Quick & Easy Mango Chutney
Yum! Just as good alongside the pakoras as it was to cool the fire from the butter chicken. Butter Chicken recipe will be posted soon.
So much tastier than shop bought and ready in minutes. I doubt it would keep long, the quantity I made filled the jar just over half full. As you can see there isn't much left!
Pour 150mls of white wine or cider vinegar into a saucepan. Add a small finely chopped onion, a clove of grated garlic and a knob of grated ginger.
Add ...
Roasted Coconut Cauliflower
Fragrantly spiced cauliflower florets with just the right amount of crunch, delicious!
Break half a large cauliflower into florets. In a bowl mix grated ginger; garlic and chilli to suit your taste. Add 2 tblsp each of coconut oil; light soy sauce and coconut milk plus a squirt of Agave syrup or honey. Mix and add extra chilli if wanted, I put some dried chilli flakes in. Massage the cauliflower to coat well, leave for up to a day for flavours to develop.
Roast for ...
Stuffed Roasted Butternut Squash
So one of the daughters asks me what my new blue cheese fixation is all about? Blaming my OCD so it's my current obsession! This is delicious, I looked at tons of recipes and adapted to suit my taste. Hope you like it!
Halve a butternut squash, scrape out the seeds. Pop in a baking tray, add some chopped garlic and a bay leaf or two. Drizzle with olive oil, season well then add a knob of butter. Bake at 180 degrees for 40 minutes.
Sauté a couple of shallots and a generous handful of ...
Sweet and Spicy Roasted Vegetables with Tahini Sauce
Delicious way to combine vegetables, equally tasty hot or cold. Oven needs to be quite hot, I set mine to 190 degrees and turned the veg over halfway through cooking.
Chop your chosen selection of vegetables. I had butternut squash; red onions; carrots; cauliflower and broccoli. Steam these for 8 mins then put in a roasting tray with some garlic and chunked courgettes. Drizzle with a little olive oil and black pepper then bake for 30 minutes.
For the sweet and spicy sauce just combine ...
Braised Cabbage Wedges with Melting Cheese and Crushed Walnuts
Don't you feel bad for cabbage being depicted as boring and tasteless? This was an experimental dish but happy with the result.
Chop a couple of onions and sauté until softened. Add a chopped clove of garlic. Cut your cabbage into wedges (tip: they only stay whole if you keep the stem intact..) Add to the pan and fry for a couple of minutes, turn then over and fry for another couple of minutes for flavour and colour. Add a good cup of vegetable stock and simmer for 8 mins. Season to ...
Spinach Pesto
Having ordered a whole kilo of spinach from the local organic farmer I had to find lots of uses. Just call me Popeye!
So it was 100 grams of spinach, a handful of basil leaves, zest and juice of 1 lemon, 2 fat cloves of garlic, 60 grams of pine nuts and 30 grams of walnuts. 50 grams of grated Parmesan cheese (but then I added more to taste), good quality extra virgin olive oil.
Just blitz it all together to a smooth paste then add salt, pepper and extra cheese until it ...
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 :)
Caramelised Sweet Potato & Cabbage Bake
Quick to make then just bake in the oven alongside a gorgeous roast or baked fish.
Finely shred half a head of cabbage and an onion. Season and pop in an ovenproof dish.
Slice sweet potatoes in a saucepan, add a couple of knobs of butter and season with salt, pepper and grated nutmeg. I added a cinnamon stick too.
Cover with half stock/half cream and simmer until the potatoes are softened.
Pour the potatoes and liquid over the cabbage then bake for 30 ...
Gorgonzola & Red Wine Jelly Puffs
Still feeling Christmassy and tons of bits in the fridge. These would be great as part of a buffet.
Just unroll a sheet of prepared puff pastry. Cut large circles or use, as I did, a big star cutter. Into the middle of each one put a small chunk of Gorgonzola and a little cranberry sauce, redcurrant jelly or spiced red wine jelly if you made the recipe I posted last week.
Bring the edges together, brush with lightly whisked egg and bake for approximately ...
Baked Stuffed Onions
Sweet red onions stuffed with sausage meat and wrapped in prosciutto, what's not to like?
You'll need fairly large red onions, cut them in half keeping the root whole. Hull them out until you've just got 2 or 3 outer layers. Season lightly and drizzle with a little olive oil. Bake for 20 minutes until softened at 180 degrees.
Finely chop the onion that was scooped out and fry until soft. Cool then mix in some chopped parsley, sausage meat and a couple of ...
