It may disappoint you to know that Fattoush is not actually exotic and effective swear word (“you great big fattoush). Nor is it an affectionate dimunitive (“my little fattouschka”). In fact, Fattoush (or fattush, fatush or fattouche, according to wikipedia) is actually a middle eastern bread salad. “Bread” + “salad” without “sandwich” in there too? [...]
Posts Tagged ‘salad’
Recipe: A Bread Winner
Posted in Recipes, tagged salad, vegetarian on December 7, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Recipe: Cupboard love couscous
Posted in Recipes, tagged salad, vegetarian on November 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There are some things that should be staples in every pantry…or at least in every pantry of anyone who can eat them. Things like a jar of semi sun dried tomatos in oil, vegetable stock, couscous, chickpeas (in a tin for quick dishes), evoo in a bottle and a spray can, a jar of pitted [...]
Blettuced with produce
Posted in The House, tagged garden, salad on August 25, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
As I have said previously, I have been blessed with lettuce from my veggie garden. Blessed + Lettuce = Blettuced It’s been a pleasant surprise as I planted two different packs of lettuce seeds (one of mixed types and one of red and green frilled lettuces) in the summer but they didn’t seem to take. [...]
Recipe: Cauliflower can be tha sexay?
Posted in Recipes, tagged salad, vegetarian on May 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I am the first to admit that cauliflower can be a little problematic – unless it was covered in layers of white sauce, cheese and breadcrumbs and baked to within an inch of its life, I found it a bit bleh as a child. However, as an adult I recognise that sometimes it is good [...]
Recipe: Warm Pearl Barley Salad
Posted in Recipes, Something thrifty this way comes, tagged salad on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Although the recipe title makes this sound incredibly hippy and “good for you”ish, this salad is very filling and flexible in terms of the ingredients you can add. It works as a light main mean, a substantial side salad (serve with marinated lamb chops or sausages) and is great for lunch the next day. Plus [...]
Recipe: Edamame, bacon and egg green tea noodle salad
Posted in Recipes, tagged salad on February 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
This is a slightly different take on the slacker japanese salad using green tea soba noodles and flat leaf parsley that I am growing in my back garden. Salad 1/2 pack japanese green tea soba noodles 4 x strips bacon, diced 3 x eggs 1/3 pack frozen shelled edamame 1 x handful of fresh continental [...]
Recipe Update
Posted in Recipes, tagged salad on February 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Slacker Japanese salad now has pictures:
Recipe: Slacker Japanese Omelette Salad
Posted in Recipes, tagged eggs, salad, vegetarian on January 8, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Nina Ballerina made an authentic smoked salmon version of this salad with soba noodles for me, I loved it so much I made it for the coffee fairy. This is an adapted slacker version using ingredients I had to hand Ingredients: 2 x cakes of long life asian noodles cooked and refreshed with cold water [...]
