Tag: mains
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Soothing Fennel, Potato, and Leek Gratin Recipe
This is my favorite potato gratin, the combination of leeks, potato and fennel is altogether incredibly soothing and comforting. You can serve it as a side as part of a bigger meal but I’ve served it on its own with a greens and beetroot salad – called it dinner and been well satisfied. Fennel, Potato…
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Quick Lacquered Tofu with Green Beans and Cashews Recipe
You can never have too many braised tofu dishes in your repertoire. This one from Deborah Madison is a particularly good one. It’s a wok and rice pot meal that gets dinner done fast in the mid-week lull when all cooking inspiration has disappeared. I like to serve this with brown rice, but I’ve temporarily…
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Easy Sheet Pan Spinach Quiche Recipe for Picnics and Parties
I’ve made this a sheet pan quiche a bit over the last few weeks, it’s great for picnics at the beach, potluck luncheons or cut into small slices for party finger food. It’s dense with spinach so you feel like your getting a decent quota of greens, and because I use both frozen spinach and…
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Greek Briami Recipe: Delicious Vegan Casserole
I made this briami last week while I was up the coast for a wet and wild week away. Despite the rain, we still managed to have a great holiday catching up with family and friends. We enjoyed a few sunny patches and our last full day was miraculously sunny (though too cold for swimming)…
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Ultimate Slow Cooked Chickpeas by Ottolenghi
I use canned chickpeas a lot, for their ease and convenience, and they are perfectly fine and good, but something happens when you take the extra trouble to soak and cook your own chickpeas that turns this humble store cupboard staple into something extraordinary. These slow cooked chickpeas from Yotam Ottolenghi’s latest book Plenty More…
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Braised tofu with shitake mushrooms, tomatoes and peas
This is one of my favourite comfort food dishes. It’s the combination of rice and peas, like the Italian risi e bisi, that I find particularly irresistible. There is something very cleansing about this dish, which really allows the silken tofu to shine. The recipe comes from Kylie Kwong’s Simple Chinese Food – the original…
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The Back Yard Lemon Tree 