Suvlaki, Soho

In my family, we have a slight obsession with Greek food. I grew up with Greek-Cypriot neighbours who basically became extended family and the culture/food therefore played quite a big role in mine and my sister’s upbringing. We’re always pretty excited about trying new Greek restaurants. When we heard about Suvlaki, we got there as soon…

The Saucepot’s Lunchbox: Vegetarian Antipasti Cous Cous

Lunch boxes have become a huge deal in my house. It used to just be me on my lonesome trying to be good and healthy and save a bit of money. Then The Boyfriend decided he quite liked the look of what I was making and then The Step-Daughter decided she didn’t like school dinners….

Turkey Meatballs with Greek Linguine

Today I’m posting a bit of a thrifty recipe as I re-used the leftover mixture from another recipe to develop this one. You may have seen my previous Greek Style Turkey Burgers post and these meatballs follow exactly the same recipe as those burger patties. This came about as I was just cooking for myself for a…

Simple Olive & Garlic Courgetti

Courgetti, zoodles… whatever you want to call them… if you haven’t heard of these yet I can only assume you’ve been marooned on a desert island for the past few years. Courgetti is what you get when you spiralise a courgette (zucchini) using either a fancy spiraliser or a julienne peeler. This method of prepping…

The Saucepot’s Lunchbox: Tuna & Bean Mix

Continuing with the return of The Saucepot’s lunchbox, this week things have gotten a little more fishy. One of the biggest struggles I have is coming up with new ideas for lunches and not getting bored of it by the end of the week. When you’ve bought a load of tortilla wraps, salad and fillers…

Ponti’s Italian Kitchen, Oxford Circus

Having had a little time off work lately, one day I decided to treat myself to a day out shopping in the West End. I took a little break from my hard days shopping to meet my sister for lunch and was delighted to have somewhere new to try when she told me to meet…

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…

Tried & Tested: Jamie’s Gorgeous Greek Chicken with Herby Vegetable Cous Cous

Time for another one of my tried and tested recipes and it’s another Jamie special. I can’t help it, I just love both 15 minute meals and 30 minute meals. Definitely two of my all time favourite cook books. I think the reason I love them so much is that the recipes are just so…

Mediterranean Tomato Stuffed Peppers

I’ll confess this recipe is more my Mum’s than mine, I made it last weekend under her instruction. Inspired by an old Delia recipe, these peppers are stuffed to the brim with tomatoes with olives and garlic for flavour and filled with oil and are a much lighter alternative to your more common rice or…

Tuna, Feta & Olive Lunchbox

First things first, say hello to my snazzy new lime green lunchbox! Okay, so it’s exactly the same as the last one, it’s just a particularly lairy shade of luminous green. Well we can be certain it won’t get mixed up with anyone else’s lunch at work. On a slightly more serious note though, if…