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Mushroom and tarragon tagliatelle
This the first recipe developed for Kilgariff and Kahan’s blog in the process of our ongoing collaboration to pair their wonderful Lambrusco wines to food. I love these easy-to-drink and approachable...
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Eggs in red sauce-Shakshuka and Strapatsada
Whether you call them huevos rancheros, shakshuka, menemen or,the very familiar to me, strapatsada, eggs in aromatic red tomato sauce are a popular breakfast and meal across the world. The basic...
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Loukoumades
A Greek childhood favourite turned into a gourmet adult desert. This could become your all time favourite doughnut. This dish was the dessert at our first World Café night held at Penylan Pantry in...
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Chilli con Carne with Galo Pinto
My ultimate Mexican Chilli con Carne uses diced beef and spicy pork sausage cooked in a mole sauce with strong accents of chocolate, honey and chili. I serve this stew with Galo Pinto, a Nicaraguan...
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Pop pop pop goes 2014
The last 2014 Lia’s Kitchen pop-up dinner took place on the last full moon of the year . On Sunday afternoon I ‘sat’ tired amongst boxes and paperwork reflecting on the two pop up dinners we completed...
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The savvy soup called Ribollita
Have you ever looked at vegetable leftovers in your fridge or the seasonal mix in your vegetable boxes and thought: ‘What could I make with this?’. Have you every thrown away cooked vegetable...
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Egg and Banana Pancakes
Pancake day is one of my favourite food calendar highlights. Spelt flour or buckwheat flour pancakes are on the top of my list. For your savoury pancakes nothing can beat a good galette bretonne with...
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Pancake heaven
Originally posted on Lia's Kitchen:Shrove Tuesday is now gone but I’d like to think that pancakes can return to Lia’s kitchen before the next one in 2014. Pancakes don’t always have to be overindulgent...
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Savoury cornmeal cake
This is a recipe I have been playing with for years and I finalised it recently whilst delivering the Love Food Hate Waste campaign in Roath. I was looking for recipes in my notebook that can help...
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Lia’s Kitchen meets Riverside Market Garden
About a month ago I started visiting the people who grow delicious food locally. It was a good reminder that the food we put on our plates and which many times is grown organically, is a hard labour of...
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Lemon Polenta cake with rosemary syrup
During the summer of 2015 Lia’s Kitchen market stalls have consistently offered a zingy aromatic polenta cake with a soft but grainy texture. The inspiration for this cake comes from the Greek revani...
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And that is that …
This morning I thought I had missed call from someone I have worked during the last two very intense years of my water related job (which takes up most of my time during the week). He has accepted a...
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Celeriac salad and soup recipes – October Riverside Market Garden vegetable box
There is one thing you cannot do with celeriac, and that is to leave it out in the air once you peeled it because it quickly discolours. But if you put it in a bowl of water with a bit of lemon juice...
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Pumpkin stir fry and savoury pie – November Riverside Market Garden Box Recipes
It is finally pumpkin and winter quash season! The sweetness of this fantastic vegetable is ideal for moreish, savoury dishes and their salty flavours, which is exactly what I have developed for you...
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Waste Not Cakes! Carrot & Banana sweetness and pumpkin & mushroom savoury...
This year our dream team consisting of Green City Events, Cynefin Cardiff and Lia’s Kitchen will be organising more food waste reduction events in Cardiff’s Roath/Penylan, Splott and Adamsdown areas....
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The wonderful Dukkah condiment
One of the best ways to elevate the flavours of roast vegetable, dips, soups and salads is a sprinkle of the Egyptian dukkah condiment. Dukkah is a mixture of spices and seeds that can be unique to...
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Back to the roots #1– Festive recipes: The Mixed Root Roast with Dukkah
I am getting ready for Christmas, are you? Personally I don’t want to worry about getting the exact quantity of specific root vegetable for my Christmas dinner right – I rather like using what I have....
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Back to the roots #2 – Festive recipes: Parsnip and/or Jerusalem artichoke...
Continuing with the festive theme, here is another roast vegetable recipe which can accompany any chosen Christmas dinner meats or veggie roast. I think it will particularly delicious with goose.Once...
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Back to the roots #3 – Festive recipes: Parsnip or celeriac oven chips with...
Do you find it hard to get your little ones to tuck into root vegetable other than potato? This is a festive recipe that make everyone happy and it will use up your Riverside Market Garden festive...
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Festive Sprout Stir Fry
This is a recipe that even the biggest sprout sceptic will enjoy – I have tested this with my partner whose face contorts with disgust every time I even mention sprouts. Slicing the sprouts finely...
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