Warm Kale and Lentil Salad

The idea of ‘Meatless Monday’, or in fact any day of the week without meat, is not one that’s particularly welcome in our house. It just doesn’t feel like a meal without some kind of flesh on the plate. The …

Eggs in Tomato Sauce

In an ill-advised move, I went grocery shopping without without a list and ended up with 2 dozen eggs in my kitchen. Scrambled and baked eggs and a couple of cakes later, I still had a few eggs with their …

Bloody Bullshot – Two Ways

Happy New Year! In Scotland, 2nd January is a public holiday while the rest of the UK trudge wearily back to work. I’m not sure why, except possibly because Hogmanay celebrations are such that we need two days to recover …

Celery Salt

Celery is an often overlooked vegetable, it’s just another salad item. Chucked into to stocks and stews to enhance the flavour, you only really notice its absence not its inclusion. The seeds are stronger tasting, somehow more rounded and warmer …