One of the most frustrating things on this fodmap and low fructose diet is finding ways to flavour food. I can cope quite well (just the occasional swearing at my …
When I was a kid (which is obviously a million years ago) squash was either a game yuppies played or a acidic orange liquid you diluted with water and gave …
It's October and that means one thing in my house: Goatober. British people have no qualms about goat's cheese but it's still culturally unusual here to eat goat meat. So …
I happened to come by a Waitrose voucher a few months ago and decided to check out their online site so I could really stock up my freezer. I was …
As soon as the evenings get longer and there's that promise of summer in the air, I always intend to get the barbecue out and make the most of it. …
I mentioned last week that I am obsessed with salty savoury umami things, usually in the shape of anchovies. This is partly for health reasons and partly because I just …
I think anchovies might be my favourite ingredient in the kitchen. Or at least the one I use the most. I don't do a lot of vegan or veggie cooking …
When I tell people about fodmaps, they all always without fail tell you how they couldn't live with onion or garlic. And yet neither of those are things I miss …
Tucking into some boiled mutton last week simply gave me more of a taste for lamb and made me determined to try this traditional Irish recipe for Easter. A lamb ciste* …
Alright, technically it's lamb, but boiled lamb probably sounds even less appealing to you. But don't be misled, there was a reason this dish was a Victorian classic. You take a …
As the entire world is now aware, I've got some food issues that make me feel very unwell at times. At home this is usually treated by undoing my top …
I've recently taken a bit of a shine to aubergines. I've always had terrible trouble cooking them well, ending up with something vaguely slimy and acrid unless I use the …
Belfast folk of my vintage may well remember the Chicago Pizza Pie Factory (where the Stiff Kitten was down the side of the cinema on Dublin Road.) Then again, they …
*Warning: this recipe may contain surprise cheese... It was Pancake Day this week and with my usual organisational skills when I went to make pancakes for dinner on Tuesday, I had …
Merry post Christmas and Happy New 2016! I hope you had a fantastic festive season and aren't planning to punish yourselves in anyway with month long detoxes or exclusions? You …
After years of thinking choux pastry was impossibly difficult to make, 2015 was the year I mastered it and thus was tempted to make it every day. These little party …
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