Some delicious seasonal summer family recipes to choose from the What Dad Cooked repertoire.
Smaller version of chilli rellenos – fried small peppers stuffed with cheese.
Artichokes and lamb or lamb and artichokes. Whichever, it’s a brilliant combination.
‘A light but filling vegetarian salad which will leave you feeling satisfied and healthy inside and out.’
A delicious salad of fresh vegetables, typical of those grown in my childhood home!
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A perfect winter warmer – Cassoulet!
Try Dad’s loaded low-fat salsa quesadillas with The Laughing Cow Lightest x8 cheese.
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.
Asparagus and nuts have an affinity – I’ve used hazelnuts and seen recipes with pistachios, so sesame should – and does – marry well. Avocado and tofu work well together, and asparagus eats well with avocado. This recipe brings all these flavour combination together in a Japanese style dish.
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.
These little quiches are full of spring vegetables, served with a salad they would make a brilliant lunch or light supper.
It’s the British asparagus season – make the most of it with this very simple combination: fresh asparagus from local fields and fresh peas from a pod, boiled and then quickly braised in butter, with lemon herbs and hazlenuts and kasha for a bit of crunch.
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North Americans usually associate waffles with breakfast. These crispy indented batter cakes are interchangeable with pancakes and generally served with butter and maple syrup.
I must admit to enjoying some satisfaction over the backlash to Nigella’s ‘avocado on toast’ feature in her new television series, Simply Nigella. The furore caused by exaggerated twists and eulogies over a recipe that is as simple as…
A list of our top family meals we used to have together when the children were growing up.
Vietnamese market stalls and restaurants are cropping up everywhere – and with them the hugely popular pho soup.