This is the first recipe I attempted from scratch. Back in 2011 I was inspired to start being more creative in the kitchen by my then tandem partner or ‘pilot’ Fiona Duncan. I didn’t really know where to start so I ordered a couple of …
Aubergine, like avocado is not technically a vegetable but a berry. It has a tough outer skin, which is in general a deep glossy purple colour, surrounding spongelike cream-coloured flesh with small edible seeds dotted throughout. It is treated like a vegetable and comes from the same …
I first went food shopping with Neil back when we first met and lived in the same block of flats as each other. We agreed to share the cooking and I very quickly became aware just how limited his knowledge of vegetables was. His speciality …
Green beans are an umbrella term for several varieties of long beans that have edible pods. Strangely enough they aren’t all green as you can sometimes get yellow or purple ones. Other names for them include string or stringless beans, fine beans, or haricot vert. They …