I’m really not a soup person. There’s something about the texture that I find to be really lacking so that getting through a bowl is more of a chore than enjoyment. However, I’ve recently been craving a bright green soup and yes, it really was the colour that I was thinking about rather than the [...]
Archive for May, 2009
15-Minute Summer Soup
Posted in Mains, tagged courgette, fresh, green, light, mint, peas, soup, summer, under 400kcals on May 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Lamb Koftas with Cabbage Salad and Raita
Posted in Mains, tagged kofta, lamb, raita, recipe on May 31, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Last Sunday we cycled a number of miles in the heat for most of the day then came home and cooked six different dishes for tapas. By the end of cooking we both felt exhausted, so with more cycling today we decided we’d both like to do something simple instead. A few months ago I [...]
Pizza at Franco Manca
Posted in Eating Out, tagged brixton, Eating Out, franco manca, pizza, pizzeria, review on May 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve read a lot over the last few months about Franco Manca, the wonderful pizza place in Brixton Market. It’s a bit of a pain to get to so has taken us a while to finally go there – last weekend seemed to be the first in ages that the Victoria Line was running so [...]
Griddled Sea Bream and Jersey Royals
Posted in Mains, tagged bream, fish, griddle, jersey royals on May 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We’ve used Jersey Royals a lot recently. In Tapas, salad and sautéed with tuna/steak. Need to make the most of the season as they do taste so good. However, we’ve not actually eaten them as they should be – boiled in their skins. Tonight we did just that, serving them with a whole sea bream [...]
Vegetable Bhuna
Posted in Mains, tagged bhoona, bhuna, cauliflower, curry, indian, recipe, sweet potato, tomatoes, vegetarian on May 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I never used to like curry. It was partly down to the fact that I didn’t like spicy food (that’s changed somewhat over the years, although I still don’t like things too hot) and so people would try to get me to “try something mild, have a korma”. Now, the problem with this approach is [...]
