Some delicious seasonal summer family recipes to choose from the What Dad Cooked repertoire.
Dad’s Vietnamese summer rolls with nuoc cham dipping sauce is a must learn. A tasty salad in a roll just waiting to be dipped in a beautiful nuoc cham!
‘If you love puddings… Give this simple summer pudding recipe a go!’
A very adaptable vegetarian/vegan taco filling
Spring rolls never fail to impress or delight. These rolls are designed to celebrate the asparagus season and although they taste deliciously Asian, you really can taste the asparagus. It works a treat.
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A perfect winter warmer – Cassoulet!
Try Dad’s loaded low-fat salsa quesadillas with The Laughing Cow Lightest x8 cheese.
An excellent way to turn a popular Italian slow food standard into an easy and quicker family classic.
My best pumpkin pie yet!
A seasonal favourite ingredient of Dad's, so much so he made a 30 recipe series about the green spears! Try these recipes whilst asparagus can still be found locally.
Asian asparagus salad in a rice paper wrap – not your usual way with asparagus – but well worth the effort.
A really easy and tasty starter or light lunch or supper. Make during summer when home-grown asparagus might still be available.
This is a spring asparagus dish – but not as we know it…
This is a spin on Escoffier’s white asparagus with sauce maltaise. The two are often served as an accompaniment for a white fish such as turbot. Here the fish is plaice rolled around asparagus and a maltaise mousse and served as a canapé.
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