Just in case……

…anyone was wondering, I am in London on a kind of holiday which is why things are looking a little neglected and jaded around here.
Back soon, but until then here is some curly parsley. 

Pasta e ceci

I was convinced I had already posted about pasta e ceci, convinced.
I haven’t.
So here it is.

This is our lunch at least once a week, a least.
A recipe as comfortable and beloved as my kitchen dr scholls, shoes which and I quote ‘are true legends in footwear for their simple style and legendary comfort,’  forget the [...]

Goats cheese, pea and lentil salad with pesto.

The jar of pesto I was so happy to have sitting in the fridge, the green and basily one, the one Vincenzo patiently pounded in the pestle and mortar  is – as Alison Krauss sings so beautifully- gone gone gone.
Of course it has.
The last spoonful was maybe the best.
It was the final dollop on something [...]

Pesto

It would be nice if there was always a jar of homemade pesto sitting in the fridge… or sitting on the table.

A jar of the deliciously green amalgam of basil, pine-nuts, pecorino sardo, garlic and extra virgin olive oil waiting patiently to lend it’s aromatic deliciousness to everything it touches. A generous spoonful stirred into [...]

Peas, broad beans, asparagus, rocket and a green lunch.

Apart from some outrageously red, ribbed tomatoes which will be perfectly delicious by tomorrow and some slightly less delicious looking potatoes sprouting away in the basket since I hate to think when, the kitchen is all very green at the moment.
Peas, broad beans, asparagus, artichokes, peppery spring rocket, spring spinach…..Vincenzo is convinced he is just [...]