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 …
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 …
Tuna poke bowls with seaweed furikake
by Kate Doran, the blogger behind ‘The Little Loaf’, specialising in nostalgic baking recipes. Hawaiian poke – pronounced poh-kay – are wonderfully quick and easy to throw together when you’re …
Tom yum soup
Thai sweet and sour soup with prawns (also known as tom yam, tom yum kung, tom yum goong) Ingredients 1 litre/2 pints chicken stock 300ml/11fl oz water 6 sticks lemongrass, lightly crushed …
Anything with a pulse
In December 2013, the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York voted to proclaim 2016 (the International Year of Pulses (IYOP), providing an unprecedented opportunity to raise awareness …
Savoy cabbage with chorizo, shallots and rice
The combination of savoy cabbage and chorizo is a famous one, and used in the cooking of both Spain and Portugal. The deep, red oils that ooze out of the …
Cabbage
Rich in phyto-nutrient anti-oxidants, cabbage belongs to the Brassica family, a broad family of common vegetables that also include Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, bok choy, kale, and broccoli. It is one …
Seafood with tentacles
Making a fuss of squid and octopus. Weird and wonderful, many people can’t contemplate eating octopus or squid, with ideas of rubbery flesh and dubious provenance, and partly famous as …