This smooth, luxurious and flavoursome soup is perfect as a wintry pick-me-up. It is also ideal for freezing. Mussels are inexpensive and taste wonderful when paired with the pumpkin. Serves 4 Ingredients 250ml white wine 1kg mussels -rinsed, de-bearded, discard any mussels that do not close tightly when tapped 50g butter 1 onion, roughly chopped [...]
In this recipe the pumpkin and onions are sautéed, roasted and simmered; this is to give the soup a deep, rich flavour. It is fine and still delicious, to miss the roasting step and to simply sauté and simmer until cooked. Then purée. Serves 4 Ingredients Garnish 800g diced pumpkin 2 large onions, diced 50g [...]
This is a lovely flavourful main course and is very easy to make. The meatballs can be nestled into many of your dishes to add extra protein, such as your Napoli sauce or shakshuka. Make them larger and cook them as hamburgers. You can substitute beef mince for the chicken, plus add some grated carrots, [...]
These LCHF days I serve this tart as a frittata as we no longer eat the pastry. If you would like to serve it as a tart in the parmesan pastry shell, and you do not follow the low-carb healthy fat program, please email me for the pastry recipe. My parmesan pastry is divine! Serves [...]
We love pumpkin simply roasted like this, served as vegetable or as a warm ‘salad’ – it is a real family favourite and is usually one of our Christmas day vegetables as it is fine served at room temperature. Serves 4 Ingredients Garnish 500g pumpkin, cubed with skin on or off 3 onions, peeled and [...]
This smooth, luxurious and flavoursome soup is perfect as a wintry pick-me-up. It is also ideal for freezing. Mussels are inexpensive and taste wonderful when paired with the pumpkin. Serves 4 Ingredients 250ml white wine 1kg mussels -rinsed, de-bearded, discard any mussels that do not close tightly when tapped 50g butter 1 onion, roughly chopped [...]
These guys all have a good teams working with them. Aptus Fish Supply – Peter, Anna, Linda plus others K and L Poultry – eggs, poultry and duck –Chris, Pete, Tina Kirkpatricks Butchers – Barry, Mario, Tom and Sue The Nut Shoppe – Chris and Connie Franks Quality Fruit and Vegetables - Joe and Gino [...]
Especially delicious for cold winter days, or any day really, this soup or stew is a meal in itself. Make it into a stew by adding more chicken pieces and serve it with a crisp, mixed salad. Serves 4 Ingredients 2 onions finely diced 25g butter 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 1 red [...]
Memories of Gascony is an award-winning cookbook written by three-Michelin starred chef Pierre Koffmann about the provincial cooking of Gascony, in south-west France. I did read it a couple of years ago, I am really enjoying reading it again and seeing how it fits so well within my Cook Real Food Program cooking classes. I [...]
Croatian Ajvar is a popular dipping sauce which is served with meats, and particularly ćevapčići, or chevapi sausages, meatballs, chicken and sausages and Mediterranean vegetables. Ajvar is a capsicum pepper-based condiment with aubergines, garlic and chilies, which also is lovely as a spread; I loved it. You can see it here nestled into the meat [...]
