I’ve realised as this blog has grown from some gardening ramblings I now have lots of recipes, which I want to get access to easily. And voila I created a page to conveniently link to the recipes posted on my blog.
The majority of recipes are savoury, I have a savoury tooth, I’m not saying ‘boo-hiss’ to sweet treats, it’s just I don’t often eat them. There are a few fishy recipes like Thai Fish Cakes or South Indian Fried Fish, remember I live by the sea and in a town which has its own small fishing fleet. As you wander through the recipes you’ll see most are Vegetarian. I’m not a vegetarian but do eat a lot of veggies, well you’d hope so wouldn’t you seeing as I love to grow so many. You will see that most of the recipes use fresh ingredients grown on my allotment, the joy of growing fruit and vegetables for the kitchen to be used at their freshest and best is a treat and I realise I’m lucky to be in this position. You don’t have to have an allotment or a vegetable garden to make these dishes! but if I’ve inspired you to grow a few salads, herbs or even try your hand at a few veggies then that would be fabulous. Once you’ve tasted home-grown veggies you won’t look back!
So take a moment and have a stroll or scroll through the dishes, there are Starters and Tiffin, Salads, Curries, Rice and Grain Dishes, Pasta Dishes, Mains and Sides, Pickles and Jams, Other bits and bobs like drinks and liquers, and finally Sweet Treats. Phew that’s alot of tempting food!
So here goes lots of links to recipes I’ve posted on my blog ~
Starters and Tiffin ~
- Pink Party food – Australian Market Beetroot Dip
- Borek – Turkish Cheese and Spinach Filo Pies
- Bruschette
- Fried Green Tomatoes
- Indian Spiced Potato Cakes – Aloo Bonda
- Pumpkin Fritters
- Sweetcorn Fritters/Pancakes
- Simple Satay Sauce and Fresh Spring Rolls
- Saturday Samosa’s
- Smoked Almond & Peppercorn Goat Cheese Log
- Roasted Carrot and Ginger Soup
- Caramalised Onion Tart
- The Best Thai Fish Cakes
- Olive Tapanade in Puff Pastry
Salads ~
- Couscous Salad
- Butter Beans
- Carrot Salads
- Moroccan Style Courgette Salad
- Summer Salad – Ready Steady Cook
- Butter Beans with Tomato and Basil
- Borlotti Beans
- Green Papaya Salad – and alternatives
- Chive Blossom Vinegar
- Winter Salads
- Winter Panzanella
- Cambodian style smoked mackerel salad
Curries ~
- Beetroot Curry
- Garlic Curry
- Courgette and Potato Masala
- Thai Yellow Curry and Cucumber Dipping Sauce
- Masaman Curry
- Sri Lankan White Pumpkin Curry
- Radish Curry / Dry Fry
- Thai Green Curry Paste and Curry
- Punjabi Peas and Carrots (dry)
- Vindaloo
- Chickpeas and Pumpkin – Pindi Style
- Thai Yellow Squash – revisited
- South Indian Style Fried Fish – dry
Rice and Grain Dishes ~
- Frgrant Lemon Rice
- Nilgiri Rice
- Radiccio and Prawn Rissoto
- Fennel and Vodka Risotto
- Pumpkin and Sage Risotto
- Kedgeree
- Bulghur Risotto with a pumpkin
- Panamanian Chicken and Rice
Pasta Dishes ~
- Simple Summer Pasta
- Pasta Fagioli
- Spring Simplicity Pasta – with Purple Sprouting Broccoli
- Croziflette
- Pasta con Lenticchie
- Smoked Salmon and Dill Spaghetti or Simple Salmon Said Spaghetti
Mains and Sides~
- Allotment Quiche
- Borlotti Beans
- Green Bean Thoran
- Indian Style Cauliflower Cheese
- Dal Makhani
- Petits Pois a la Francaise (pea and lettuce)
- Summer Soup - Borlotti and Endive
- Beetroot and Spinch/Chard Bhaji
- Sag paneer
- Mushroom en croute
- Easy Cheese Souffle
- Prawns in Coconut Milk
- Tartiflette
- Tomato Tart – Upside Down
- Chard – Blettes a la creme
- Baked Spinach
- Allotment Quiche
- Promenade Parsley Lentils
- Crispy Kale Seaweed
- Brussel Sprout Tops – easy cooking
- Vegetarian Bourguignon with Chestnuts and Mushrooms
- Winter Panzanella
- Caramalised Onion Tart
- Vegetarian Toad In The Hole
Pickles and Jams~
Other bits and Bobs ~
- Sloe Gin
- Crown Courgette Bread
- Curry Powder
- Chive Blossom Vinegar
- Asian Style vinaigrette
- Homemade Limoncello
- Homemade pumpkin and apple Granola
thanks for dropping by to our new site. I see you have been busy cooking up your produce. I’ll put a link to your site on ours. Thanks.
Thanks for th elink, that’s lovely. I’ve come to realise that a big part of growing my own food is about the cooking. So the recipes have for the most part come about from what’s fresh in the garden today. I’m starting to look forward to the Purple Sprouting broccoli, next month !
Yes we have a patch of purple sprouting, looking very cold and sad at the moment, but I know it will produce lovely fresh sprouts soon. Last year we were ‘cut and coming again’ for about 6 weeks.
To be honest I’m starting to drool at the thought of fresh PSB, it certainly fills a garden gap at a time of year when little else is growing and can be picked
Good job! I have to do the same on my blog…yikes!
Oh heck! You’ve reminded me that I haven’t updated this for AGES. Slacker! Yes, that’s me
I’m been trying to figure out a good format for the recipes, I still don’t think I’ve hit on the right one though!
ahhh – yes – having spent the past year writing my blog without giving much thought to categories or even topics (just write and see what happens, and food happened!) I now have way more categories than is healthy and need to redo. I think your recipe page works. Though you may want to put anchors at the top of the page directing people to the different sections.
I know what you mean about just writing a blog and then a while later realising that you’ve got yorself into a tangle, don’t even mention tags! I actually think I’d be better off having a couple of blogs, one for the garden and food and one for life/travel, but I’m too lazy
Good tip about the anchors, thank you. I’ll have a look at those, hopefully I’ll have a bit of time next week…..
It is very interesting how our blogs evolve and the directions they seem to take. You have a lot of of very nice recipes.
Thank you Karen, keeping a blog has helped me create my personal cookbook – of favourites, new to me and a few classics. Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you!
What a fabulous find … I’m going to link you to Behind The Green Door my new blog.
I’m unable to cook or plant anything lately unless I’ve got my camera close by …
And thank you
Its funny isn’t it what happens when you start blogging, suddenly everything becomes a potential post! And thanks for popping in
Gosh, I love this recipe summary page Claire. I’ve nominated you for the Reader Appreciation Award. You can check it out here: http://wuppenif.com/2012/10/18/reader-appreciation-award/