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Index
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
INTRODUCTION
Tips to get you started
How to play with flavours
Larder loves and must-haves
Freeze it all
Basic stocks
Chicken stock
Vegetable stock
Fish stock
Basic sauces
White sauce
Butter sauce
Tomato passata
Homemade gravy
1 WAKEY-WAKEY BREAKFAST AND BRUNCH
Blueberry blitz
Granola
Twiced-Baked almond croissants
Cowboy beans on toast
Mini breakfast ‘Muffins’
2 SIMPLE SALADS
Green salad with garlic croutons and dijon dressing
Potato and asparagus spears with homemade pesto salad
Yellow melon salad with grilled halloumi, mint and capers
Radish, Orange and coriander salad
Tricolore
Chickpea salad with white tuna and lime
New potato salad with sun-dried tomatoes and yoghurt dressing
Summer Panzanella
On the Beach
Pain farci
Sticky wings n’ drumsticks
My basic beach salad recipe
Homemade lemonade
Best-ever brownies
3 QUICK MID-WEEK MEALS
Coconut dahl with mint and coriander relish
Twice-Baked loaded potatoes
Monday leftovers spanish omelette
Stuffed portobello mushrooms with spinach and walnuts on sourdough
Smoky corn chowder
Carbonara with fresh egg yolk
Smoked salmon pasta with sage and goats’ cheese
Pepper-blackened salmon
Cod goujons with mushy peas
Chicken in a basket
Kentish apple pork chops
Porky burgers
Mozzarella meatballs
Cypriot lamb koftas with tzatziki in pitta bread
4 ‘COME-AS-YOU-ARE’ KITCHEN SUPPERS
Smoky fish pie with a dash of scotch
My kitchen moules with pull-apart bread
Paprika pan-fried chicken with grapefruit, stilton and asparagus salad
Chicken, fennel and ouzo gratin
Normandy chicken
Asti, asparagus and chicken risotto
Roast quail and beetroot with a warm lentil salad
Confit de canard with red wine and berries
Rack of lamb with a dijon and parmesan crust
Auntie alex’s lasagne
Quick ’n’ easy chilli with chocolate and a tequila shot
Beef curry with toasted cumin yoghurt
Book club evening
Spicy chicken skewers with satay sauce
Mont d’or en croûte
Baked Chinese duck with cucumber and chilli salad
Maison de la Roche chocolate pudding cake
5 DRESSED-UP DINNERS
Nibbles
Bitter chocolate-dipped crisps with apple cider cocktails
Kentish apple cider cocktails
Marinated olives with manchego cheese
Starters
Roast whole garlic and tomato soup
Baba ganoush with warm pitta bread
Potted crab with sourdough rounds
Prawn cocktail
Easiest-Ever chicken liver pâté
The Main Event
Bouillabaisse mama vanda
Coconut fish curry
Tarragon and mustard rabbit
Chicken in honey and orange
Sticky roast cardamon poussins
Lamb tagine with preserved lemons and olives
Preserved lemons
Flambéd fillet steak in brandy sauce
After
Cognac after-dinner truffles
6 LAZY SUNDAY LUNCHES
My dad’s paella
Moroccan one-pot wonder
Pot au feu
Sausage and onion pie with english mustard
Simple roast pork with microwave apple sauce
Roast leg of lamb with juniper berries and red wine
Venison casserole with orange and ginger
Cottage pie with parsnip and parmesan crust
Spitfire beef stew with kentish cheddar and chive dumplings
Summer Lunch in the Garden
Butterfly lamb with mint, feta and balsamic marinade
Crab, Cheddar and watercress quiche
Pissaladière
Lavender honey cheeseboard
Poached peaches with fresh raspberry cream
7 EAT YOUR VEGETABLES
French beans with thyme and pancetta
Stir-Fried garlic courgettes
Roast baby carrots with cumin and maple sauce
Cauliflower cheese with mozzarella and nutmeg
Griddled asparagus with almonds and roquefort
Crushed baby potatoes with mint and sea salt
Ratatouille
Horseradish mash
Coconut rice with peas
Tartiflette
Roast vegetable and toasted almond couscous
8 PUDDINGS AND DESSERTS
Ginger and blackberry chocolate brownie trifle
Super-Easy lemon syllabub
Rice Pudding Perfection
Kevin post’s cobbled plums
Blueberry bakewell tart
Strawberry and lemon curd meringue roulade
Roast pineapple with homemade custard
Heavenly cherries in hot chocolate sauce
Rhubarb crumble ice cream
Apple tartski
Afternoon tea
My hubby’s perfect loaf recipe
Homemade summer berry jam
Anchovy butter
Smoked salmon and dill butter
Oven shorties
Strawberry and white chocolate rocky road
Grandma’s fruitcake
Raspberry chocolate bombes
Index
Acknowledgements
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