Super-eggy Scrambled Eggs / Banana Bread / Christmas Dinner with Roast Goose

Blog Post & Recipe: Super-eggy Scrambled Eggs

I came across it while paging through the new Serious Eats book - the idea is to use whole eggs plus egg yolks to make your eggs extra rich, creamy, and flavorful.

Blog Post & Recipe: Sunday Brunch: Banana Bread

This recipe for banana bread is about as simple as it gets, but one of the beauties of banana bread is how well it incorporates odds and ends from the cupboard and fridge. A handful of chocolate chips, some dried cranberries, or even a grated apple can happily be folded into this batter

Article & Recipes: Give goose a gander

Turkey is traditional, but goose makes a fine centrepiece for a Christmas feast [...] If in doubt, buy a meat thermometer, and in general, don’t stuff birds – cook stuffing separately as it can really slow down the whole cooking process.

Mushroom, onion and chestnut soup ... Cranberry sorbet ... Roast goose ... Roast loin of bacon with dried cherries and plums ... Jerusalem artichoke and potato gratin ... Roasted red pepper and macadamia nut stuffing ... Roast Brussels sprouts

Barbounofassoula (Stewed Borlotti Beans) / Roasted Jerusalem Artichokes with Lemon, Parmesan Cheese & Parsley / Lemony Leeks with Chickpeas & Feta

Blog Post & Recipe: Fassolia Ηantres Giahni or Barbounofassoula (Stewed Borlotti Beans)

This is one of the dishes I enjoy as they are delicious, with a meatier texture than common beans and a good source of protein and fibre

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Jerusalem artichokes (sunchokes) with lemon, Parmesan cheese and parsley

Scrub your vegetables really well. Do not peel, but cut in halves or quarters depending on their size. Par-boil or steam for about 10 minutes, until crispy tender ...

Blog Post & Recipe: Meatless Mondays with Martha Stewart - Lemony Leeks with Chickpeas and Feta

Guess what happens when you put a bunch of leeks in a pan with some veggie broth? Surprisingly, a totally mind-blowing flavour fest. Then guess what happens when you add lemon zest, dill, garlic, olive oil, goat feta, chickpeas, and lots of cracked black pepper?

Roast Tomato Soup / Pickled Jalapeño Peppers + Pickled Daikon / Roast Jerusalem Artichokes with Hazelnut Gremolata

Blog Post & Recipe: Roasted Tomato Soup

I roasted the tomatoes with shallots and added thyme, because I’m on a tomatoes & thyme kick. But you could add any herb you’d like.

Blog Post & Recipe: A Peck of Pickled Peppers

Once you have determined the amount of liquid you will need, add that and the remaining ingredients to a pan and simmer for 5 minutes. Pour this mixture back over the peppers, screw on the lids, and refrigerate for a few days (or as long as you can wait)

Pickled Jalapeño Peppers ... Pickled Daikon

Recipe: Roasted sunchokes with hazelnut gremolata

This is a great technique for when sunchokes are in season. The insides are so tender it is almost creamy, while the edges are delightful bits of crispy goodness. Topping them off with the gremolata bring everything to life. The vibrant parsley and lemon with a bit of a punch from the garlic are wonderful with the toasty nuts.

Caldo de Camarón (Dried Prawn Soup) / How to Prepare Black Fungus & Wood Ear Mushrooms / Green Tea Infused Sunroot Soup

Blog Post & Recipe: Where to Find Caldo de Camarón? Make Your Own...

That fresh squeezed lime juice is what makes all of the flavors in the soup, truly shine.

Blog Post: How to prepare black fungus and wood ears mushrooms

See where the red arrow points? If you feel around with your fingers in that part, you’ll know how much different the texture is from the rest of the fungus. That tough hard part should be cut off.

Blog Post & Recipe: Green Tea Infused Sunroot Soup ('Sunroot' is Jerusalem Artichoke)

We used green tea instead of broth in this soup. The flavors from the tea really works good together with the sunroot. Tea infusion is a fun way to experiment with new flavors in your standard soups.

Potato-Sunchoke Soup with Chile Oil / Hot Chocolate / Spaghetti with Braised Kale

Blog Post & Recipe: potato-sunchoke soup with homemade chile oil

These are sunchokes. You might know them as Jerusalem artichokes instead. They’re not flashy vegetables — look at those knotty tubers!

Blog Post & Recipe: As our own

You're going to boil the chocolate. Well, the chocolate and cream and all the rest of it. Just for a minute or two, the bubbles shouldn't be furious. And stir conscientiously as it's happening please

Our hot chocolate

Blog Post & Recipe: a delicious comfort

Have I lost you already, with the mere mention of whole wheat spaghetti? If not, has kale scared you away? I sure hope not, because I really think you’ll like this one. It’s quick and deeply satisfying—hearty and earthy and lemony and garlic-y and spicy—especially on a winter weeknight.

Spaghetti with Braised Kale

Vegetarian Borscht. Beef in Guinness. Jerusalem Artichoke Soup

Recipe: Hearty Vegetarian Borscht

Most winter borscht is made with beef stock and/or meat bones. This one gets its deep, savory flavor from porcini mushroom broth.

Recipe: Beef in Guinness Stew

Guinness makes a great base for a stew, but do be careful not to use it as 100% of the stock flavouring, or it will be very bitter indeed. Beef shin is best, but stewing steak also works.

Article & Recipe: And was Jerusalem builded here

The one light at the end of this tunnel of depression is a brilliant vegetable, the Jerusalem artichoke. Much like last week's discussion on chard, it is a misunderstood and under-used vegetable. The name doesn't help as it has absolutely no relation the globe artichoke you will be more familiar with. It is actually the root or tuber of a particular sunflower and if you have never seen one, think of a ginger root with cylindrical rings on the surface of their gnarly skin ...

Smoky Jerusalem Artichoke and Ginger Soup

Jerusalem Artichoke Soup

Recipe: Jerusalem Artichoke Soup

I saw this and realised that we probably didn't have any Jerusalem artichoke recipes on this blog yet. Here we go then: soup.


Here is a short panegyric in the artichoke's honour.

It contains vitamin C and potassium and is a source of iron. It is also linked with good intestinal health, although some argue it may be too good as it can produce a little more wind than desired.

PB & J Shortbread Sandwiches. Soup.

Recipe: PB & J shortbread sandwiches



Recipes: 12 sensational soup recipes

Beetroot and apple bortsch ... Cauliflower and parmesan soup ... Celeriac soup with cobnuts ... Cream of fennel soup ... Jerusalem artichoke soup ... Parsnip soup with chestnuts and mixed herb pesto ... Pea and ham soup ... Pumpkin soup with chermoula ... Savoy cabbage and white bean soup ... Spiced carrot and butternut squash soup.

Barbecue burgers. Stove-top baked beans. Two soups.

Recipe: Barbecue burgers.

Article/Recipe: Souped up for winter.

Includes recipes for jerusalem artichoke soup with walnut oil, and prawn and lemongrass soup.

Blog Post/Recipe: Stove-top baked beans.

Richly flavored with bacon, molasses, ketchup and vinegar, these not-really-baked beans have plenty of the baked bean goodness you expect, and are great with hot dogs.