Category Archives: tomatoes
Goan fish curry
This is adapted from a recipe in Rick Stein’s Fruits of the Sea – only we didn’t have conger eel or tamarind – though if Waitrose do a line of ‘ESSENTIAL conger eel’, I wouldn’t be entirely surprised. This is … Continue reading
Chicken & Veggie Cous Cous
We have one veggie in our house so we often cook ‘split dishes’ – they start out the same and then get split in two at some point in the cooking process when meat is added to one pot and … Continue reading
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Lamb Lagoto
This incredibly simple recipe is insanely tasty – it passes the Frank Bath Alchemy test with flying colours. Serves 6. Whole bulb of garlic, unpeeled 2kg lamb, trimmed & cut into 5cm pieces. The recipe calls for leg but I … Continue reading
Green Tomato Chutney
This is based on a recipe from an old Good Housekeeping book of my mum’s. We made it over 10 years ago and it was such a big hit with our rat-catcher Mick, he kept coming back to dispatch more … Continue reading
Roast tomato sauce
This is a great way of using up any allotment tomato glut. The sweet sauce can be frozen and used as a base for pasta sauce (just add basil, chilli, anchovies or whatever you fancy) or as a base for … Continue reading
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Mexican rice
Again, not a precise receipe, just a jotting. This is good with chilli or burritos. Fry some basmati rice in some vegetable oil. Add some garlic, a bit of onion if you like, and a teaspoon of cumin and cook … Continue reading
Beautiful burritos
Me and the children made these tonight. Fantastic. They took it in turns to help me cook and take photos… (photos to follow!) We made veggie ones and steak ones. Both use the sneaky salsa (below) though this time we … Continue reading
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Smug and sneaky salsa
I knocked this tasty salsa up mostly from things grown on our allotment (hence the smug bit). Tomatoes A red onion Fat clove of garlic Squeeze of lemon or lime juice pinch of salt Slug of tomato ketchup Slug of … Continue reading
Roast tomato soup
Adapted from ‘Stones Spells for Magic Feasts’, a veggie cookbook from a cafe in Avebury, Wiltshire – near the stone circle. Fresh tomatoes fresh basil and/or dried herbs garlic onion cream red wine (optional) vegetable stock tomato puree Halve and … Continue reading
Tart’s Spaghetti
Simplified from Delia and Jamie – pasta puttanesca – a regular fave. – spaghetti – tin of tomatoes or roast tomato sauce – fresh basil – olive oil – garlic – tinned or jarred anchovies – capers – small tin … Continue reading