When Kavey invited me to review a cookery book, I wanted a book that would bring something new and interesting to my cooking and decided on the extremely colourful Brazilian Food by Thiago Castanho. First impressions were great, it had loads of really interesting looking chapters with really rich interesting pictures and a short excerpt from ... Read more »
Monday Meet The Blogger | The Spice Scribe
If you ever attend a blogger event and spot a whirlwind of energy and smiles, a warm and exuberant character with a truly deep love for Indian food, you can be sure that you’ve found Zoe, aka The Spice Scribe. More recently, she also launched a second blog to share her love of chocolate. Find ... Read more »
Pete’s Courgette, Blue Cheese & Cherry Tomato Quiche
Pete came into the house one recent Monday evening with an overgrown courgette from the back garden, brandishing it in the manner of a cartoon caveman and his trusty club. The quiche he made with half of it the next evening was so fantastic that I begged him to make it again the next night. ... Read more »
Monday Meet The Blogger | Miss South
For the second of my new Monday Meet The Blogger series, I talk to Miss South, one half of the sibling duo behind North South Food. Hello and welcome, please introduce yourself and tell us a little about the kind of content you share. I’m Miss South, one half of North/South Food. (Mister North is ... Read more »
Puff Pastry Cheese, Courgette & Mint Tart
We are experiencing a glorious courgette glut at the moment, as you may have guessed! We’ve had courgette frittata, courgette soup and courgettes stuffed with sausage ragu… and courgette crisps, courgette-saka, grilled courgettes, stir-fried courgette… we even tried a chocolate courgette cake but that one’s not for sharing as we didn’t love the recipe we ... Read more »
Sausage Ragu Stuffed Courgettes
I love the courgette season! Many home gardeners and allotmenteers love growing courgettes as these summer squashes are easy to look after and usually give an abundant harvest. But it’s surprising how many don’t like eating them as much as they do growing them; they give most of their bounty away. Of course, I am ... Read more »
Monday Meet The Blogger | Big Spud
I’m an avid blog reader. That may seem an obvious thing to say as a blogger myself but I know many bloggers who rarely read more than a handful of other blogs, and few outside their circle of friendship. I regularly read a few hundred blogs – easy to do with an RSS reader – ... Read more »
Quick Courgette & Blue Cheese Soup | Made in a Power Blender
I guess I’m like a kid with a new toy at the moment. Here’s another power blender recipe for you, made once again in my Froothie Optimum 9400 blender. We’re in the midst of a courgette glut (something I’m very happy about as I love them and feel rather sad in those occasional years when ... Read more »
White Chocolate Vanilla Ice Cream, Served with Powdered Raspberry
This recipe is based on a white chocolate vanilla ice cream from Divine Heavenly Chocolate Recipes with a Heart by Linda Collister. It’s a gorgeously smooth and creamy ice cream with a fantastic mouth feel. As you can imagine, the white chocolate makes it really sweet so I added a sprinkling of freeze-dried raspberry powder to ... Read more »
Tom Tastes Tabasco Sauce & Marinade Collection
Tabasco’s Sauce & Marinade collection Chipotle and Smokey Bourbon (Mild) 3.5* A tomato based sauce spiced with Tabasco brand pepper sauces, Scotch and Bourbon Whiskies This had a nice smoky flavour, quite like a smoky barbeque sauce with just a hint of spice and a relish-like hit. Perfect on burgers or ribs (as the back ... Read more »