Chestnut Kale Lentil Stew

Chestnut Kale Lentil Stew

Main Course, Winter

Chestnuts are perfect winter fodder and add a sweetness to this hearty lentil based stew rich with flavour from beef stock, bacon and vibrant curly kale.  Oh stews, impossibly hard to photograph without looking like a bowl of brown sludge.  Even when glorious curly...
Rhubarb Khoresh with Chickpeas & Chard

Rhubarb Khoresh with Chickpeas & Chard

Main Course, Spring

A Persian Stew  I swear that in the 1980s rhubarb was not the height of the home grown veg trend I feel it has become.  Maybe as a child all I could perceive was that no vegetables were trendy, whereas the truth was and still is, that its something you tend to...
Peanut Quinoa Stew

Peanut Quinoa Stew

Main Course, Winter

Because peanut butter. This week I wanted to write a riff on a quiche recipe with leeks and Caerphilly cheese to celebrate all things Welsh for David’s day.  I’ve been planning the recipe in my head for ages but time as ever seems to have eluded me, even...