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September 19, 2020

My salsa verde

Most cuisines have some version of a herb sauce – salsa verde, mojo verde, gremolata, chimichurri, mint sauce etc. Salsa verde usually contains anchovies, but..

August 20, 2020

Vodka sauce with spinach

Vodka – for some reason I don’t fully understand – really enhances tomato sauce. It’s only relatively recently that I tried this for the first..

August 20, 2020

Courgette & basil soup

This soup is one of my favourites in the summer when the courgettes are plentiful – it’s really quick to make, full of nutritious green..

August 13, 2020

Pici with Sweet Peppers

Pici is a hand-rolled pasta, a bit like rustic spaghetti. It’s about the easiest shape you could make, as you simply roll chunks of the..

August 10, 2020

Cavolo Nero Pasta Sauce

This sauce is the result of seeing a vat of lurid green sauce posted on Instagram by Forza Win, an Italian restaurant in Peckham (which..

August 9, 2020

Snack

Caramel popcorn bars (aka, crack)

This recipe is so simple, but honestly the most addictive thing I’ve made in a while. I can’t leave it alone, and keep circling back..

August 7, 2020

Watercress & walnut pesto

I realise there’s a theme of green sauces lately (I fear I’m becoming a one trick pony) but this pesto is a new obsession of..

August 6, 2020

Chocolate chip oatcakes

I’ve developed a serious biscuit habit since we’ve been locked down, which seems to also be the case for a lot of other people I’ve..

August 5, 2020

Strawberry & Elderflower Cordial

By a happy coincidence last year I happened to have a lot of strawberries which were close to being on the turn, just as the..

August 4, 2020

Featured

Double Chocolate Banana Bread

This is a banana bread recipe that’s so chocolate-y, even my husband who hates bananas likes it. It’s damp and dark, filled with little pockets..

July 30, 2020

Sugo Finto with Capunti

This pasta is called capunti (or cavatelli, or gnocchetti depending on which region of Italy you ask) and it’s about the simplest pasta you can..

July 29, 2020

Pasta alla Norma

Pasta alla Norma is a classic dish consisting of pasta served in a tomato and aubergine sauce. It’s usually topped with ricotta salata, but I..

July 28, 2020

Lentil Farmer’s Pie

This is a vegetarian (and easily vegan) version of a shepherd’s pie. It’s full of green lentils (the big flat kind, not puy) which are..

July 26, 2020

Sun-dried tomato and walnut pesto

I could gladly eat pesto every day, and my dad makes the best pesto Genovese I’ve tasted anywhere. That may be because for me his..

July 25, 2020

Creamy caramelised onion rigatoni

This creamy caramelised onion pasta is so simple, and you probably have most of the ingredients in your kitchen already. It’s rich, so you won’t..

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