To defrost your peas quickly, just put them in a sieve and run under cold water for a few minutes. Place your defrosted peas in to a food processor with the garlic clove and plenty of seasoning. Pout in the olive oil and blend to form a chunky paste. (This can be left in the …
Peel the sweet potatoes and potatoes and cut into chunks. Place in a pan of salted cold water and bring to the boil and cook for 15 minutes. Drain, mash and then leave to cool. Put the fish in a saucepan of cold water to cover and bring up to the boil. Then turn off …
I have decided to put together a few of my favourite mid-week dinner recipes. I cook a lot, I love food and cooking does make me happy. However, I am also human and a mother of two children under three and some nights, I just manage to get the kids to bed and I am left …
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First prepare your chard. Wash well, then cut out the stalks and slice them up like your would celery. Reserve the leaves for now. Heat the oil in a deep frying pan and add the chard stalks. Season and fry for 5 minutes. Add the rinsed beans, chopped tomatoes and garlic. Fry for another 5 …
Begin by heating the griddle pan so it’s nice and hot. Then slice the courgette into 5 cm lengths, the width of 2 £ coins. Pour half the olive oil onto a side plate and season well. Dip each slice of courgette into the olive oil to coat thinly and place on the hot griddle. …
Heat oven Fan 180C/200C/Gas 6. Drizzle your chicken with a little olive oil and rub into the skin. Season well with plenty of salt and pepper. Cut the lemon in half and place both pieces inside the chicken. Sit in a roasting tray and cook in the oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes. When …
Not only is the courgette one of my favourite vegetables, we also have them growing abundantly in our vegetable patch and from June to the middle of October, I use them almost everyday. Each year we discuss how many courgette plants we will actually need as they offer such a bountiful crop and every year …
Bring the cream up to boil and then take it off the heat and add the garlic and thyme. Cover and leave to infuse for 10 minutes minimum. Meanwhile wash and then grate your courgettes. Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and fry the courgettes until as much moisture as possible has cooked …
First, wash and slice your courgettes or marrow. If using up a marrow, remove the seeds from the middle before slicing in to smallish slices. Heat the oil and butter in a large pan, add the chopped onion and cook for 5 minutes until softened. Then add your courgettes and garlic. Put a lid on …
As a child I was always a huge fan of a Smörgåsbord. Being half Swedish I have always enjoyed being a little bit Scandinavian blonde hair, blue eyes, exotic foreign language and an unusual and diverse cuisine to explore. As much as I am influenced by where I live now in France, I still …
