Moroccan Spaghetti is a very quick recipe and so easy to do with store cupboard ingredients. Thanks to Simon Rimmer’s Accidental Vegetarian Cookbook for the inspiration for this one. This is so quick that you had better get water on the boil for your pasta! The sauce will be done by the time the spaghetti…
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Cooking with processed food #2
Refried beans Not fried at all in fact. The name is lost in translation. In Spanish the name of this dish is Frijoles refritos which translates as recooked beans. This is a must when we have fajitas at home, I have adapted a recipe from Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall’s Veg recipe book. In a frying pan,…
Cooking with processed foods – recipe number 1
In my last post I defended processed food. I highlighted lots of processed foods that are not really much different from fresh with regard to their nutritional value and that there are lots of quick meals to cook using them. I know, I know – part of the reason we want to use convenience foods…
The Middle East via Scotland
Our Scottish beauty, Elisa has decided against feeding us haggis, neeps and tatties, opting instead for Jordanian inspired food. It was delicious so we shall let her off disowning the culinary delights of her homeland. On the menu was Filo Tart filled with Feta and Olives, Galjet Bandura (no photos) served with warm pitta breads…
Off to Canada…..
A bit behind schedule – but part 4 in the Maisons-Laffitte round robin took us off to Canada. This time it was more of a brunch with Mimosa (Bucks Fizz to the British readers) – sparkling wine with fresh orange juice. How sophisticated – although Muriel is a little concerned that we will become known…
Easter crept up on me
Suddenly it is Easter. It seemed to creep up on me. I know it is early this year but also I think it is being in France. Yes there is Easter offerings on the shop shelves but in our small local supermarket, there is a bit less space and also they are not the same…
Off to Argentina
It is time to head to Argentina in the Maisons-Laffitte round the world cooking marathon. Mila treated us to empanadas with different fillings and the most amazing dessert – maybe stop reading when we get to dessert if you are concerned about sugar! Not to worry too much as it is a really labour intensive…
So what did I choose to cook in the end?
If you have been keepng up with the blog you will know that my French class are having a cooking round robin that started with Eda cooking Turkish food. You will also know that I was requested to make scones and I have been practicing finding a pretty reliable recipe. What did I choose for…
Practicing for Friday – Scones!!
Scones – so simple yet so tricky. You know what a good scone should look like. All golden and well risen, like in those amazing tea rooms around the UK particularly National Trust tea rooms who are so often mentioned in listings of the best scones. So when yours come out of the oven looking…
Turkish Cooking in Maisons-Laffitte
I am learning to speak French, a must when living in France with children at school with lots of French homework. I go to a class once a week. At Christmas we had a bring and share, started talking about food and how everyone came from different places – Turkey, Argentina, Belgium, Scotland, Canada and…
Lynn Burns RNutr
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