Lime and Caper Mayonaisse
This is a quick and easy recipe to pep up a potato salad, into which you can dip a fat, golden chip or smother onto a burger bun. TIP I use Hellman’s real mayonnaise and the Waitrose nonpareille (literally … Read More
Garlic Sauce by M. Kuehn
Punchy and unctuous with a silky texture, you can dip fat, golden chips into it, smear it on bread as the base of a sandwich, include it as accompaniment to a chicken shawarma, lamb kebab or roast veg. TIP Pease … Read More
Smoked Salmon Pate by M. Kuehn
Keeping things simple, easy to produce and ahead of time is becoming more and more inviting in our busy lifestyles. Even the tightest of budgets can afford this lovely starter. It doesn’t require very much smoked salmon and the addition … Read More
Black Olive Tapenade by M. Kuehn
Inspired by the uber talented Mr. Wheeler at Stoke Park who put tapenade on the menu as part of an amuse bouche, I noticed a hint of sweetness in it and so I decided to add some honey. There is … Read More
Beetroot Hummus by M. Kuehn
Beetroot is a marvellous vegetable. You can eat spice it up with chili, make chunky or clear soup with dumplings, (a la polonaise) grate it and eat it hot with just the addition of a little salt and lemon juice. … Read More
Guacamole by M. Kuehn
I was at a bash not long ago and was presented with a dip that was clearly shop bought – a disgusting gloop of blandness which was just nasty. I don’t get it. Guacamole is the easiest thing on the … Read More
Halloumi Cream Dip by M. Kuehn
The very gracious manager of Antipliler on Green Lanes gave me the method for making this. I’d never heard of this dish so was pretty excited to try it out. It didn’t come out as well as the version I … Read More
Coriander and Lemon Hummus by M. Kuehn
So, the next few blogs are going to concern themselves with making life easier at Xmas. In other words, cheating. So many people get stressed to hell over the ‘festivites’. If you can make life a little easier why the … Read More