Some delicious seasonal summer family recipes to choose from the What Dad Cooked repertoire.
This recipe matches asparagus with a deconstructed puttanesca sauce. Surprisingly, this really works – the asparagus stands up well to the robust pizza flavours.
This recipe uses a vignarola recipe but combines with pasta. A very good combination…
A very adaptable vegetarian/vegan taco filling
Well, hers, mine – and Norma’s too…
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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.
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.
These little quiches are full of spring vegetables, served with a salad they would make a brilliant lunch or light supper.
This is an Italian stew made from spring vegetables including artichokes, broad beans, peas.
Most asparagus bruschetta recipes use goats cheese. I tried this and it’s okay but unremarkable, so I made a artichoke and cannellini bean puree to replace the cheese – it’s much better.
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