Author Archives: Janet Davies @pigeoncottage

About Janet Davies @pigeoncottage

Food lover, author, cook!

Cauliflower soup with blue cheese

Posted on March 1, 2019

This is one of those simple to make, delicious soups that’s great for using up the veggies and cheese left in your cupboard at the end of the week. You can make it as a smooth and sophisticated dinner party … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes, Vegetables | Tagged cauliflower, celery, leek, Onion, potato, Stilton | Leave a comment

Prawn curry with tamarind, coconut and spinach

Posted on January 25, 2019

This is one of those quick but delicious supper dishes that really hits the spot. The creamed coconut goes perfectly with the fragrant spices and tomatoes in the sauce and the prawns and spinach create the perfect one-pot dish – I serve … Continue reading →

Posted in Recipes, Seafood | Tagged coconut cream, Fresh coriander, ground coriander, prawns, spinach, tamarind water, tinned tomatoes, Turmeric | Leave a comment

Pork vindalho

Posted on January 11, 2019

The Portuguese-Indian colony of Goa was the birthplace of the vindaloo or vindahlo curry. It has a slightly bad rep in this country where dishes bearing this name are all about super-spicy chilli heat but the real thing is finer, full … Continue reading →