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Oct 9, 2022

Miso Sweet Potato with Eggs

I'm not sure exactly where this one came from. Perhaps from my cookbook Eggs by Michel Roux which features poached egg on creamy mashed...

Feb 24, 2022

Stuffed Mushrooms on a Risotto Bed

Hubby used most of a chicken making pho this weekend, which naturally generated rather a lot of nice, rich chicken stock. What else to do...

Oct 14, 2021

Sweet Potato and Chanterelle Risotto

My parents' neighbour gave me a massive basket of freshly picked chanterelles, and sweet potatoes were on sale again, so this naturally...

Sep 19, 2021

Rose Petal Risotto

I wanted to play around with using fresh rose petals and thought a risotto might be a way of playing around with the flavours. It didn't...

Jun 27, 2021

Rhubarb and Goat's Cheese Risotto

My dad brought by some rhubarb from his garden the other day. They are the biggest and longest rhubarb stalks I have ever seen. As well...

Mar 30, 2021

Fenugreek and Sweet Potato Curry

This is an adaptation of a friend's fenugreek chicken recipe. His fenugreek chicken, back when we were living in South Africa, was the...

Feb 4, 2021

Stuffed Grape Leaves

A friend sent me a recipe from another blog, agoodcarrot.com, for Turkish rice. The recipe looked good and it occurred to me that I...

Jan 31, 2021

Caramel Chestnut Risotto

This is a dish that was inspired by something similar-ish we had on our trip to Ticino in the autumn. It was creamy and sweet yet...

Oct 24, 2020

Miso Fried Rice

As mentioned in Day 48 of The Challenge This was a bit of an experiment. We only discovered recently that we can get miso paste here, so...

Oct 17, 2020

Spiced Rice Pudding

As mentioned in Day 48 of The Challenge This is very definitely a comfort food. It is super simple but you just have to have the patience...

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