In my family, all things Mediterranean are the ultimate when it comes to food. When I lived at home lamb koftas were a regular in my Mum’s kitchen and they’re a recipe I’ve taken with me to mine. Whilst they are one of my favourites, I realised a few weeks ago that I actually hadn’t…
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Tapas Brindisa, Rupert Street
Here in Britain we are pretty used to the ingrained formula of the three course meal, especially when dining out, but sometimes it can be quite refreshing to throw convention out of the window and mix things up a bit. I’ve always loved the Spanish tapas style of eating. From a totally greedy point of…
The Boyfriend’s Homemade Fakeaways: Donner Kebab
When I first met my boyfriend he’d barely ever cooked a thing, having served 5 years in the army, he’d been fed three times a day and never had to. However being a big food lover and knowing how big a foodie I was, he won me over when we were first dating by cooking…
Greek Style Grilled Chicken with Grilled Halloumi, Beetroot, Quinoa & Spinach
This dish contains a lot of my favourite summertime ingredients. I was brought up on summertime barbecues but now I live in a first floor flat barbecues at pretty much off the menu. However grilling remains one of my favourite ways to cook a quick summertime meal, especially with my favourite kitchen gadget which is…
Classic Houmous
Houmous is a classic dip we all know and love. It’s an easy, healthy and popular snack for the kids and a must as part of any Mediterranean or middle eastern mezze. Its a very healthy dip as, unlike a lot of it’s competitors, it’s not overly creamy or oily. Houmous also comes in about…
Pan Fried Sea Bass with Mediterranean Roasted Vegetables
Lately, unintentionally, I have found myself more and more often skipping the meat and choosing vegetarian or fish dishes instead. I haven’t really made a conscious decision about this, but I think it’s just because sometimes the amount of meat we consume as a society just feels a bit heavy. I’m nowhere near close to…
BBQ Leftover Mediterranean Salad Lunchbox
I haven’t done a lunchbox for a little while, partly because out of laziness I’ve not been taking a packed lunch every day and have made quite a few trips to Pret/EAT at lunchtime of late, but also because when I have been making packed lunches they’ve been a bit repetitive and the same as…
Aubergine & Feta Dip
Mediterranean tapas/mezze style eating is pretty popular in my family. With a lot of summers spent in Spain when I was younger and a definite Greek influence from our neighbours who pretty much became family, we seem to have adopted a bit of a Mediterranean attitude towards the way we eat. There’s nothing more inviting than a…
The Fable, Farringdon
When I booked The Fable for mine and The Boyfriend’s anniversary dinner I originally hadn’t planned to blog about it, mainly as it wasn’t so long ago that I visited and blogged about another Drake & Morgan restaurant: The Refinery. However as we had such an enjoyable meal and ate some particularly notable things I felt it deserved a mention….
Mediterranean Café, Soho
Finding somewhere good to eat in Soho is not difficult, but what is difficult is finding somewhere where the food is excellent, reasonably priced and you can actually get a table without queuing for an hour or putting your name on a waiting list. You’d be forgiven for thinking such a place doesn’t exist, but…
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