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Simple Vegetarian ‘Cottage’ Pie
Ingredients This is the official recipe but my son detests mushrooms (really useful as a vegetarian!) so I upped the water and used red lentils because that’s all I had in the pantry!!! Method I very much appreciate that a cottage pie should be topped with mash but I was craving pastry (and mash) and serious dollops of comfort so make up a shortcrust pastry. I lined the base with…
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Shakshuka
Serves 2-4 This is a dish that for years I kept meaning to try as a great friend of mine always talked about how delicious it was and she was so right! So when I cooked it for the first time I was absolutely not disappointed. Originally from North Africa, Shakshuka literally means “all mixed up” and is a combination of deliciously simple yet bold flavours and spices. Traditionally eaten…
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Aubergine Parmigiana
These beautiful Antigua (oh to be there…) aubergines were in our weekly veg delivery this week. I love them, but unfortunately I can’t seem to get these past the children (yet) in their natural form…the only way is if I cook them and put them in a ‘hide the veg’ pasta sauce all razzed up. I decided I wouldn’t waste these beauties and thought the husband and I would have…
