Category: Vegetarian
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Recipe: Summer vegetable stew
Autumn is quietly beginning to knock. The wasps have grown fat and exhausted trying to harvest the fruit of my dad’s plum tree, but they’ve barely made a dent. Dad is eager to offload the plums on random passersby, as he reckons it’s a matter of weeks, if not days, before this year’s unusually generous…
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Recipe: Raspberry vinagarette
I’m determined to find sick and twisted ways of forcing history’s five greatest foods – anchovies, honey, mustard, raspberries, and chicken wings – to live together in one tiny room and swap each other around in surprising combinations (I know, I know, mustard is a condiment not a food). Honey and mustard are in love,…
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Concoction, and other leftovers
“Concoction” was Dad’s most famous recipe. His three kids vividly recall excitement when Concoction was cooking in the kitchen. We still speak about it in hushed tones. But what was it? Nobody quite remembers. My sisters say it included any combination of leftovers. I always thought it contained fried cabbage. Dad himself had totally forgotten…
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Quick-change Vegetarian Meals
December 30th, 2010 brought a new and wonderful thing into my life – a little niece. The brand new beautiful Anna Mae is the daughter of my brother Steve and his wife Aoife, and in the grand tradition of tiny babies everywhere, she is so far spending most of her time either feeding or squawking.…
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Recipes: Beef up a summer salad with bread
Bread doesn’t have to mean sandwiches and breakfast toast. As these Nigel Slater recipes show, bread can make a summer salad more substantial or make a side dish more filling. His ‘Salad of peas, beans and bread’ is an unusual combination and the perfect dish if the usual leafy salad doesn’t quite satisfy or fill…
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Recipes: Samosa – the party food hero
Samosa are great party food but they don’t have to be Asian, Indian or even savoury. If you’re looking for a healthy alternative to apple tart, why not give this apple samosa a try. This hand-held dessert will go down well in a crowd and are totally delicious. If you are after something savoury; these…
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Recipes: Giorgio Locatelli
Although it has been out for a couple of years, I have only just come across the incredible Italian cookbook ‘Made in Italy – Food and Stories’ by Giorgio Locatelli. I have been a fan of his since seeing his recipes in the Observer Food Monthly but having over 600 pages of his dishes is…
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Recipes: Brain food (not actually made from brains)
These days we are bombarded by nutritional facts and figures which on the one hand is a good thing because we are getting important information but on the other hand can be really confusing. It can be very difficult to pick your way through the maze of food facts and figure out if certain information…
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Recipe: A recipe for all seasons and budgets
I’m a big fan of Yotam Ottolenghi and his exciting approach to vegetarian cooking. The innovative chef has a very inventive take on Mediterranean food and incorporates bold flavours and pure ingredients. His food is also good on a budget but creative enough to be gourmet. His Roast Vegetable Tart suits all seasons and is…
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Wednesday Wind-down: Cat’s super easy chilli
One of the girls I work with occasionally brings in leftovers from her dinners which she very generously distributes to the rest of us poor street urchins. One of these dinners was vegetarian chilli, which was absolutely delicious. She gave me the recipe which turned out to be incredibly easy to make – especially if,…