Some delicious seasonal summer family recipes to choose from the What Dad Cooked repertoire.
This recipe uses a vignarola recipe but combines with pasta. A very good combination…
‘Here’s one of Dad’s more elaborate dishes from a while back – in true Dad fashion he buries himself in the kitchen experimenting with new techniques. Five hours later out come these little gems…’
Try Dad’s loaded low-fat salsa quesadillas with The Laughing Cow Lightest x8 cheese.
‘Summers here a what better time for the French classic Salad Niçoise!’
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A perfect winter warmer – Cassoulet!
An excellent way to turn a popular Italian slow food standard into an easy and quicker family classic.
My best pumpkin pie yet!
A seasonal favourite ingredient of Dad's, so much so he made a 30 recipe series about the green spears! Try these recipes whilst asparagus can still be found locally.
These little quiches are full of spring vegetables, served with a salad they would make a brilliant lunch or light supper.
A really easy and tasty starter or light lunch or supper. Make during summer when home-grown asparagus might still be available.
This is a spring asparagus dish – but not as we know it…
Fresh asparagus is full of flavour and goodness – the perfect vegetable to celebrate the arrival of spring. Dairy, eggs, potatoes, Parmesan and parsley all marry well with tasty asparagus and come together to create this delicious frittata recipe.
Dad loves to write about food. Whether it's discovering a new road local to London or Surrey, where the treasures of foodie stores and independent shops delight—or Dad's macro observations in the world of food. Dad's articles (and foodie stories to his recipes) are a funny and knowledgable journey through the lense of how pops views the world.
There was a time when few would have recognised the panettones stacked in London’s Italian delicatessens. But now it’s impossible to do a Christmas shop without tripping over the lovely things.
Dad’s take on combining tuna and sweetcorn.
Gravy is a perfect sauce; meaty, smooth, stimulating to the palate – and it makes our food taste better.
It’s Thanksgiving on the 24th November. Here’s the low-down on WDC’s traditional American Thanksgiving dinner.