Thai Squid Salad {+ other Asian salad stories}

by katedh July 2, 2016

Thai Squid Salad {+ other Asian salad stories}

Jump straight to the recipe → "I'd say the most dangerous thing I've ever done is probably bungee jumping in Thailand" - Simon Cowell I bought an orchid at Bangkok airport once. And then got on the plane and proceeded to spend the next eleven hours in a panic that I was going to be arrested at Heathrow for bringing prohibited plant contraband into the country. I am pretty sure I didn’t ...

by katedh July 27, 2014

Dairy Free , Fish , Salads , Wheat Free , Year-Round

Squid, Bean & Chilli Salad

"The only thing that will make a souffle fall is if it knows you're afraid of it" - James Beard Post frequency levels have taken something of a battering the last few weeks. I wondered today whether I should just have done what they used to do over at Goop and simply announce that the blog is going on holiday until September. But then I got a grip and realised that ...

by katedh July 17, 2014

7 a Day Series , Eat More Veg , Salads , Spring , Summer , Vegan/Vegan Option , Vegetarian , Winter

What to do with Beetroot

Jump straight to the recipe ideas → "The beet is the melancholy vegetable, the one most willing to suffer. You can't squeeze blood out of a turnip" - Tom Robbins, Jitterbug Perfume So here's a Thursday factoid for you. The biggest beetroot ever grown weighed 71kg. It was grown by a man in the Netherlands in 2005. This beetroot therefore weighed just slightly more than Tom Cruise (so the internet tells me. I haven't ...

by katedh May 27, 2014

Eat More Veg , Featured , Gluten Free , Salads , Spring , Vegetarian , Wheat Free , Winter

Fennel, Feta, Orange & Almond Salad {+ thoughts on growing my own veg}

Jump straight to the recipe → "Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are" - Alfred Austin I consider myself to be a fairly logical, rational sort of person. I have become pretty boring since turning 30 and am not prone to random spontaneity or great frivolity these days. But every so often I go through phases where I am sure, convinced in fact, that every idea I have ...

by katedh May 19, 2014

Dairy Free , Eat More Veg , Gluten Free , Salads , Spring , Summer , Vegan/Vegan Option , Vegetarian , Wheat Free

Neon Pickles

“He looks as though he’s been weaned on a pickle” - Alice Roosevelt Longworth (on Calvin Coolidge)* Hello! It’s been a while. Sorry. I won’t pretend I’ve been terribly busy - I mean, some of you actually know me – but you know those weeks when you look up and suddenly it’s Friday and WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING ALL WEEK? Well, it’s been a bit like that. And it hasn’t been greatly assisted by my son ...

by katedh May 5, 2014

Dairy Free , Drinks , Fish , Gluten Free , Meat , Salads , Spring , Summer , Vegan/Vegan Option , Vegetarian , Weekend , Wheat Free

Cinco de Mayo – Tequila & Tacos

"Why did the Mexican push his wife off the cliff? Tequila!" Yes, I do write my own material and yes, I am here all week (try the veal) etc. Anyway, it's 5 May! And because 90% of you reading this are European, that will mean absolutely nothing whatsoever! It's just the day after Star Wars Day, right? But those of you in the US, or unbashed Americophiles like me, will know ...

by katedh April 22, 2014

Dairy Free , Meat , Salads , Weekend , Year-Round

Zuni Café Roast Chicken & Bread Salad

“Los Angeles? That’s just a big parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to San Francisco” – John Lennon Why am I telling you about a roast chicken? BORING! Well, we are having this chat for three reasons as it happens. First, this really is the ultimate home-cooked roast chicken - perfectly tender meat, brown crispy skin - the best us mere mortals can achieve unless we have a brick oven in the ...

by katedh April 10, 2014

Dairy Free , Gluten Free , Meat , Salads , Spring , Summer , Wheat Free

Pippa Middleton’s Smoked Chicken Salad

"It is a bit startling to achieve global recognition (if that’s the right word) before the age of 30 on account of your sister, your brother-in-law and your bottom" - Pippa Middleton Sunshine! Quick! Stick a salad recipe up before they take it away again! This one is almost topical too what with all the hoopla going on down under with K-Mid and HRH Baby Prince George. I also said hello to Father Middleton ...

by katedh April 7, 2014

Cookbooks , Dairy Free , Gluten Free , Salads , Spring , Summer , Vegan/Vegan Option , Vegetarian

Gwyneth’s Carrot & Ginger Dressing

"I'd rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a can" - Gwyneth Paltrow (2011) It occurred to me today, while queuing in the Post Office for the fourth time, that I wouldn't have the first clue where to buy crack or cheese in a can. Is this what it means to be truly middle class? Seriously, what even is cheese in a can? Is it an American thing? If we are talking about this ...

by katedh April 3, 2014

Dairy Free , Meat , Salads , Year-Round

Baharat Lamb & Tabbouleh

"Eating what stands on one leg is better than eating what stands on two legs, which is better than eating what stands on four legs" - Chinese Proverb I came across this little bit of traditional Chinese wisdom in Michael Pollan's brilliant book Food Rules (which I have been meaning to do a proper post on and will do soon, but in the meantime buy it and read it. It is ...

by katedh March 27, 2014

Gluten Free , Salads , Spring , Summer , Vegan/Vegan Option , Vegetarian , Wheat Free

Ottolenghi Red Rice & Quinoa Salad

"Eat a cow. Save a Bolivian" - Greg Pollowitz (2013) I am not really a huge fan of quinoa. It isn't that I particularly dislike eating it. It's mainly because of the stupid pronunciation of its name and the fact that I am rather childish about these things and tend to take against things that EVERYBODY else thinks are amazing. It's a supergrain! It's going to make you live longer and look better and ...

by katedh March 25, 2014

Dairy Free , Eat More Veg , Fish , Gluten Free , Salads , Spring , Summer , Wheat Free

Garlic Prawns & Californian Chopped Salad

"Lettuce is like conversation: it must be fresh and crisp, and so sparkling that you scarcely notice the bitter in it." - Charles Dudley Warner (1871) I spend a fair amount of time, particularly during the British winter, daydreaming about how my life would be if I lived in California. Conclusion? It'd be 52 kinds of awesome. I'd go everywhere in my gym kit, carrying my eco-friendly glass water bottle and a ...