Tag: olive oil
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Fennel Bulb And Orange Salad
On being introduced to fennel bulbs This isn’t so much a recipe as such, as it is an introduction to a vegetable I never knew you could eat before I set foot in Italy. In New Zealand, where I grew up, fennel was known as a herb that you sprinkled over…
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Black Olive Tapenade
It’s the season for tree-beating Over the last month, in the fields all over Southern Italy, and on the Cote d’Azur in France, people have been whacking trees with sticks. This may seem like strange, and relatively cruel treatment for some poor trees who did nothing but stand there and help to prevent…
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Crispy Roast Potatoes
One of the best roast potato recipes I have ever eaten Potatoes are one of my favourite foods to eat. I’ll eat them any which way, except raw….though I would probably even eat them raw if they weren’t bad for you! And one of my favourite ways to eat my favourite tuber is…
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Potato Salad With Green Beans and Bruschetta Bread
What to do when your vegetables die and the mosquitoes arrive in force The heat has suddenly arrived with a vengeance. I went from dodging thunderstorms and procrastinating about sowing seeds to grow some vegetables to realizing that suddenly, just in one day, it is now way too hot for them to survive.…
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Salad With Artichokes and Parmesan Cheese
Waiting for artichokes This time of the year is always very exciting. As it starts to get warmer, you see glimpses of the bounty to come when peas, asparagus and even the odd punnet of juicy, exorbitantly expensive strawberries start to appear in the shops. One of my favourite things to eat in…
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Pancake Day! Buckwheat Flour Crepes
Why eat pancakes only one day a year? Pancake Day has come and gone, but the need to eat them still lingers on…….it was Pancake Day (or Chandeleur) a month ago in France (and I think in a lot of the world), and we did the right thing and ate pancakes that day.…
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Rainbow Chard With Pine Nuts And Raisins
In my village a new, furtive fruit and vegetable seller recently appeared. A few times during the week, you need to wander through the cobbled streets and, if you’re lucky, you’ll find her and her battered old car full of fruits and vegetables from her garden. She sells them straight out of…
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Sicilian Swordfish Steaks
Sicily gets into your blood This week I’m taking a little trip down (my) memory lane with this swordfish steak dish. I love this recipe for baking the fish with a coating of breadcrumbs, almonds and parsley! It was difficult to take a good photo of it, but I hope you can get…
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Marinated Shrimps With Tomato Salsa
A quick and delicious dinner: shrimps are great to keep on hand! I always keep a bag of frozen shrimps/prawns in the freezer for those times when I just don’t know what to make for dinner. They’re quick to thaw out and very fast to cook, and it doesn’t take much to make…
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Spanish Tapas: Bean Salad With Red Peppers
It’s all about the tapas So, here we are in the last week of Spanish Tapas Month on Italian Kiwi, with Part IV! I hope you’ve been enjoying the change of scenery for a month and had a look at the salmorejo soup , the tiny fried fish and the roasted peppers. This bean salad is the…
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Salmorejo (Cold Tomato And Bread Soup)
Why you should make Spanish salmorejo soup Here we are on Part III of Tapas Month on Italian Kiwi! I hope you’ve been enjoying the change of pace so far. If you want to have a look at the tapas up until now, you can feast on battered tiny fish and roasted surprise peppers. This…
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Spanish Tapas: Roasted Peppers
Amazingly easy to make To celebrate Spanish Tapas Month on Italian Kiwi this week, I’d like to introduce you to one of my favourite tapas that I ate when we were down in Andalusia in April: green roasted peppers. It’s one of the most simple tapas to make, as you’ll see when you…
