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March 5, 2021

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Red lentil dhal with cavolo nero & crispy paneer

I make some form of dhal at least once a week – it’s healthy, economical, comforting, and delicious. I’ve made it so many times I..

December 15, 2020

Vegetarian Christmas Pie

Christmas is a hard time of year for a vegetarian who doesn’t like mushrooms. So many festive veggie offerings are centred around mushrooms, and whilst..

November 2, 2020

Papa al pomodoro ravioli

Papa al pomodoro is a Tuscan peasant dish, designed to use up stale bread. It’s essentially a tomato sauce/soup, into which stale bread is added,..

October 27, 2020

Roasted butternut & feta caramelle with Aleppo chilli butter

I couldn’t let October slide by without a squash pasta, and with Halloween just around the corner, caramelle seemed like the obvious choice. I love..

October 12, 2020

Hot and sour paneer curry

I’m really partial to paneer, and especially to the paneer curry I developed for my book – it’s creamy and comforting, and really delicious, and..

September 18, 2020

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Damson Ice Cream

For those who don’t know, damsons are an ancient variety of plum; small with a beautiful dark blue skin, and very, very tart, almost astringent…

August 20, 2020

Vodka sauce with spinach

Vodka – for some reason I don’t fully understand – really enhances tomato sauce. It’s only relatively recently that I tried this for the first..

August 13, 2020

Pici with Sweet Peppers

Pici is a hand-rolled pasta, a bit like rustic spaghetti. It’s about the easiest shape you could make, as you simply roll chunks of the..

August 10, 2020

Cavolo Nero Pasta Sauce

This sauce is the result of seeing a vat of lurid green sauce posted on Instagram by Forza Win, an Italian restaurant in Peckham (which..

July 27, 2020

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Crispy tofu with spinach and broccoli

If you’re on the fence about tofu, I would urge you to try this. It’s really quick and easy to make, and so flavoursome, with..

July 25, 2020

Creamy caramelised onion rigatoni

This creamy caramelised onion pasta is so simple, and you probably have most of the ingredients in your kitchen already. It’s rich, so you won’t..

July 22, 2020

Sweet Potato, Red Lentil & Coconut Soup

Packed full of chilli, garlic and ginger, as well as all the goodness of the sweet potato, lentils and coconut, this is just the thing..

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