My friend summed up British pessimism the other day: “Every day that I wake up and see the sun’s still shining, it fills me with dread, because I know we’re going to pay when the weather breaks.” Food blogs are going mad with homemade lemonade, barbecues and ice cream…so I thought that I’d post something [...]
Posts Tagged ‘lemon’
Autumn salad
Posted in Light Lunch, Maincourses, Savoury snacks, tagged autumnal salad, balsamic, beetroot, butternut squash, dressing, food, halloumi, lemon, recipe, roasted, rocket, salad, tahini on October 3, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Green Sauce
Posted in Light Lunch, Savoury snacks, tagged anchovy, coriander, food, green sauce, lemon, Leon, mint, mustard, parsley, rach smith, rachel smith, recipe, the food i eat, thefoodieat on September 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Usually I make a bit of effort with the photographs of the food I eat…but on this occasion I failed. I blame it on the fact that this sauce is so intensely delicious, it disappeared before I could get the lens cap off my camera, so you’ll just have to make do with this unappetizing [...]
Ottolenghi’s Roasted Butternut Squash with Burnt Aubergine and Pomegranate Molasses
Posted in Light Lunch, Maincourses, Savoury snacks, tagged almonds, aubergine, butternut squash, food, lemon, Ottolenghi, parsley, pomegranate, pomegranate molasses, pumpkin seeds, rach smith, rachel smith, recipe, sunflower seeds, the food i eat, thefoodieat, yoghurt on September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ingredients 1 large butternut squash 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp green, unsalted pumpkin seeds 1 tbsp sunflower seeds 1 tbsp black sesame seeds (1 tsp nigella seeds) 10g sliced almonds basil leaves, to serve sea salt, freshly ground black pepper Sauce 1 medium aubergine 150g (I used less, about 100g) Greek yoghurt (I used [...]
Saffron Potatoes
Posted in Maincourses, Savoury snacks, tagged dal lake, Diva, food, glamorous, Kashmir, lemon, rach smith, rachel smith, recipe, red onion, rosemary, saffton potatoes, the food i eat, thefoodieat, yellow on August 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
At the moment I’m reading The Kashmir Shawl by Rosie Thomas, and it’s making me wistful about my stay on Dal Lake. One of my resounding memories was of the saffron sellers who drifted round the houseboats, explaining the subtle differences of their wares—trying to pedal their most expensive, deep red crocus stigmas. Like a [...]
Broad bean salad
Posted in Light Lunch, Savoury snacks, tagged broad bean, easy, feta, lemon, mint, quick, recipe, salad, the food i eat, thefoodieat on July 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
If, like me, you like to try and eat your greens, but often find salad leaves going bad in the fridge, then this is actually quite a good idea - you can keep the beans in the freezer and dip in and out of the bag when you fancy – greens on tap. For this [...]
The easiest chicken supper
Posted in Light Lunch, Maincourses, tagged chicken, chicken thigh, easy, food, garlic, lemon, post work, quick, recipe, rosemary, the food i eat, thefoodieat on July 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
There are so many chicken dishes out there, but this one really is so easy. If you get back from work and need to turn around a quick supper for lots of people then this is always a great option. Or, if you’ve got loads of people coming round, and you can’t be bothered to [...]
Elderflower Cordial
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged citric acid, drink, East End, elderflower, food, foraging, home made, homemade, lemon, London, preserve, rach smith, rachel smith, recipe, the food i eat, thefoodieat on May 10, 2011 | 6 Comments »
I’m going on holiday next week. This made me panic that the elderflowers might be gone by the time I got back, so yesterday I thought that I’d preserve some by making elderflower cordial. The first, and most important part is furtling out the elderflowers. To do this, I phoned Katie – my best foraging [...]
My HERB HEROES entry - PLEASE VOTE FOR ME
Posted in Light Lunch, Maincourses, Savoury snacks, tagged chive, competition, coriander, couscous, cumin, falafel, food, garlic, harissa, hazelnuts, herb heroes, herb tabbouleh, lemon, marjoram, mint, mushroom, pepper, rach smith, rachel smith, recipe, spring onions, tabbouleh, the food i eat, thefoodieat, vote, yoghurt on May 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
PLEASE VOTE FOR ME BY CLICKING HERE Over bank holiday weekend I went to visit my parents, armed with a culinary project. I was determined to become a Herb Hero. On first reading, this mightn’t sound quite as cool as Wonder Woman or Superman. But, the lucky Herb Hero, wins £2,500 and get to meet [...]
I ♥ beetroot. PART 2 - Beetroot Salsa
Posted in Maincourses, tagged beetroot, beetroot salsa, ecipe, food, fresh mint, lemon, mint, rach smith, rachel smith, spring onion, the food i eat, thefoodieat, trout on March 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
For supper, I went for a beetroot salsa to accompany some fish I’d got hold of (again…from the discount aisle – two lovely bits of trout reduced from £4 to £2) Ingredients (to make salsa for 2) 4 beetroots 2 tablespoons of lemon juice 2 tablespoons of finely chopped mint (fresh) 4 finely cut spring [...]
The lemoniest of lemony tarts: aka “A Leggy Tart”
Posted in Puddings, tagged dessert, double cream, egg, leggy, leggy tart, lemon, lemon juice, lemon tart, pudding, rach smith, rachel smith, recipe food, tart, the food i eat, thefoodieat, yolk, zest on March 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’ve got a thing about eating off big plates. Weird. My plates are so hopelessly big they don’t fit in the dishwasher or the cupboard. I came up with a cunning plan though, and bought an enormous plate rack off ebay, which would have all been very well if I’d been competent enough to attach [...]