• The lovely thing about Eccles cakes is that you can eat them whenever you like. They’re delicious for breakfast or with a bit of cheese and some beer…

    Print Recipe Pickled carrots Serves: 5 as a garnish Cooking Time: 2 hours 30 minutes (or up to 1 week) + extra, to cool Ingredients 1 large carrot 110ml water 110ml rice wine vinegar 65g sugar Instructions 1 Peel the carrot, slice as thinly as possible lengthways using a mandoline and julienne the carrot. 2

    Broccoli Presto Pasta “I made the broccoli pesto from Donna Hay Fresh and Light. I chose this dish simply because, when paging through a recipe book, a pasta dish always tends to catch my eye. My dad’s Italian so we grew up on pasta and, for me, it’s the best kind comfort food – perfect for this cold weather that we’ve been having. Plus, any pasta dish is always a winner in our home. The dish really didn’t take much effort at all and, to me, it was a very healthy and tasty pasta dish. I added a touch of…

    Roast leg of lamb with Baharat and vegetables. "I chose to make the roast leg of lamb with baharat and vegetables from Moorish: Flavours from Mecca to Marrakech by Greg and Lucy Malouf (page 116). Baharat is an all-purpose Arab dry spice mix that can be used for marinades, stews and when braising meat as well. I did this roast simply because I’m a sucker for lamb and I appreciate all the aromatic spices in this recipe. I loved the fact that I could mix my own spices, so knowing exactly what is in the mix. I must admit that…