tastes amazing

Thursday, 9 September 2010

The Lentil Challenge

Food For Thought: The Lentil Challenge

"We have lentil based breakfasts, we have lentil based snacks and of course we have lentil based curries. So when Catherine invited me to the lentil challenge hosted by Something in Season, I was actually stumped because I had so, so many dishes to choose from! 'How about a lentil based dessert'?, I thought. Yes, why not, because we have those too....

Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Milk takes garlic breath away

A glass of milk can reduce the smell of garlic by 50 per cent Photo: ALAMY

In tests with raw and cooked cloves, milk was shown to 'significantly reduce' concentrations of the chemicals which give garlic its distinctive flavour and long-lasting smell.

One of the compounds - allyl methyl sulphide (AMS)...

Thursday, 26 August 2010

Revealed: the salads that contain more salt than crisps

Revealed: the salads that contain more salt than crisps -

This is not just a salad – it's a Marks & Spencer salad, and it contains five times more salt than a packet of crisps.

Usually regarded as a healthy option by workers popping out of the office for lunch, many salads sold on British high streets have potentially harmful levels of salt, research has shown.

'Natural' food labels are a recipe for confusion

'Natural' food labels are a recipe for confusion...

Food label claims such as 'pure', 'fresh', 'natural' and 'real' are largely unregulated and are confusing shoppers, a consumer watchdog has warned.

Thirty-three per cent of shoppers thought 'real fruit' meant fruit was the main ingredient, a study by Which? found.

Some 43 per cent believed products labelled 'juice drink' must contain at least a quarter fruit juice.

Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Greek Semolina Halva

Greek Semolina Halva
The word halva ( halwa , halvah ) originally derived from the Arabic root halwā which means sweet , is used to describe many distinct types of sweet confection, across the Middle East , Central and South Asia...

Moong Dal Ka Halwa

Moong Dal Ka Halwa - Indian Yellow Lentil Recipe

Warm Chocolate and Banana Tart

Warm Chocolate and Banana Tart

"When life gives you too many bananas... you could make either banoffee pie, banana cake, banana bread, banana muffins... ba na na na na na na na...
OR
You could just add chocolate. Now we're talking!

Recipes for preserving and pickling

Recipes for preserving and pickling
"We’ll need all our cooking and gardening skills to make the most of this harvest. So let’s bottle, pickle, preserve and freeze our produce, then we can enjoy the fruits of our labours, relaxing with the deeply satisfying experience of a full larder.

Tuesday, 24 August 2010

Revani – Semolina and Almond Cake

GreekRevani – Semolina and Almond Cake
This syrupy semolina and almond cake is surprisingly light and easy to make. It is very popular throughout Greece and always available in most pastry shops. Enjoy this easy Greek dessert recipe!

Baklawa Recipe

Baklawa Recipe | Spicy Tasty: "Baklawa is a signature middle-eastern dessert and is a...

Monday, 23 August 2010

Making Love in the Kitchen: Never Enough Of The Immune Boosting Curry

Harvest Grains Salad

Sunday, 22 August 2010

Italian (Sicilian) Rice Balls w/ Chicken, Peas & Tomato Sauce

Italian (Sicilian) Rice Balls w/ Chicken, Peas & Tomato Sauce...

Arancini, the cult Sicilian dish

Arancini, the cult Sicilian dish...

Tokyo Five Grain Recipe

Tokyo Five Grain Recipe
Many of the natural food cafes I enjoyed while in Tokyo stocked a small number of products available for purchase - honeys, dried beans, t-shirts, and little books full of cafe recipes. Almost all of them sold small packets of mixed grains. Some of the packets were barely the size of my palm, filled with miniscule amaranth grains, brown rice, and millet. Others packets were bigger featuring a various blends of whole grain rices, quinoa, and different beans. I've never seen anything quite like it available here at home...