Category: Cooking

Ingredients

• 150g/5½oz nuts, such as almonds, pecans, walnuts, Brazil nut pieces or a mixture
• 1½ tsp neutral-flavoured oil, such as light olive oil or sunflower oil
• 1 tsp honey
• 1 tsp yeast extract

It is cold wet and windy so I am roasting peppers stuffed with pine nuts, apricots and raisins; and also peppers with olive stuffing.

Three spice jars for presents

This has my taste buds bubbling. Does Sandford Stores sell ricotta cheese though? Definitely need to go on an expedition to get some. Recipe

I have a few! But will state that these are my tops. Firstly a book I cannot open without wishing to cook the recipe on the page (and no photos) – so must be my Number 1 “New Complete Vegetarian – Rose Elliot”. And I am not vegetarian! But a brilliant xmas present for those with veggie tendencies – Rose Elliot is the Queen of Veggies.

Next are a couple of Jamie Oliver’s, “Cook with Jamie” and “Super Food Family Classic’s”. Then “Completely Perfect – Felicity Cloake”. I will add to this.

First attempt approved by Aaron and Jamie – I had never had it before so well pleased. Might be some available on request tomorrow morning at Sandford Stores.

Trying out new foods.

okra

kochur mukhi. recipe

Doodhi recipe

This has been recommended by Aaron – Recipe

The recipe is variable – great! Jamie Oliver

Firstly I love the idea of nibbles. So a book of tapas and these are the ones I will make.

lamb with lemon, garlic prawns, spicy moorish kebabs, meat balls in tomato sauce, Catalan chick pea salad, chicken with garlic, potatoes in tomato sauce, stuffed mushrooms and peppers, aubergine cheese fritters, spinach, pine nuts and raisins.

Roasted almonds with paprika, picos breadsticks, anchovy stuffed eggs, chorizo and tomato loaf, fennel and citrus pork belly, chorizo in red wine, romensco chicken wings, paprika chicken wings and garlic, moorish skewers, ham croquettes, spinach, tomato and egg tarts, ricotta and red onion tortilla, garlic potatoes, potatoes with spicy tomato sauce.

I think I am drooling at the moment.

Now looking up recipes for okra – roasting seems a good choice?

A friend has shopped for me at a market in London – no instructions so I am fairly ignorant of what to expect other than I have been told Cassava or yucca. Recipes here or African bean cassava. But this Caribbean one looks so edible!