I’ve been really curious about harissa paste after seeing it on a few foodie Instagrams so I thought I’d give give it a go with some eggs for a Saturday breakfast treat. It was so good and added just the right amount of kick to eggs on toast!
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It’s finally acceptable to indulge in festive hot chocolates! Fair warning, this hot chocolate is not for the faint hearted or those who have ambivalent feelings towards chocolate (monsters). I have a very low success rate with powdered hot chocolates and I feel they’re often not rich or velvety enough to be indulgent. So this recipe has both cocoa powder and real chocolate for that luxurious texture you know you need for a Christmassy hot chocolate. Enjoy!
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A perfect one pot meal, you can’t beat a warm and protein-packed bean chilli. Mixed it up with any variety of beans (the more the merrier) and don’t forget the smoked paprika. Always essential for a chilli.
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Let’s be honest, it’s really difficult to find a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavour that you don’t like and I’ve been loving the Netflix & Chill’d ice cream they came out with recently (very appropriate for life in 2020). I then remembered the iconic Chunky Monkey flavour they’d done and got hit with the idea of Chunky Monkey crepes – so good!
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When I first started university (many moons ago), I was leaving home without ever having cooked a proper meal. That A* pizza from Year 8 did not count … Anyway one of the only recipes my mother insisted I wrote down was a classic palak (spinach) dal, an essential comfort food if there ever was one. Even though most Indians will tell you dal is not a ‘treat’ meal, it was definitely one I always looked forward to growing up and still continue to have at least once a week. You can’t go wrong with a bowl of dal and rice!
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This recipe was intended to be a comforting risotto but there seemed to a mysterious lack of risotto in stores here (the new panic buying trend?) so I settled on an orzo, which isn’t the same but it’s absolutely delicious. It’s hearty, it’s comforting and it’s very easily adaptable – don’t forget to look at my Upgrade Ideas at the bottom of the post!
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Everyone (I assume) loves a good puff pastry treat once in a while and I love this one with mushroom, spinach and ricotta. I think I was inspired by a ravioli I had and wanted to incorporate pastry into it somehow. These are super quick and easy to make and you can have them as a side or a main. I’ve done them here as a main with salad.
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I love doing this rich, buttery pasta as a weeknight treat because it’s so quick but looks and tastes a lot fancier than it is.
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My favourite go-to brunch, we have shakshouka almost every Sunday after a long morning walk and it never disappoints. It’s hearty, it’s delicious and the action all takes place in a single pan. Win!
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