Light suppers :

Thai Green Chicken Curry

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Curry is one of our favourite foods here in the UK. I expect it is a holdover from the days of British Colonialism in India. Thai food is also gaining great popularity over here. Todd and I went to a Thai Restaurant for the very first time[...]

Simply Tasty Tomato Soup

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Everyone should have a recipe like this up their sleeves. A fabulous soup which makes good use of ingredients that are in most people's larders, and goes together lickety split . . . with very little effort. Quick and easy . . . and simple[...]

Tomato and Chick Pea Soup

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Some days I am sincerely lacking in time. Days when I have extra work on up at the big house that I cook in, and then have the shopping to do for work as well . . . and yet . . . we still have to eat here at home. I still have to feed my[...]

Beetroot Summer Salad Bowl

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A few months ago, shortly after we moved into our new home, Todd went to work digging and planting a garden. He's not really that organized when it comes to such things. I am the organizer, but . . . I was busy sorting out the inside of the[...]

Courgette and Carrot Gratin

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I saw Ina Garten making something similar to this on the telly the other day. It looked really tasty. I thought to myself . . . "I can make something like that, only I can make it even tastier." I know . . . I'm pretty bold, aren't I!!![...]

Hearty Country Style Tortilla

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I just love tortilla for lunch. Not the flour or corn ones in the sense of Mexican Tortillas, but those wonderful eggy creations in the Spanish tradition. Quick, easy, nutritious and delicious, they make a quick lunch or light supper and are[...]

Scarborough Fair Egg and Chips

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Sometimes you want something for supper that is totally unpretentious, delicious and simple to make . . . made from simple, fresh ingredients . . . Things that you have in your larder and fridge all the time. Things like potatoes and eggs.[...]

Creamy Potato, Onion and Cheese Soup

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Some weeks I have so much on that I don't know whether I am coming or going! Weeks where I am uber busy at work and don't have a lot of time to spend on the fun stuff at home, like cooking . . . There are people who say to me, don't you ever[...]

Chicken with Lemon, Parsley and Capers

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One of my favourite ingredients to use is capers. I just adore wonderful tang and pungent taste. Some would say they are an acquired taste, and Todd would agree . . . but I just love them. Sharp and piquant, with a fabulous aroma that I just[...]

Spanish Recipe - Fritata with Exotic Mushrooms

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I thought a Spanish recipe would be just the thing to give my hubby a bit of a melancholy trip down memory lane of his work/vacation trip to Spain a few years ago. "Let's move to Spain" has become a phrase we jokingly use to let each other know[...]