Category Archives: Salads & Appetizers

Recipe: Beet Salad with Yoghurt, Garlic & Caraway Seeds

This Middle-Eastern inspired recipe is a lovely way to prepare oven baked beets (aka beetroot, in the UK). You could make this with purchased cooked beets but it won’t taste anywhere near as good. Oven baking beets results in a … Continue reading

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Recipe – Hot Halloumi Cheese with Cilantro, Lime & Capers

I think of halloumi as ‘the squeaky cheese’; only you’ll hear it but it definitely squeaks a bit while you’re chewing. If you’re unfamiliar with halloumi, it originates from Cyprus where it was traditionally made from unpasteurized sheep and goat … Continue reading

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Recipe: Warm Potato Salad with Smoked Bacon, Shallots & Sherry Vinegar

Many potato salad recipes use mayonnaise to hold everything together and some are really very good, especially those with fennel or celery mixed in to give it a nice contrasting crunch. However, this version is one of my favorites and … Continue reading

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Recipe – Mushrooms with Fennel & Red Wine

As a confirmed fungi-phile, I’m always looking for different ways to incorporate them into a dish. Faced with a huge container of brown button mushrooms at my disposal the other day, I made this delicious and mysteriously dark-looking appetizer with … Continue reading

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Recipe: Truffle Parmesan Popcorn

This is snacking heaven! Popcorn is always fun to eat; it’s high in fiber and depending on what you put on it, it becomes a gourmet treat for when your friends drop by… not that you’ll need an excuse to … Continue reading

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Recipe – Sauteed Mushrooms with Garlic & Melted Stilton

If you like the idea of hot, buttery, garlicky mushrooms smothered in gooey melted cheese then you’ll love this wickedly good appetizer. English Stilton cheese is mouthwateringly tangy but you could use any good blue cheese such as Gorgonzola or … Continue reading

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Recipe: Baked Eggplant with Smoked Cheese, Anchovies & Tomato

Not strictly a vegetarian recipe as it has anchovies but this substantial appetizer will delight the occasional fish eater who considers themselves ‘almost vegetarian’ – and those of you who simply crave good, rustic food bursting with Mediterranean flavors, will … Continue reading

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Recipe – Warm Salad with Figs, Stilton and a Port Wine Dressing

Given the number of recipes I’ve posted containing figs, perhaps they should have their own category; ‘My Favorite Fruit’. There’s something luxurious about a big fat fig and I love them so much that I wish I had my own … Continue reading

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Recipes – Pass the Nuts, Please…

Nuts, anyone? In my opinion, roasting your own nuts is infinitely preferable to opening a can of salted peanuts to offer with cocktails (and BTW peanuts aren’t a nut, they’re a legume)…especially as roasting your own take so little time … Continue reading

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Recipe: Grape & Olive Pizza with Garlic and Rosemary

I love it when I stumble across a recipe that combines unexpected ingredients. That said, the only unusual ingredient here are the black grapes and I was curious to see how it would taste. This really works – a lovely … Continue reading

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