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The Last Of Summer’s Courgettes

21st January 2014 By Urvashi Roe

I felt a little sad this weekend as I emptied my freezer of the last bag of this summer’s courgettes.  I was getting sick of the sight of them in August but on this cold, wet and windy weekend I was nostalgic for our excitement as the seedlings popped through the soil.  I wanted to […]

Filed Under: Soup Tagged With: Allotment, cooking, fish, food, grow your own, mussels, thai food

Thai Style Mussels with Courgettes

18th January 2014 By Urvashi Roe

After my epic summer of courgette production, I froze a lot in a grated a chunk form to use over the autumn and winter months in soups and curries.  This dish took just half an hour with the courgette and mussels thrown in direct from frozen.  This recipe serves four hungry adults. You’ll need 150g […]

Filed Under: Soup Tagged With: Allotment, cooking, courgettes, fish, food, mussels, thai food

Yum Yum Thai in Stoke Newington

21st October 2013 By Urvashi Roe

Yum Yum Thai in Stoke Newington has been around for a long, long time.  The restaurant is now very well established in this trendy corner of North London in an old Georgian building. I was invited to taste dishes from the summer menu by owner, Atique Choudhury.  On arrival we were greeted with a light […]

Filed Under: Restaurants Tagged With: eating out, london, thai food

On My Travels : Vietnamese and Thai Cookery Day in Bath

5th April 2012 By Urvashi Roe

I recently attended a Vietnamese and Thai Cookery Day at The Vegetarian Cookery School in Bath run by Rachel Demuth. I first met Rachel last year and discovered that we both have a love of teaching and passing on our skills and knowledge to others. Like me Rachel has travelled extensively in India and the […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: bath, cookery school, rachel demuth, recipes, Thai, thai food, vegetarian

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