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Canapés – the saving grace of my 'minglephobia'

22nd October 2011 By Urvashi Roe

I’ve been to a few Gala Dinners and Drinks Receptions for work recently. It’s that time of year.  I know I should be enjoying the dressing up part and the celebration itself.  Don’t get me wrong, I love wearing an evening gown and heels and jewellery and being all girly.  But ‘networking’ is soooo scary isn’t it? […]

Filed Under: Light Bites Tagged With: autumn, baking, biscuit, blackberry, canape, cooking, curd, food, fruit, macaroon, macron, recipes

Crab Quiche with Coriander and Coconut

4th September 2011 By Urvashi Roe

I made this quiche for Episode 2 of The Great British Bake Off.  I hadn’t really made much quiche til I started recipe testing for the show because I’ve never been a huge fan.  I am now a convert.  Quiche is such an easy meal.  Served cold or warm it’s filling and nutritious and there […]

Filed Under: Light Bites Tagged With: coconut, coriander, crab, quiche

Green Chilli, Garlic and Halloumi Rolls

4th September 2011 By Urvashi Roe

These bread rolls are a brilliant alternative to naan bread or chappattis when eaten with dhal based recipes.  They are also great with one veg soups like tomato or broccoli. I made these rolls in Episode 3 of the Great British Bake Off.  Paul commented that you couldn’t taste the halloumi because of the chilli but […]

Filed Under: Light Bites Tagged With: baking, bread, chilli, GBBO, halloumi

Chilli Soda Bread

20th July 2011 By Urvashi Roe

Soda bread is brilliant! It’s such an excellent ‘rustle up’ bake.  Five everyday ingredients, a bit of loose mixing, a quick spell in the oven and you have a delicious loaf ready to be scoffed.  Most recipes use buttermilk but I never have any so I use yoghurt and milk.  Instead of the chillies you […]

Filed Under: Light Bites Tagged With: bread, chilli

Sweet Potato Hummus

17th July 2011 By Urvashi Roe

This is a really easy variation on traditional hummus and you could substitute the sweet potato with butternut squash for an equally lovely accompaniment with the cumin bread rolls. You’ll need For the hummus 2 large sweet potatoes 4 cloves of garlic 2 heaped tbsp tahini 2 tsp ground cumin  4 tbsp extra virgin olive […]

Filed Under: Light Bites Tagged With: hummus, sweet potato

Cumin Bread Rolls

17th July 2011 By Urvashi Roe

This is a basic white bread roll recipe and instead of the cumin seeds on top you could use poppy seeds, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds or even oats. I use my KitchenAid to make bread because I’m usually short on time.  If you don’t have a mixer then just mix everything by hand and allow […]

Filed Under: Light Bites Tagged With: bread, cumin, spice

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