Brunch Ideas

Baked eggs with spinach, chilli, and red onion

Scrambled eggs with spring onion and truffle oil

Grilled Portobello Mushroom with Halloumi

White and Sweet Potato Cheese Rosti

Sweet Potato, Spring Onion and Chilli Tortilla

Warm chickpea, curly kale and pine nut salad

Black onion seed and sesame bread

Please accept my apologies for the slight hiatus on Love the kitchen. I have not run out of inspiration or ideas – far from it. In the last fortnight I have been dealing with the loss of Aslan, my very much loved cat who suddenly passed away; entertaining parents for a long weekend (great opportunity…

Smoked Mackerel Rillettes with Aleppo Pepper

What the F##k happened in 2020? We have not even reached the end of March and Brexit happened. Marlini was made redundant. Bathroom had to be largely rebuilt due to a leaking gasket. I broke a bone. Am three weeks into Laryngitis with every cure thrown at it proving largely futile (though the odd spoonful…

Thai Chicken and Coconut Noodle Soup

The very first time I tried Thai food was at the Chiang Mai Kitchen in Oxford, in 1994. It had opened the year before, and was somewhere I just had to try. Whilst my memory is far from photographic in terms of all the ingredients which made up the Tom Yum Poh Thek (mixed seafood…

Couscous with roasted Mediterranean vegetables

Thought I had run out of steam where couscous is concerned? Wrong- think again! This is one of my favourite couscous recipes, and one I have been making for nearly 10 years. It has taken several iterations to get this recipe as I wanted it – it first gained popularity when I cooked in for…