A much loved ingredient in Mexican and TexMex cooking, the tomatillo comes in green and green-purple colours, covered by a husk that turns from a soft feeling green to a dry, papery brown. It is the tartness and the colour…
Mexican Salsa Verde recipe. Made with tomatillos, to many, the Mexican Salsa Verde is synonymous with tortilla chips and nachos. It’s slightly tangy and most definitely packing some heat. Salsa verde – what comes to mind? To those of us on…
Puy Lentil Salad with Balsamic Vinegar Dressing recipe – a quick, easy and healthy salad for any time of the day. I recently had a request for lentil recipes. It left me a little bemused; despite the fact that we…
A quick and easy Persian style rice with flavours of saffron and rose water, without the customary tahdeeg. This Easy Persian Rice recipe came about because some of my students asked for a quick and super easy Persian style rice…
Doro Wot (or Doro Wat) is a spicy Ethiopian stew that is going to change your world. It can be treated like a curry and eaten with any South Asian flatbreads. Ethiopian Chicken Stew There are, in fact, many different…
This courgette and gruyère tart is super easy to put together, and can be made completely with shop bought items, like the puff pastry and the marinated vegetables. Let me first quickly tell you how this recipe came about, and…