Take your usual Leek and Potato soup recipe Admit one visitor Leave the onions and potato sautéing gently on the stove Forget that you cranked the heat up a little on adding the spuds Then forget the whole pan
Monthly archives: August 2013
Further Flatbreads
I was busy this morning – lunch had to be ready an hour early today in order to accommodate a conference call at 1pm. I needed to make soup, bread and a cake (for Spinning Group) by midday. I checked the ‘fridge and found a family-size carton of mushrooms. Mushroom soup – what could be …
Flatbreads revisited
I refreshed the flatbreads today by sprinkling with water and heating on a tray in a 200°C oven for 5 minutes. We ate them with a bowl of Carrot and Coriander Soup and the breads were no less good than yesterday. The touch of cumin and kalonji went very well with the soup. This was …
Flatbreads
Taking my inspiration today from a trip to Kirkness & Gorie, and from watching Raymond Blanc. We begin our meal with a baked cheese and some lovely flatbreads to dunk into it. To wash it down we have a very fine Amontillado sherry. The breads are just out of the oven, the cheese will be …
Absolutely not necessary
Necessity may be the Mother of Invention but a healthy appetite and an interest in food is certainly Auntie to Culinary Inspiration. So, what do you do on a Sunday afternoon in a long weekend when the munchies strike? I scour the cupboards and the refrigerator for some ideas. Today I assembled this little lot. …
Fourteen Years
Fourteen years ago, on an August Bank Holiday weekend, I tried to impress a bloke by showing him that I could cook for him some exceptionally tasty vegetarian food. As it happened, the impressing had already been done. He declared his feelings and we have been together ever since. The bloke is no longer veggie …