Tag: Olive oil
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Cumin spiced lentils with pasta and caramelised onions
Savoury side dishes that mix spiced grains, lentils and pasta are very common in Middle Eastern cookery and this is one of my favourites. It’s wonderful as part of a mezze-style lunch or supper with roast lamb or chicken. Tasty, quick, easy and inexpensive to make, it will quickly become a favourite with your family too. I…
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Three carrot salads!
There are any number of ways to make a big bowl of juicy grated carrots into a brilliant salad simply by adjusting the combination of oil and vinegar or lemon juice-based dressings, or by adding in chopped herbs, a few salted peanuts or seeds such as poppy and sesame. These are a few of my…
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Fresh orange and black olive salad/relish
I usually serve apricot chutney with my carved cold ham at Christmas but I didn’t have time this year. So, I made this sweet and sour fresh salad/relish with sweet oranges, black olives and red onion with a sweet and salty dressing instead. It was delicious and would work equally well with a Middle Eastern…
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