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Having a vegetarian wife, I find myself making a lot of meat-free meals – often using beans as a substitute. And being naturally lazy, I am always on the lookout for quick, easy meals. So it’s natural that at some point I’d end up making these quick and easy vegetarian bean wraps. The recipe has a [...]

When I cook I like to chain recipes, where the result of one cooking session becomes an ingredient in another. That way later recipes are often improved by the use of a freshly prepared ingredient rather than a store-bought alternative. And you often end up with several prepared dishes for the same amount of effort [...]

Sorbets are the perfect refreshing summer dessert, having as they do all the ice, but none of the cream, of icecream. They are astonishingly simple to make – very respectable sorbets can be knocked up in just 5 minutes and then stored for a whole season of enjoyment. Overview Sorbets despite their sophisticated appearance, have [...]

Mustards can be both a great condiment and a simple, rewarding side-project. Unlike some condiments which can be expensive, complex or short-lived, most mustards are a breeze to make, low cost, and virtually indestructable. They are also flexible in a way that may surprise anyone familiar only with ‘plain’ mustards such as English, American and [...]