Strangely, not too many serious ricotta poems out there I could find to accompany this easy roasted vegetable and ricotta tart recipe. So, I attempted one. Anti-age cream I applyto transform wrinkles.Ricotta dressed up as cheese. -©ELSP 2024 So, who…
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Unglamorous Steak Recipe
These photos are the dream. Open fire. Big smoky flavours. The comforting crackle of wood burning. Fat dripping and hissing on the flames. The pine-scented air of the great outdoors. A whiskey flask. A soulful harmonica. And something like this…
Creamy Lemon Gnocchi with Chicken
Big tip for my younger self – be at peace with buying home-made gnocchi at the market. World’s best shortcut (apart from puff pastry) when you want something fast. (It also freezes well, and cooks from frozen.) And if you…
Easy Spice Lamb Backstrap Dinner
Let’s talk about the two elephants in the room. Firstly, there’s no photo of the easy spice lamb backstrap dinner, only the lamb. I was photographing my plate while the meal was still warm, and trying to make it look…
Blast From the Past Shepherd’s Pie
This blast for the past kitchen is the type I associate with shepherd’s pie, also a blast from the past! Is it the same for you? Or do you think of a different era? The kitchen/dining room I grew up…
Red Wine Beef Onion Stew
Confession: I feel quite pleased with myself when I see containers of stews and soups lined up in the freezer. It’s my “acts of service” love language, looking after the people I love, making sure there’s always something that can…
Super-Versatile Salmon Tray Bake
What did the fish say to his fiancee? I need salmon like you. This is my adaptation of the Jamie Oliver salmon tray bake recipe I found in his first cookbook The Naked Chef. I can’t find a link to…
Quick Pasta Bolognese Sauce
One of the dishes I fed my daughter constantly when she was little was spaghetti bolognese. It was her favourite at home, whenever we travelled, whenever we went to a restaurant. I was totally fine with that; carbs, meat, vegetables…
Pork Chipolata Sausage Tray Bake w/ Salsa Cheat
Imagine: the smiling home chef, wearing floral oven mitts bought for a song, serving a steaming tray bake straight from oven to table, where eager diners serve themselves until they’re stuffed full. I LOVE this concept. Simple, cost-effective, minimum effort….
5-Ingredient Pork and Mash with Green Apple
I cook the pork and mash this way, using only two pans, to enable a single or small-portion meal in minimal time. It’s called being L.A.Z.Y. 😂 This is the kind of dish I starting making my daughter when she…
Chicken Stoop (Stew/Soup) with Currants & Almonds
Imagine. A spoon in one hand. The TV remote in the other. A steaming bowl of goodness in front of you. This is the beauty of this Sunday night favourite. It’s delicate, light and subtle, but supremely hearty, and is…
Laid-Back Chicken and Pea Risotto
This is the dish to cook when people are milling in the kitchen, the TV is on in the background, and someone has been thoughtful enough to open a nice bottle of sauvignon blanc. A lot of the cooking shows…
