by Sheridan | Apr 8, 2020 | Recipes
Lemon Myrtle Hot Cross Buns Remember a few years ago when Heston Blumenthal’s lemon myrtle hot cross buns cost $2 each? How about making a batch at home for Good Friday for a quarter of the price? Make sure the ground lemon myrtle you use is fresh as this will...
by Sheridan | Apr 3, 2020 | Dinner, Lunch, Recipes, Soups, Vegetarian
Bulgur, chickpea and tomato soup This is a thick, flavoursome peasant-style soup, originally from Italy. After discovering how nutritious bulgur is at the Bulgur Festival in Gaziantep, south-east Turkey a few years ago, I decided to use it as the thickener instead of...
by Sheridan | Mar 26, 2020 | Biscuits, Brunch, Cakes, Desserts, Recipes
Passionfruit Coconut Slice In need of some comfort food at the end of this week of bleak news? This luscious slice is just the thing to lift the spirits, delight the family and occupy the kids. Get them to crack the eggs and press the pastry into the tin. View...
by Sheridan | Mar 23, 2020 | Dinner, Eggs, Lunch, Recipes
Salade Nicoise Here’s a classic salad from the south of France which you can rustle up with a tin of tuna, some eggs and various salad ingredients. It’s surprisingly versatile. Today I added some sliced radishes and celery and omitted a few of the other...
by Sheridan | Mar 17, 2020 | Dinner, Lunch, Main Courses, Recipes, Salads, Vegetarian
Warm Green Couscous Salad This simple tasty Middle Eastern-style stir-fry can be eaten hot, cold or at room temperature. Make sure all the vegetables are chopped and ready because you need to work quickly once the oil is hot. A good one to make for St Patrick’s...
by Sheridan | Mar 3, 2020 | Brunch, Cakes, Recipes
Rose Friands These lovely moist little cakes, similar to the French financier, are very popular and perfect for morning or afternoon tea. In French friand can also refer to qui est gourmand (a person with refined taste in food – an epicurean). If you...