It’s been too long since I published a new pasta dish (my one and only pasta all’amatriciana), which feels a bit like I’ve betrayed my own country. To make up for lost time, I thought I’d showcase a favourite, something I’ve spent a lot of …
As much as we’d love to keep filling in our Fry Me a River section with new recipes, sometimes we do feel the need to go through a bit of a healthy phase, which lead us to this super healthy chickpea salad. It’s all for …
Best served with our vegetable couscous. It was December 2019 and like everyone else we had no clue what was in store for the world in 2020. So we did what everyone did back then: we booked a nice trip, specifically to Marrakech. We spent …
We initially made this one for our Moroccan chicken tagine dish: we needed a side and we had a bunch of veggies to hand, so we came up with this vegetable couscous. The result surprised us. While it might call to mind the narrow streets …
Best known as simply aglio e olio in the UK, traditionally called pasta aglio, olio e peperoncino = garlic, olive oil, and chilli flakes pasta. It’s what I would liken to an Italian PB&J, in that it’s what Italians throw together when they want to …
You’re reading that right – beetroot brownie. Now, you may wonder why in hell would I ruin the most loved chocolate comfort food in the world by adding beetroots to it. First of all, we got 3 beetroots with our Oddbox (and the usual cheeky …
When we first started cooking together, food waste was our biggest issue. We were living in two different flats and working office jobs. The odd drink with our coworkers occasionally popped up last minute. Sometimes, we were just lazy. Now, working from home definitely gave …
Restaurant-grade egg fried rice uses rice that was cooked the day before because it fries better, meaning that at its core this is a leftover dish. No wonder then it’s the dish best suited to disposing of the lingering ingredients in our fridge that are …
A take on my mom’s turkey chilli (also spelt chili or chile) with added inspiration from Kenji over at Serious Eats. One day when I was young, my mom started using ground turkey instead of ground beef because ~health~ and no one in the family …
So what happened was that last night is that I was home alone, watching an old episode of The Great Bake Off and I did what everyone usually wants to do: go up to the kitchen and bake something. And so I did, and came …