Roasted Butternut Squash & Garlic Risotto

Serve the risotto topped with butternut squash, sage leaves, parmesan shavings and a drizzle of olive oil (or better still with any sage butter you may have in the pan!)

Meat-free Mondays

Out of sheer convenience (and the aptitude for a bit of alliteration!) my Monday night dinners have ended up being meat free.  And whereas there have been some articles/recipes I’ve written heralding the vegetable as the star of the meal – the mantra behind this article is not about abandoning meat altogether but about the…

Thrift

With the uphill month of January hitting people’s pockets hard and everyone trying to stick to their new year’s resolutions of which generally losing weight is a major focus, the home cook is being challenged to provide food that is flavoursome but light and easy on the wallet.  A bowl of hot soup can usually…