Category Archives: Vegetables / Vegetarian

Recipe: Roasted Winter Vegetables with Chestnuts & Stilton

Here’s something tasty that’s a great accompaniment for roast beef or pork and is unusual enough to make your vegetarian guests smile. Roasting root vegetables with *chestnuts then tossing them in a lime dressing with a little crumbled Stilton cheese … Continue reading

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Recipe: Polenta with Roasted Butternut Squash & Sage

With Thanksgiving looming, I’m always keen to come up with a side dish to replace the ubiquitous green beans and canned mushroom soup topped with canned fried onions – and that most bewildering of side dishes, lime-flavored jello (jelly) enhanced … Continue reading

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Recipe: Grilled Mango

This is more alchemy than recipe. I wanted to do something different with a load of mangoes that I’d ripened in a brown paper bag. I love mangoes and when I saw them in City Market for $1 each, I … Continue reading

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Recipe: Penne with Fennel, Black Olives & Taleggio

Here is a perfect vegetarian pasta dish for these last days of summer – it’s still warm and sunny during the day, where I live that is – and the evenings aren’t yet cold enough to have me craving a … Continue reading

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Recipe – Fresh Mango with a Ginger & Mint Syrup

The best mangoes I ever ate grew on a tree in my garden in Florida but that was long ago and far away. Fortunately, Mexican mangoes are plentiful (and enormous) right now and are just about as perfect and juicy … Continue reading

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Recipe: Spicy Sweet Potato Oven Chips

When I say ‘chips’, I mean in the British sense here. I don’t usually eat French fries unless they’ve been infused with black truffle and smothered with shaved Parmigiano Reggiano; but I do love sweet potato fries served straight, salted, … Continue reading

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Recipe: Glorious Figs!

My first fig was plucked from a tree in the conservatory that was attached to my cousin’s home in Wiltshire. I was 9 yrs old; it was warm from the sun and I’ve never forgotten it. Even the memorable 24 … Continue reading

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Recipe – Sweet Red Peppers with a Chipotle Kick!

Your barbecued burgers, ribs and spicy sausage will thank you for this. Its perfect served with meats straight off the grill; the peppers are cooked until meltingly soft and with the addition of smoked chili, roasted cumin, garlic and tomato … Continue reading

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Recipe: Watermelon, Mint & Onion

There’s nothing simpler, nothing more refreshing and it’s perfect for summer. My sister gave me this recipe (if you could call it a recipe, with only 3 ingredients) about thirty years ago. The first time I served it over here … Continue reading

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Recipes: Tomatoes + Basil = Summer!

If you could capture the flavors of summer on a scale of 1-10, this would be an eleven. Roasting ripe tomatoes in the oven with basil and garlic not only intensifies the flavors, it also creates wonderful juices that are … Continue reading

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