Valentine Ice Cream

This ice cream comes from Nigella Lawson’s original recipe for No Churn Pomegranate Ice Cream, an absolutely sublime ice cream making method that involves cream being whipped, frozen, and little else. Instead of making a custard with eggs you combine whipped cream with a sweetened citrus berry purée and freeze for at least three hours, entirely…

Thai-Style (sort of) Chicken Noodle Soup

I will be the first to admit that this particular soup and its ingredients are not strictly Thai-influenced; I call this soup “Thai-Style” from the original recipe, which was was more of a Thai soup that happened to have chicken and noodles (rice noodles, in fact.) I have since produced many versions of the original,…

Very Vegetable Pizza

I don’t know about you, but I often find the vegetable quality (and quantity) on delivery pizzas somewhat lacking. Nothing seems to be very fresh and what does look fresh often tastes bland and becomes lost in the cheese and the sauce. By cooking the vegetables first, I have sautéed them here but roasting would also be…

Lemony Spaghetti Carbonara

I love the soothing properties of rich foods; sometimes you can come home on the verge of tears after a terrible day, look in the fridge to find an assortment of delicious odds and ends, throw it all together, and all of a sudden everything is coming up roses. Spaghetti Carbonara doesn’t usually have lemons…

Spinach Soup and Blur

This simple soup begins with a buttery potato base and with the addition of an entire bag of spinach and fresh basil becomes a brilliant chartreuse bowl of comfort. As with many soups, this is even better the next day; it travels well and is a complete meal with the addition of a good crusty…