Griddled Gem Lettuce with Lemony Caesar Dressing, Giant Crouton & Shaved Parmesan

Light Bites / Soup, Salad, Side, Spring, Summer

If you’ve not tried griddled gem lettuce before, then grab your nearest cast iron griddle pan, warm it up on the stove, char your lettuce then serve it with a lemony Caesar dressing, giant crouton and shaved Parmesan. You will not be disappointed. I am most...

Butternut Squash Dip

Autumn, Side

This rich and creamy butternut squash dip is a wonderful way of making the most of autumn’s squash. It’s a bit like hummus, but without the chickpeas. Autumn is a wonderful time for squash, and there are so many ways to make the most of its creamy texture....

Radish and Radish Top Pesto Quinoa Salad with Yellow Courgettes, Pine nuts & Feta

Salad, Side, Summer

Another root to tip recipe, this time utilising radish leaves as well as the roots.  This radish and radish top pesto quinoa salad, is a fresh, healthy salad perfect for a lunchbox, feeding a crowd or for a tasty side.  Last month I was invited to Soho House, on...

Sweet Roasted Carrots with Dill & Tahini Yoghurt

Side, Summer

Sweet roasted carrots with dill & tahini yoghurt. A simple side made from humble carrots using roll cut knife technique On my last yoga retreat I cooked my usual array of vegetarian goodies; from granola to roasted tomatoes and eggs for breakfast, an experimental...

Baked Cassava Root Fries with Smokey Tomato Dip

Side

Step aside white potato. Never heard of cassava before? If you live in one of London’s multicultural neighbour hoods I am sure that you have seen this brown vegetable and wondered what on earth it was. Is it even a vegetable? It looks much like a log, or an...

Slow Cooker Spiced Apple Chutney

Side, Winter

Making cheese more interesting. A festive cheeseboard isn’t a cheese board without its accompaniments.  Handful of grapes, a selection of hard, soft & blue cheeses, rustic oat cakes or crackers, and then that something extra; chutney. I’ve friends that...