Not roasties, not hasselbacks, but stacked potatoes … crisp on the top, soft in the middle, they look sensational and the flavours will knock your socks off. Continue reading
Spiced Stacked Potatoes
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Tag Archives: Vegetarian
Pippa’s Pancakes
Pippa is a vegetarian friend who finds my carnivorous habits distinctly off-putting.
She’s asked me for more meat-free recipes. It’s not that I don’t cook vegetarian food. I do. But I wouldn’t say any of it was particularly ground-breaking.
Cauliflower cheese, vegetarian curries, mushroom risotto, cheesy quiches and omelettes. I mean, they’re all really tasty, but any self-respecting vegetarian would already have their own version.
I’ve been racking my brains for something a bit more imaginative. Continue reading
Gluts and Gluttony
A glut, acccording to my dictionary, is “an excessively abundant supply” of something. Courgettes (zucchini) are one of those vegetables that virtually define the word.
Like buses, they all come at once. If you have even one courgette plant you are probably swamped with small green or yellow zeppelins and beginning to cast around for new and original ways to eat them. Continue reading
Onion and Taleggio Tart
My lovely sister in law obligingly left a large and delightfully whiffy piece of taleggio in the fridge when she was house sitting the other weekend.
It’s been sitting there winking at me every time I open the door for yet another scrumptious vegetable cruditee (believe that and you’ll believe anything) so I decided it had to go. Continue reading
Summer Salads and Pots of Pesto
It’s blazing hot and as we get so few days like this in the average British summer, it’s tempting to abandon the computer and leg it down to the veg patch with a basket, a trowel and a pair of scissors. Continue reading
Feeding The Non-Meateaters
Time was when you invited people round to dinner and they’d politely eat whatever was on the plate.
Now you have to check what they do and don’t eat, whether they have allergies ….
It’s not that I mind, in fact it’s usually enjoyable. We are unrepentant carnivores but we love our veg too. Continue reading
