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Guacamole Toast

Fusilli pasta with pesto and griddled Mediterranean vegetables

Fragrant Spinach Rice

Halal Beef Goulash

Seafood Char Kuey Teow with Spinach

Linguine alle vongole

Prawn Linguine with Chilli Pesto

If there is one single recipe which I have made the most often – my Prawn Linguine with Chilli Pesto (freshly made – of course!) is the one. This has featured as a regular working week evening meal for the past two years yet somehow never made it to Love the Kitchen. The reason? It…

Beef Goulash

Last week I returned from a fantastic reunion in Slovakia – a place I really see as my second home. I taught English to adults in a town called Roznava 18 years ago (I was one of the youngest in the class at the time), and was exposed to many great traditions – my favourite…

Couscous

Couscous, a whole-grain, is a really simple and versatile food. It is so easy to prepare, takes a few minutes from scratch, and provides a really good base from which to enhance/adapt. It is also good for you. It provides a good source of lean, vegetarian protein and is very low fat. Its origins go…

Pea, mint, and Parmesan omelette

For obvious reasons, I love the weekend. Not only can I catch up on all those essential and delightful chores (cleaning, laundry and other joyous tasks) I also brunch (is that a verb?). It is the only time of the week that I can get away with only worrying about having to nourish myself twice…