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Polpo
It’s not often I get to totally indulge myself, but on a rare free day (meaning no kids) during a visit down south to see my parents, I took a trip into the city for a lovely lunch, before a meeting...
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Supper Club menu for the 29th and 30th July
This month we will using all the lovely seasonal produce available now to make some dishes synonymous with summer and those with an Italian / Venetian theme. Inspired by my lunch at Polpo I’ve made...
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For the love of meat balls
My recent lunch in Polpo reminded me of how much I love Italian meatballs, or Polpette as they are there. Polpette...with a bit of spagetti...even though I said I prefer them without!!..a hungry mother...
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Frugal winter minestrone: recipe
We like soup in our house. In fact that is an understatement: We love it! Not just because it makes a quick, easy to prepare supper and is relatively cheap (very important as we head towards the end...
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Perfect tagliatelle: recipe
I’ve never had much luck with my pasta making exploits. A couple of attempts at making tagliatelle, plus a few goes at making ravioli have left me slightly frustrated and wondering what I was doing...
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Recipe: Easy, home-made lasagne (no added horse)
If you can bear with my quick tirade about supermarkets and processed food, you will come to my really straightforward lasagne recipe. Stick with it, its worth it! And I must have a rant because all...
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Authentic Italian lasagne; a simple family favourite
I remember the days when my mother cooked us ‘exotic’ dinners. It was the 1970’s and early 80’s and she was experimental for the time. She didn’t entirely leave behind the post-war and rationing...
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Simple summer salads #1…tomato, basil, chives and torn mozzarella
I keep being asked to suggest good ideas for salads; ones that are simple, quick to make and don’t use hundreds of ingredients. Well this salad is so simple I’m almost embarrassed to blog about it....
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Post festival recovery risotto with Trealy farm chorizo and artichokes
Travelling here, there and everywhere is unsettling at times. It always takes me a while to get acclimatised once back at home and despite finding cooking remarkably relaxing and therapeutic, I often...
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Leek and wild mushroom risotto…a quick midweek, singleton’s supper
There are definitely some positives to being single and one of them is being able to cook exactly what I want when the kids are with their Dad. Mushrooms were always a no-no in our house, especially...
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