21 Friday Mar 2025
I only noticed when I posted about this week’s Substack piece that I forgot to mention last week’s here (!!). So here it is. Yet another lovely guest post from lovely guest writer, friend and fellow gastro guÃa Sharon Page. From bread & cheese blues to veggie victory, Sharon’s lived it all. Hope you enjoy, please give it a “like” if you do and maybe even consider becoming a (free or paid) subscriber. 😘
09 Thursday May 2024
Posted in casa azahar, homecooking
I never actually plan meals with the idea that they are going to be vegetarian, but sometimes it just happens spontaneously. Like here. Had to use or lose three whole bags of baby spinach (oops) so I made my fabulous espinacas con garbanzos (with added chopped almonds!) and then I saw the portobellos were also on their way out and so it was a quick whole-grain basmati fried rice thing. And they were both delicious. What can I say? It was a fridge forage kind of day.
29 Thursday Jul 2021
Posted in azahars kitchen, casa azahar, homecooking
… almond pesto is every bit as yummy as pistachio pesto.
10 Tuesday Nov 2020
Posted in casa azahar, homecooking
First ever attempt making caramelised onions. Gotta say, they turned out pretty good. The trick, as everyone on Twitter kept telling me, was cooking low and slow. Bit like cooking spinach though. You start off with a whole whack of stuff and end up with a small bowlful. So what did you do today?
11 Saturday Jan 2020
Posted in casa azahar, cooking, home, homecooking
So this would normally appear in Azahar’s Kitchen (and it will!) but I got so excited about this (yeah, I know, sad…) that I wanted to share it here too.
In the past, whenever I would see recipes that called for you to peel your garbanzos I always thought Are You Crazy, No F-ing Way, Life’s Too Short, etc etc. Then I accidently discovered this method. Well, probably everyone knows it, but it was news to me. While I was drying the rinsed garbanzos (to crispy roast them) I rolled them around in a tea towel to get them extra dry and – magic! – the skins just slid right off. Yay!
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