Ingredient of the month – Chocolate!

Posted by Rachel on Tuesday, March 19, 2013

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A true chocoholic doesn’t just settle for any old chocolate bar. A real, committed chocolate lover fuels their love affair with the finest chocolate, the kind that melts in the mouth. Considering that I was invited to taste-test chocolate before Christmas (whilst wearing a chocolate mustache), I think I can confidently call myself a bona fide chocoholic.

Evening Standard Column – Caramelised pork and sesame lemongrass skewers

Posted by Rachel on Monday, March 18, 2013

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In my latest Evening Standard column I whip up caramelised pork and sesame lemongrass skewers with coconut rice. Enjoy!

Evening Standard Column – Salmon and Samphire Open Lasagne

Posted by Rachel on Friday, March 8, 2013

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Lasagne + seafood + samphire = great comfort food. Try my Salmon and Samphire Open Lasagne recipe in my Evening Standard column this week.

 

Evening Standard Column – Crispy Pea Chalau

Posted by Rachel on Friday, March 1, 2013

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Looking for Friday night dinner ideas? In my Evening Standard column this week, I try a kedgeree-inspired Crispy Pea Chalau.

Evening Standard Column – Cold Busting Soup

Posted by Rachel on Friday, February 22, 2013

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Feeling a tad under the weather? Whip up this hearty cold-busting chicken broth with lemongrass, chilli and ginger. Find the recipe in my Evening Standard Column here.

Ingredient of the month – Colourful Winter Veg!

Posted by Rachel on Wednesday, February 20, 2013

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I can feel a change in the air, with the hope that warmer weather is inching its way around the corner. And when it arrives, I know what it will bring. Spring ingredients! Fresh fruit, beautiful leafy vegetables, and a flurry of excitement at markets all around, as people rejoice that (finally!) spring has arrived. Until then – we must make do with winter produce.

Evening Standard Column – Valentine’s Day

Posted by Rachel on Friday, February 8, 2013

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Stuck for Valentine’s Day ideas? Whip up this Linguine with Seared Scallops (recipe in my Evening Standard column), and invite a group of friends around to share a meal and a few glasses of bubbly.

Evening Standard Column – Vegetarian Galette

Posted by Rachel on Monday, February 4, 2013

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Craving a pastry (or vegetable) hit? Give my vegetarian galette a try, featured in my latest Evening Standard column.

Evening Standard Column – Leftover-Roast Tacos

Posted by Rachel on Friday, January 25, 2013

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Tasty idea for reinventing your leftover roast meat in my column this week.

Ingredient of the month – Clementines!

Posted by Rachel on Wednesday, January 23, 2013

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We now find ourselves midway through winter, and the choice of fresh seasonal fruits is somewhat limited. It’s around this time of year that we start to crave summer fruit salads, and an abundance of fresh fruit sitting pretty in the fruit bowl. But rather than lamenting the fact that we have a few more months of chilly weather on the horizon, why not embrace one of the very finest winter gems…the delectable clementine?