Some delicious seasonal summer family recipes to choose from the What Dad Cooked repertoire.
Artichokes and lamb or lamb and artichokes. Whichever, it’s a brilliant combination.
‘Ah polenta, a traditional Italian dish our family eat on special occasions. The sauce Dad made requires you to lick your plate clean.’
‘A regional speciality of Austria, Germany and Northern Italy, the sauerkraut mellows beautifully from slow cooking, blending well with the sweetness from the apples and meat…’
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!
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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.
A really easy and tasty starter or light lunch or supper. Make during summer when home-grown asparagus might still be available.
Asian asparagus salad in a rice paper wrap – not your usual way with asparagus – but well worth the effort.
It’s a Japanese way to mix sesame sauces in with food – I suspect the reason is because the sauce is so good it can’t help being slipped into all sorts of dishes…
This is an asparagus spin on a pea and potato samosa. I’ve held back on some of the spices to allow the asparagus to shine through.
Dad loves to write about food. Whether it's discovering a new road local to London or Surrey, where the treasures of foodie stores and independent shops delight—or Dad's macro observations in the world of food. Dad's articles (and foodie stories to his recipes) are a funny and knowledgable journey through the lense of how pops views the world.
This was one of many questions I had on my mind during my latest foray into London for January’s Time Out article.
Vietnamese market stalls and restaurants are cropping up everywhere – and with them the hugely popular pho soup.
Those of a certain age will remember the post-Elizabeth David halcyon days of home gastronomy…
Dad’s take on combining tuna and sweetcorn.