Mexican Barbecued Salad Platter with Avocado, Pomegranate & Feta Guacamole
At any given weekend, from now until sometime in September, those puffs of smoke and enticing aromas emanating from nearby gardens are as likely to be barbecuing vegetables as they are sizzling meats....
View ArticleSoft Polenta with Broccoli-Blue Cheese Sauce & Griddled Tenderstem®
I love broccoli in all its forms: the year-round green, fat-headed bunches (the only time fat-headed is not an insult!) – perfect for chopping and throwing in soups and pasta, as well as the more...
View ArticleMalaysian Paneer and Vegetable Kebab Bowl with Brown Coconut Rice
Happy Monday from Edinburgh, where wits and wags note that, “summer was on a Tuesday.” It is has not been the sunniest of summers. I have recently dared look back at a few 2011/2012 summer posts...
View ArticleRoasted Asparagus with Carrot-Miso Dressing
Peeking shyly from sandy soil, these soldiers of Spring are a true April-May delicacy. Whether pale, undercover and interesting, exotic purple or (appropriately) spring-green, asparagus attracts us...
View ArticleZucchini & Ricotta Tarts
Simple savoury tarts like this are my summer go-to for a quick-to-the-table mid-week meal. Is that enough hyphens for one sentence? ;-) Actually, I make a version of this all year-round for my cancer...
View ArticleGreen Tahini Sauce {to go on almost everything} + Grilled Bread Salad with...
To mangle a well-known English phrase: dressings maketh salad. This might not be strictly true, but dressings and sauces can certainly be deal-breakers. Dressings and sauces are the pearl necklace,...
View ArticleBurnt Aubergines, Avocado-Tahini Sauce and Fried Capers and Chickpeas (vegan...
Like us humans, plants long for light and warmth. In the depths of winter, both us and plants tend to hibernate – them waiting for the first pale, watery sunlight to unfurl tightly-knotted shoots; us...
View ArticleJamie Oliver’s Spelt Spaghetti, Vine Tomatoes & Baked Ricotta Recipe + Review...
image courtesy of Penguin The arrival of a new Jamie Oliver cookbook on the bookshop shelves (or in Amazon, if you must) is always cause for excitement. Usually its supporting TV show (this time, the...
View ArticleBroccoli, Spinach & Wild Rice Phyllo Pie Recipe (easily vegan)
I am a bit behind this week in my posting. This should have appeared yesterday but I had an unexpected – and very happy – experience on Wednesday that has thrown me off course a bit. You will hear/read...
View ArticleFresh and Light Open Vegetable Lasagne – naturally gluten-free
I am willing to bet that you haven’t had a lasagne like this. Open lasagne, yes, perhaps. One made with lacy-edged chickpea pancakes (farinata/socca), cut into strips? Probably not. This unusual take...
View ArticlePanini-Style Eggplant Parmigiana + Tefal Optigrill Review
I am a lucky bunny, I am. Everyday I get to not only do what I truly love, but sometimes others want to pay me for it, or give me stuff. ;-) Being a food blogger I am frequently offered products for...
View ArticleChard, Squash & Goat’s Curd with Garlic-Almond Migas Recipe
My intention was to make a rather elegant autumn dish that could be at home with a bowl of soup, constructed into pretty piles for a starter, eaten with a fork whilst balancing a laptop and avoiding a...
View ArticleSichuan-Style “Eggs In Purgatory” Recipe (Shakshuka)
Sometimes a great meal is made by writing a careful list, driving to the store, loading up the cart with all manner of esoteric and single-use items, bringing in so.many.bags, tying on an apron,...
View ArticleRainbow Carrot, Taleggio & Hazelnut Tarte Tatin – A Holiday Recipe
Normally when writing for food to glow I have the radio for company, the mix of music and chat a metronome for my typing. But I can’t do it today. I am a coward. I just can’t listen to any more news...
View ArticleFarinata Lasagne with Creamy Spinach & Roasted Squash {gluten-free recipe}
Homemade lasagne is one of the most glorious of comfort dishes to both prepare and eat. On a dreich and blustery day, pulling out the hand-crank pasta machine, turning its spindly handle and processing...
View ArticleTis The Season – 31 Festive Vegetarian & Vegan Recipes From Food To Glow
Tis the season to try new recipes! I know we tend to make the same foods every year for Christmas. And there is nothing at all wrong with that. Christmas is the perfect time to honour the recipes of...
View ArticleOven-baked Jerusalem Artichoke and Spelt Risotto with Blue Cheese
Many of us make risottos, but how many of us throw convention to the wind and bake them? Until recently I had not, but as I already bake rice I just thought, what the heck. What’s the worst that could...
View ArticleSelf-Saucing Cheese & Roasted Vegetable Pasta Bake – A Nourishing Comfort...
This post is part of a blog collaboration on healthy comfort foods and recipes, as well as thoughts on comfort beyond the kitchen. Links to the other participants’ articles are below my recipe....
View ArticleRoasted Flower Sprouts, Kabocha Squash & Smoked Tofu with...
A glowing, richly flavoured easy dish with oodles of nutrients and plant goodness. The cinnamon-pomegranate dressing pulls it all together and makes it more than the sum of its parts. Vegan and...
View ArticleSpicy Lentil Tacos Recipe + The Hungry Healthy Happy Cookbook Review
It is still (just) January, the month of resolutions, detoxes, and get-fit regimes that may or may not last until February. And in January people like myself get inundated with requests to cook from...
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