Cooking with seafood really marks the summer months for me. Seafood dishes tend to be lighter, bursting with freshness and are usually ready pretty quickly. This dish was supposed to be made into a seafood medley served with buttered spaghetti, but, after a day spent at the beach – nibbling at freshly purchased red berries […] Read more…
Okay folks, this is clearly not a recipe! I just thought it could be useful to some of you readers to share my favourites for a perfect antipasti platter – basically a way-out for those days when you don’t want to cook too much! Sometimes, you spend a lot of time preparing a main meal […] Read more…
Regular readers of this blog will know that I don’t do too well with spicy foods. Don’t get me wrong, I want to be able to order those spicy Thai and Indian dishes – but the truth is that I just can’t! I’ve gotten better over the years out of sheer determination but I’m not […] Read more…
As the summer is in full swing, we’ve been enjoying more and more light meals using fresh produce, olive oil and a lot of lemon. This salad is a great Italian classic, featuring a whole lot of veggies and some crusty bread. These crusty cubes of bread are tossed with tomatoes, cucumbers and red onions […] Read more…
It’s a little difficult to post a brownie recipe thinking it’s going to be the best out there. There are so many recipes and so many variations that I’m not going to pretend this is a novel dessert idea. However, once you’ve found your favourite base recipe (mine are the Baked brownies), the fun is […] Read more…
This post’s aim is to give peas a good name again! Peas are not usually considered a sexy ingredient, an ingredient that you get excited to play around with. But let me tell you, peas really are the perfect vegetables to cook with in the summertime. This pea soup could definitely be enjoyed warm but […] Read more…