Roasted Vegetable Pasta

Roasted vegetables in a spicy, creamy sauce. Substitute any vegetables you have – it’s a great way to use stuff up! Feeds 2 Ingredients 125g cherry tomatoes, halved 200g mushrooms, halved or quartered if large  2 bell peppers, roughly chopped  Olive oil Salt and pepper  250g any short pasta  2 cloves garlic, minced  1 tspContinue reading “Roasted Vegetable Pasta”

Luxury Mushrooms on Toast

Great for lunch, but also makes a fantastic canapĂ© with smaller toasts. The mushrooms are roasted rather than fried, so the mixture ends up drier, and won’t make the bread soggy. The flavour of truffle really comes through – pour some glasses of Champagne and enjoy. Feeds 2 as a lunch, or 4 – 8Continue reading “Luxury Mushrooms on Toast”

Tuscan Bread Salad

Traditionally this salad is a great way to use up yesterday’s bread. Particularly in Tuscany, where the bread is unsalted and goes stale in about three minutes, this salad is practically the only use for it. (Sorry, Italians.) That being said, any rustic loaf – fresh or otherwise – is absolutely fine. Feeds 4 asContinue reading “Tuscan Bread Salad”