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spring greens with coconut and chilli
A lovely simple dish, very quick to prepare. We always have it with basmati rice. A bunch of spring greens, sliced thinly – I take the big stalks out too, but it’s up to you 1 tin of coconut milk 1...
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thai vegetable curry
Using up: butternut squash, green beans, courgette This is vaguely based on a recipe I saw on Come Dine With Me, a television programme here in the UK. I was very struck by the potato element, which...
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fusion risotto
using up: cold roast duck, 1/4 tin coconut milk Now, this really was quite barking, and I wasn’t at all sure it would work, but nothing ventured, etc. As I said, there was more duck left on the...
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This works really well with purple sprouting broccoli, or spring greens, and is delicious. I’d never actually made it with cabbage before, but nothing ventured, etc. It was a small hispi cabbage, and...
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coconut and banana cake
We found a kilogram of desiccated coconut in the larder box – no idea why we bought such a huge amount, but it must be used up! There were four small, brown bananas in a box in the fridge – I read...
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lime, ginger and coconut cake
We went to Staithes (on the North Yorkshire coast) on Saturday, and had a cup of tea and a slice of this delicious cake (or one very like it). It was so delicious that I came home determined to try...
View ArticleMoooooosewood curry
We had a cauli in the fridge last week. Now, I like cauli, and we make cauli cheese, or a cauli and lentil curry. Sometimes we even just have it as a side veg. But none of them appealed, so I went...
View Articlechicken and coconut curry
I had a yen for a chicken curry at the weekend; we make (and eat) a lot of chicken and coriander, but I wanted something different, dammit. So I trundled up to the Jacksons at the top of t’rerd, and...
View Articleorange and lemon cake
Having made the Christmas cake yesterday, I was all set to make some mincemeat. I started by blitzing an orange and a lemon in the food processor, and then pulled opened the baking cupboard to get at...
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