Project Type: Light Bites

Roasted Cauliflower and Giant Cous Cous.

I know.. Cauli again! I promise something different this weekend though as I am doing a few new dishes for a dinner party. But for now – another cauli salad but I think this is the best one yet! Ingredients Serves 2. 1 large cauliflower 1 onion – sliced 1 tsp Tumeric 1 tsp Cumin …

Salt and Pepper Sweet Potato Wedges

  Stuck at home with a poorly baby, just come back from a weekend away and Ocado is due at 7.30pm, there is NOTHING in the house apart from a few bits of veg and a bag of sweet potatoes… I considered making soup but soup is boring, I don’t feel like I’ve eaten if …

Avocado Butter on Toast with Tomato Salsa

First recipe I have tried from my new “Simple” book by Yotam Ottolenghi. I was flicking through this morning and stumbled across this beauty knowing I had a few over ripe avocados in the fruit bowl ( they were going to end up as guacamole on fajitas for tea). Simple and delicious and I will …

Baked Aubergine with Preserved Lemon and Yoghurt.

I know I know.. another Aubergine dish! But I do love them! Another one from Olive magazine with a few tweaks that I felt it needed. This is great served as a lunch or a side dish. The recipe in the magazine uses a few strands of saffron to colour the yoghurt but I personally …

Green beans with olives and goats cheese.

I cooked a nice meal for me and the other half this weekend, no babysitters so I brought the restaurant to us! I pulled some pages out of my Olive magazine and tried a few new dishes. This one was actually a dish that is served in Little Duck The Picklery and looked really fresh …

Cauliflower Tacos

The cauliflower I remember from childhood was almost like mashed potato it had been boiled that much! ( sorry Grandma G) but I grew to really like it like that if I am honest. These days there are so many more uses for cauliflower and I have recently seen cauliflower pizza bases, cauliflower rice, cauliflower …

Pea, Mint and Feta salad.

After a week eating as much as I wanted in a hotel buffet restaurant it really is time to sort myself out before my big 40th in Vegas!! lots of lard to lose so there’s gonna be plenty of healthy recipes I am afraid! I adapted this from a Tabbouleh recipe in a 500 calorie …

Cheesy Garlic Mushroom Soup with toasted Brioche Bread.

  I needed a light lunch today as I am going out for a big fat curry with the girls tonight and there is not much room ‘mushroom’  in my belly at the moment! ( 8 months into cooking a baby). Looked in the fridge and I have lots of mushrooms so decided to make …

Kale and Cashew nut dip

This is a pretty simple dip that can be served with crackers, pittas or flatbreads and is a meal in itself. Also pretty good for you as it contains nuts and kale. Ingredients 100g Cashew nuts – unsalted 50g shredded kale leaves 4 tbsp rapeseed oil. ( don’t use olive oil it is too strong …

Chicken Shawarma Kebab with salad and sauce!

  I love junk food and love a good kebab but you can easily make your own and not feel as guilty! I made a batch of these on New Years Eve and people have been asking for the recipe ever since. The naan breads I use look cheap and cheerful but these are the …