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Recipes

Chocolate and Raspberry Protein Muffins (Vegan)

9th November 2021 By Urvashi Roe

Easy to make muffins using protein powder for a great post or pre workout snack

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: baking, breakfast, chocolate, food, GBBO, muffins, recipes, weight training

Kale and Prawn Gyoza

1st January 2021 By Urvashi Roe

A simple recipe for making delicious gyoza dumplings at home using up bits of broccoli, cabbage or kale. It’s a lovely way to spend a few hours catching up with friends making batches. Equally a nice way to get some quiet alone time in the kitchen.

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: Allotment, cooking, dumplings, food, gyoza, recipes

The Easiest Courgette Flower Fritters

6th September 2020 By Urvashi Roe

I have had an abundance of courgettes this year. I am still eating the ones that grew to marrow size while we were on holiday a few weeks ago! Of course the best thing about growing courgettes is the flowers. I’ve had weekly meals since July of these fritters. There are lots of recipes and […]

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: cooking, courgette, edible flowers, food, gardening, homegrown, vegetable growing, Zucchini

Rhubarb, Plum and Berry Crumble

11th May 2020 By Urvashi Roe

A delicious crumble recipe with a crunchy yet chewy flapjack style topping. Perfect for snuggling in on cold and rainy days

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: afternoon tea, Allotment, autumn, baking, crumble, dessert, food, fruit, gardening, GBBO, pudding, recipes, rhubarb, summer fruits, winter

Kirkham’s Lancashire Cheese and Rosemary and Biscuits

3rd May 2020 By Urvashi Roe

An easy batch of crumbly, slightly chewy but most of all cheesy biscuits which are perfect with a glass of white wine for aperitifs. I used the wonder Mrs Kirkham’s Lancashire cheese and fresh rosemary from the garden.

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Hodmedod Carlin Pea Curry

18th April 2020 By Urvashi Roe

An easy and comforting curry using the wonderful Hodmedod’s Carlin Badger peas

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: cooking, Hodmedod’s, peas, pulses, recipes

Rose and Almond Cake

8th April 2020 By Urvashi Roe

An easy rose and almond cake which gave me some headspace and time on my own away from the family during this difficult period of Coronavirus lockdown

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: afternoon tea, baking, cake, cooking, food, GBBO, recipes, rose, rosewater

Biting Biting – Muthiya and Chai

11th August 2015 By Urvashi Roe

There is a term we Gujaratis use often and do far too often.  It’s called ‘biting’. It means snacking, eating little Polpo-esque portions of something to tide you over to the next biting or meal. When you are visiting relatives the first question you’ll be asked will be if you’ll partake in some ‘biting biting’. […]

Filed Under: Recipes Tagged With: cooking, curry, homegrown, indian food, snack, vegetarian

The Perfect Homegrown Patra

20th September 2014 By Urvashi Roe

Patra is one of my all time favourite Gujarati dishes.  My Baa (maternal grandmother) used to make them for breakfast when I was little using fresh colocasia leaves and her own spice mix.  I was too little to really appreciate her or her patra which makes me so incredibly sad.  However, I wasn’t so little that […]

Filed Under: Breakfast, Recipes, Side Dishes, Snacks Tagged With: curry, food, Gujarati, indian food, recipes

Green Tomato and Onion Curry

31st August 2014 By Urvashi Roe

I’m very fussy about tomatoes.  I love the sundried variety but not in pesto.  I like the raw variety but only paired with basil and mozzarella and in a ‘cachumbar’ (salad) with sliced onions, red chilli powder and salt.  But I love cooked tomatoes.  Especially in curry.  It’s my go to dinner when I am […]

Filed Under: Recipes, Side Dishes Tagged With: cooking, food, Gujarati, recipes, Tomato, vegetarian

Recipes

19th January 2012 By Urvashi Roe

red pepper ravioli bake

*** Page under construction**** Below is a list of all the recipes on this blog in alphabetical order.  Aachener printen Apple and pecan cookies Apple marmalade Apple, cobnut and honey tart Apricot cheesecake Apricot loaf cake Apricot, pecan and maple syrup muffins Banana and chocolate chip loaf cake Blackberry crumble tart Buck’s fizz macarons Caramel […]

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Restaurants

21st December 2011 By Urvashi Roe

I LOVE eating out and I wanted to share my experiences with you.  Hopefully they’ll inspire you as they’ve inspired me to change what I’m cooking or baking.  I don’t get paid to eat at these places nor to publicise them. PDO and PGI Welsh Food and Wine Tasting Menu at The Harbourmaster Hotel, Aberaeon, […]

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