On the menu – Couscous Salad

Friday Above is Couscous Salad with Herbs and Walnuts from River Cottage Veg Everyday. It was nicer than I had imagined it to be (not normally that much of a fan of giant couscous).

On the menu – spelt salad

Sunday This is Spelt Salad with Squash and Fennel from River Cottage Veg Everyday and it was really nice. The veg just right and garlicky and cheesy and lemony. I will make again and I’m not even that keen, normally, on fennel.

On the menu – aubergine parmigiana

Friday This is Aubergine Parmigiana from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Veg Everyday and it took ages to make (although actual hands on labour was not that intensive). The result was nice and I enjoyed the welcome pottering in the kitchen but I don’t really live a making aubergine parmigiana lifestyle, so other than the other portion I’ve…

On the menu – adapted pasties

Thursday These are heavily adapted from the Swede and Potato Pasties recipe in Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Veg Everyday book. I’m not the most massive fan of swede, although it’s edible but I’d much rather have something else. Also, although I did think about making the prescribed rough puff, I didn’t have the post work energy, so…

On the menu – pizza pockets, some sides from More Veg and a really nice quesadilla

Sunday A quick and simple pizza pocket recipe from Tasty (and they were indeed tasty). Tuesday No photo for this one, my plating up was even less photogenic than normal but this was really nice. From a recipe from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s More Veg, it’s coins of radish in a lemon, mustard, olive oil, poppy seed…

On the menu – pasta, a really nice aubergine salad and some soup

Friday I have a rapidly growing teenager who drinks so much milk and juice, we could do with a cow and an orchard in our back garden. She will also, without fail, request pasta, with frequent regularity. She wanted pasta again tonight and I was low on sauce ingredients but we pretty much always have…

On the menu – Quinoa, Tomato & Courgette Salad, Mashed Potato Pie, Pita Bread and Aubergine & Courgette Tapas

Monday I think that I went too off piste with this one, Quinoa, Tomatoes and Courgettes from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s More Veg, it’s meant to have raw baby courgettes in, which I couldn’t find, so I substituted with fried quartered and sliced courgettes and as I was frying I thought that I might as well add…

On the menu – ‘Date Night’ Macaroni, ‘Soft’ Bread Rolls & back to Hugh FW

Friday This is the Date Night Macaroni from Anna Mae’s Mac n Cheese. It’s called Date Night because it’s got a lot of garlic in but as someone who loves lots of garlic, the garlic was certainly noticeable but certainly not overpowering. I rather liked the toasted panko breadcrumb and oregano topping too. Sunday I’ve…

My favourite cookbooks of 2017 (not necessarily published this year)

I’ve fallen in love with four cookbooks this year – For sheer want to cook everything-ness, there’s Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Much More Veg and pretty much everything I tried was delicious. I think that it’s great that it’s also vegan. The Art of the Larder by Claire Thomson, definitely wins the title of best cookbook for recipes I…

On the menu – Fun with celeriac, an unsuccessful salad and another nice pasta from Art of the Larder

Sunday Celeriac and parsley soup is another recipe from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s More Veg and it was okay. It was warm, thick and comforting but a little bland and not a patch on my favourite butternut or beetroot soups. Still thumbs up me for eating a vegetable that I don’t eat that often. Monday Have you…