Courgettes (or zucchini) like all squash, has its ancestry in the Americas. However, the varieties of squash typically called “zucchini” were developed in Italy, many generations after their introduction from the …
Fig mozzarella and basil salad
Serves 6 What you need 1 lemon, juice 5 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2 tbsp mint leaves 3 tbsp basil leaves 70g wild rocket 9 figs halved 3 x …
Figs
How can we forget that Adam and Eve were said to have clothed themselves with fig leaves, though it was eating from an apple tree that got them thrown out of the Garden of …
Give peas a chance
What we’ve missed the most: A look at national and local lockdown responses in this, the strangest of times… It’s not going to come as an immense surprise that visiting …
Carb counting with Type 1 diabetes
Gráinne Flynn, a patient advocate and a diabetes blogger with Type 1, explains more about carb counting One of the tools we use to help us manage our type 1 …
Baked peppered rhubarb with black pudding
Recipe by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall writing in The Guardian. Tart, juice-soaked, lightly peppery rhubarb is a very pleasing foil to the rich, savoury denseness of black pudding. This is also the …
The health benefits of taxing sugary drinks
The UK soft drinks industry levy, due to be introduced in April 2018, is estimated to have significant health benefits, especially among children, according to the first study to estimate …
Citrus Fruits
Citrus fruits are quite a big group, including oranges, lemons, limes, clemantines, tangerines, satumas, mandarins, grapefruits, and pomelos. Their zingy fresh taste is reflected in their zesty colourful outers. They …
Aubergines
Aubergines are a bit ‘marmite’, in as much as they seem to divide opinion. There are those that revere them, and others that can’t stand them, or least can’t see …
Norwegian Skriel
Since the time the Vikings roamed the seas, the annual arrival of skrei (pronounced ‘skray’) has been cause for celebration. From the Old Norse for ‘wanderer,’ skrei is a delicacy …