I have a somewhat paranoid method of managing my kitchen. With my various health conditions, I’ve had many periods where I’ve been too ill to make dinner so I tend towards making sure I’ve always got backup. This takes many forms from piles of leftovers in the freezer, to recipes so easy I can make them when ill. My marinara is part of this. Every now and then I’ll make up a big batch then save in individual portions. Want to make some pizzas, pull together some easy pasta, or have a sauce ready for (vegan) meatballs? Then you’ve already got a lot of the heavy lifting done. I’ve given…
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Mum’s Meltaway Lemon Cookies (Kitchen Basics)
My mother is one of those women who seems to have endless energy. Even with all the demands on her time she still finds time to bake, making sure she always has a few treats in the house for any unexpected visitors. These wonderful cookies started life in mum’s collection as shortbread before she had a bit of a fiddle with it. It’s one of those few recipes that’s designed to work best with gluten free flour – it’s meant to be a little crumbly. If you want to use normal flour you can but to get the same texture will actually be a lot harder, and that’s not what…
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My Mother’s Hummus – Kitchen Basics
I’m well aware that probably every food blog has a recipe for hummus so yet another one might be slightly redundant. BUT I have to say that I’ve yet to find one that’s as good as this. Another one of my mother’s recipes that I grew up making, it’s incredibly easy and so simple. Ahead of her time in her love of hummus, this was a common snack for us in an era that predated the world’s current hummus obsession. I’ve put this into the Kitchen Basics, a series that I’ll keep occasionally adding to as we go. Focusing on easy recipes that anyone should be able to handle, these…
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Mum’s Roast Potatoes – Kitchen Basics
It’s been a long, difficult week and the weather really hasn’t helped with grey skies and near constant rain. So I reached for on of my favourite comfort foods, roast potatoes. I grew up eating the perfect roast potatoes but it was only once I moved out and started cooking for friends that I realised just how good mum’s roast potatoes really were. If I wanted to impress someone, roast potatoes would often feature in dinner, the first time I cooked for Kenny I’m pretty sure they were there. The perfect roast potato is crispy on the outside, fluffy on the inside, a little salty, and with the perfect balance…
