bay leaf or two and some black pepper.    Cover with stock and simmer for roughly 20 minutes or until the squash is really soft. ...