Tag: Parmesan

Watercress Pesto

Watercress Pesto

With watercress in season at the moment, and having some left over after I made my delicious Watercress & Pea soup, I decided to try it in a pesto recipe.  I’ve previously made Rocket (Arugula) Pesto and I love the fiery kick it has so 

Slowcooked Paleo Meatballs

Slowcooked Paleo Meatballs

Meatballs must be the ultimate in comfort food – ‘Just like mamma used to make!’  I love them, but usually, when you eat them in a restaurant,  they use breadcrumbs to bind them. The breadcrumbs help the meatballs to hold together during cooking but unfortunately, 

Wild Garlic Cashew Nut Pesto

Wild Garlic Cashew Nut Pesto

Have you ever tried foraging?  There are so many amazing things you can find in and around the countryside near your own home.  Our parks, hedgerows and roadsides are full of delicious treats just waiting to be picked and used in your dinner recipes.  We are 

Three Cheese Melanzane Parmigiana (Eggplant Parmesan)

Three Cheese Melanzane Parmigiana (Eggplant Parmesan)

I love this dish! It has all the flavours of a delicious Italian pasta dish with none of the pasta.  Plus it’s grainfree, glutenfree and refined sugarfree!  Watch out when ordering it in at a restaurant though as sometimes they mix in breadcrumbs to the 

Parmigiano Reggiano – Nacho Cups & Cheesy Blinis – Festive Canapés

Parmigiano Reggiano – Nacho Cups & Cheesy Blinis – Festive Canapés

Parmigiano Reggiano is a delicious, hard cheese, produced in Emilia Romagna, in Northern Italy.  We all know it as Parmesan and I’m thrilled to be partnering with Parmigiano Reggiano to show you two fabulous seasonal canapé recipes that I’ve created with this delicious cheese. The 

Gratinated Razor Clams with Parmesan & Chorizo

Gratinated Razor Clams with Parmesan & Chorizo

I love finding great local producers and we have just discovered a wonderful seafood supplier down the road from us in Islington, London.  I’d had my heart set on Moules Marinières for a special Anniversary evening with Dan so I sent him off while I 

Parmesan Crisps

Parmesan Crisps

The crunch of a crisp or cracker is the one thing I miss most since I went grain, gluten and sugar-free.  These days there are vegetable crisps on the market which fill a small void but I’ve come up with a crispy crunchy snack that 

Parmesan Almond Flour Crackers

Parmesan Almond Flour Crackers

Recently I made my delicious Almond Flour Crackers and having tried three different toppings I kept thinking about other flavour combinations to create.  I love cheese biscuits so Parmesan came to mind pretty quickly.  With such a strong taste, you don’t need much of it 

Rocket Pesto (Arugula)

Rocket Pesto (Arugula)

Homemade pesto always tastes so much better than anything you can buy in the shops. This Rocket Pesto  – also known as Arugula Pesto is the US – is peppery take on the Italian Classic.  Fresher and bursting with flavour from the herbs, it adds 

Seared Tuna Nicoise Salad

Seared Tuna Nicoise Salad

Craving some greens and a fairly high protein meal after a workout at the gym tonight I settled on a Seared Tuna Nicoise Salad, complete with a gooey poached egg and topped with my homemade Rocket Pesto. To start with I steamed the asparagus (only 

Roasted Vegetable Salad with Shaved Parmesan

Roasted Vegetable Salad with Shaved Parmesan

Feeding the 5000 at the beach in Frinton this weekend for bank holiday I decided to make a big filling salad but with not much time to prepare anything in the mornings I needed to make something I could prep the night before and assemble 

Courgetti ‘Spaghetti’ with Avocado Pesto and Prawns

Courgetti ‘Spaghetti’ with Avocado Pesto and Prawns

Tonight I had my friend Matilda staying with me from Sweden, and last time she was over I saw her eyeing up my spiraliser!  Deciding to have a girl’s night in tonight, we settled on cooking a meal together and opening a bottle of wine