Mountain Eggs (4)

A Swiss recipe from ” Eat Drink Live” by Fran Warde. For a vegetarian version you can replace the ham with some mushrooms.

Squash with Coconut and Chilli (4)

A simple squash curry for a chilly evening from ” Hugh’s Three Good Things” by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall. If you like you can add some chopped green beans to the curry 8-10 minutes before the end of cooking to add more colour and texture.

Polenta with Blue Cheese and Greens (4)

A comforting and filling dish for a chilly day from ” Hugh’s Three Good Things” by Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall. If you are not a fan of blue cheese you can use goats cheese as an alternative.

Persian Onion Soup (4)

A favourite from ” Leon: Naturally Fast Food” by Henry Dimbleby and John Vincent.

Lamb with Fresh Dates (6)

A slow cooked lamb recipe from Cyprus which i found in Georgina Hayden’s ” Taverna: Recipes from a Cypriot Kitchen.” Serve with hot bulghar wheat or coriander roasted potatoes.

Green Sauce (3/4 cup)

I make this Salsa Verde to go with Courgette Frittata but it also goes well with grilled or steamed vegetables or on fresh or toasted bread. Vary the herbs according to what is in season, and adjust the tartness and flavourings to complement the dish you are serving it with. It is from ” The Green’s Cook Book” by Deborah Madison and Edward Espe Brown.

Lemon Roasted Feta with Tomatoes (2-4)

A colourful dish for summer which i like to make using cherry tomatoes from ” A Modern Way to Eat” by Anna Jones.You could also serve the roasted feta in a greek salad or crumbled over roasted squash. This will serve two as a main or four as part of a meal. Sometimes i serve this with some home made oven chips, or with warmed pittas or crusty bread to mop up the juice. You could also serve a green salad alongside.

Swordfish with Oregano (4)

This is from Seville and can be found in Elizabeth Luard’s “The Flavours of Andalucia”.

Tartiflette (4)

Since Lockdown has prevented me from realising most of my travel plans for the summer I have decided to cook my way around the world, a country a week, for the foreseeable future and guided but not led by the alphabet. As a result of existing menu plans I began this week in France . Here is an easy, classic dish from the region that comes from The Hairy Bikers. It’s very moreish comfort food.

Pork Meatballs in Tomato Sauce (4)

A recipe from Thomasina Miers

Smoky Cauliflower Frittata (4)

Another favourite cauliflower recipe from the book ” Plenty” by Yotam Ottolenghi. Scamorza is a smoky south italian cows milk cheese. I buy mine from an Italian delicatessan but you may find it in larger Tesco or Waitrose stores in the UK.

Roasted Root Panzanella (4)

I love to eat roasted root vegetables and last night i cooked this recipe from Anna Jones’s ” A Modern Way to Eat”. Panzanella is usually a dish for late summer when tomatoes are at their very best, but this makes a great alternative for other times of year. I used a seeded granary bread, which worked very well, but sourdough would work well too. I’m going to eat the rest tonight with some grilled goats cheese over the top. You could also have a green salad alongside.

The Butternut squash can be replaced with other varieties of squash for example onion, acorn, kabocha or Crown Prince.

Asparagus, New Potatoes, Halloumi (2-4)

This is a great recipe for April when the first of the English Asparagus and new potatoes are in the shops. Its from ” Three Good Things” by Hugh Fearnley- Whittingstall.

Tomato and Coconut Cassoulet (4-6)

Today I am going to share a few recipes from Anna Jones’s ” A modern way to eat” published in 2014. My husband is a vegetarian and these are the sort of inspired meals we now enjoy day to day. More recipes from Anna can be found on The Guardian website.

Frittata with Caramalized Onions (2)

A favourite from Sophie Grigson’s ” Sunshine Food “.The onions take some time to caramalise but this can be done in advance.

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