Asian & Oriental

Thai‑Style Prawn & Pineapple Egg Fried Rice

Thai Green Curry with Chicken and Aubergine

Thai Red Curry with Chicken and Pineapple

Seafood Char Kuey Teow with Spinach

Egg fried rice with cashew nuts, ginger and lime

Beef and Ginger Noodle Soup

Spanish Tortilla Omelette with Chilli, Thyme, and Garlic

It is hard to think that half a year has passed since my last post… all I can say is what a year. Some episodes in work, home, and family-related have been truly awful, but that virtual cloud must have a silver lining. Not only has there been a significant change in my work life,…

Fresh Egg Pasta with Cuttlefish Ink

My very first attempt to make fresh pasta dough can be chalked up as a dismal failure. I was barely thirteen at the time, insisted on being bought a pasta machine for my birthday, which I would use all the time. Reality painted a very different picture.. the dough just jammed up in the rollers,…

Flambéed Pear, Blue Camembert and Walnut Salad.

Dull and wilted salad leaves this is not – I have been making it a bit of a personal mission of mine this summer to see how many new salad concoctions I can come up with. In summer, in particular, I really enjoy having big ‘meal-in-one’ salads and am really enjoying the process of assembling…

Chunky Chips with Herbs and Balsamic Vinegar

Anyone reading this right now must be thinking that I have either become bone idle, or am totally exhausted in the ideas camp. I mean. Really, ‘chips’? Surely these typically arrive on plate from two sources – the local chippy, or from some bag of processed delights which live in the freezer. I have spent…