Kitchen Diaries Challenge 2013

There are so many recipes for shortbread, it really depends on you finding your favourite.  There are some cardinal rules to follow (altho...

Hubby went to the excellent pick-your-own Rectory Farm in Stanton St. John on Thursday, and picked some wonderful asparagus, which is lat...

Another aubergine dish, following on from the Caponata a couple of weeks ago.  This simple recipe packs a flavour punch, and is at its bes...

It is difficult to offer an exciting photo for this soup as it is just....green.  I could have tarted it up with swirls of cream and artfu...

There are probably as many recipes for Caponata as there are Sicilians, from whence it comes.  Giorgio Locatelli has more than four variat...

Or ragout, if you want to be fancy.  This is a light treatment where you saute chopped spring veg (I used the white of a leek, a bunch of a...

Feeling under the weather, depressed, sore, tired, sorry for yourself?  All of the above?  Well, if so, make yourself some of this soup (or...

Relatively low in fat and sugar, these, so a nice treat and a good way of squeezing a little more fruit into little ones.  This quantity m...

Well, now that the sun has returned, you may not feel like this pud, but it was lovely a few nights ago when the dreich days of April and M...

A lovely treatment for butternut squash, with the earthiness of the lentils and the tanginess of soft, fresh goat's (or should that be...

I blogged about this two years ago but didn't give the recipe - I can't think why as it is so simple but produces such reliable an...

OK, so this isn't a quick recipe for a 30 minute supper, but it is nice to do at the weekend and it keeps well in a sterilised jar for ...

I have posted a rather more elaborate Lemon Drizzle Cake previously - two rounds of syrup-drenched cake sandwiched with lemon curd and masc...

This combo works really well in a lasagne, so I thought it would be good for a pasta sauce - and I was right!  Roast some ripe fresh tomato...

The smoked paprika gives this quite a 'poke', especially if you use the piccante version, so if you think carrot soup is a little ...

This is a very quick supper and can be on the table within 20 minutes.  Quite special too.  There are many versions of this dish, but it is...

One of my favourite scenes from the peerless 'Fawlty Towers' involves an irascible American man, ordering Waldorf Salad.  A baffled...

I know, blueberries aren't in season, but I have a pile of them in the freezer that need using and this was a perfect Sunday lunch veh...