Posted in - Press on October 4th 2020
meera sodha pineapple chutney tzaziki
I should really end that heading with nibbles but instead I leave it blank because this combination goes so well with so many things. We had it with poached salmon on raw dressed spinach, rice noodles and stir fried veg, chicken, fish. You could really use the chutney in place of most other …
Posted in - Press on October 2nd 2020
It has been a while again, mainly because there has been so much going on. Today I am looking through a window at torrential rain, and apart from the leak which we have discovered (window is new), it is glorious. Right now the rain is aiming at the window so I feel as …
Posted in - Press on July 1st 2020
avocado gluten free gluten free breakfast guacamole breakfast
This morning I am a zombie. Last night I ridiculously for no apparent reason woke up at 1a.m. after falling asleep really quickly a couple of hours before! So after the school run I craved a savoury breakfast and this picked me up, albeit not for long enough, but still, I think the combination may …
Posted in - Press on June 11th 2020
chorizo butterbeans gluten free
Nearby we have The Real Cure which makes and sells delicious welfare friendly pork products. Thanks to ls2u, local food has been delivered seemingly effortlessly.
This is a speedy throw it together lunch or dinner and super tasty.
Serves 4
Ingredients400g chorizoOlive Oil Kale600g butterbeans or other white bean (if …
Posted in - Press on September 9th 2019
For Mats’s 11th birthday I’d had a ridiculous weekend of baking disasters (I learned that adding too much xanthum gum to a gluten free recipe leads to a gluey consistency)! We changed to being gluten free over a year ago so I will post non gluten free alternatives in the ingredients, where I have them. …
Posted in - Press on September 5th 2019
How the Mail’s fur-coated cook Mrs Peel turned war-weary wives into domestic goddesses a century ago
Dorothy Peel advised ration-weary home cooks in the years after World War I
The cookery writer wrote the 1919 Daily Mail Cookery Book
Her great-great-granddaughter Vicky has adapted the recipes for a book
She explores how being a domestic goddess has changed in the …
Posted in - Press on October 14th 2016
bicyclesbloomersandgreatwarrationingrecipesreview book review vickystraker
I only just discovered this book review : )
http://fascinatingfactsofww1.blogspot.co.uk/2016/07/review-bicycles-bloomers-and-great-war.html
Posted in - Lunch / Dinner & Poultry & Press on July 15th 2016
Greek chicken Mediterranean Chicken bake One pot summer chicken bake
Feta cheese, sundried tomatoes, lemons, basil and garlic as well as of course olives, are all associated with Greece, but then maybe it is the feta that has made me call this Greek as opposed to Italian, Spanish or another of our European neighbours. This is a speedy supper or lunch and is so delicious …
Posted in - Press on June 9th 2016
Beatons Tea Rooms Bicycles Blandford Literary Festival Bloomers and Pigeon Pie book launch Dorothy Peel OBE Vicky Straker author
The book I wrote first and poured my heard and soul into has just been delivered by the postman. I opened the package, carefully took out the book, and promptly burst into tears! Definitely an emotional moment, shared with the dogs as my husband is cycling to Paris at the moment for charity. Anyway, finally it …