Family Fork

What a week it has been for Nutella! The delicious Fererro Rocher stuffing has been in the news twice, firstly a judge overruled a girl’s parents naming her Nutella (interesting choice, would her little brother have been Sunpat, or maybe Manuka?).  The second was global acclaim in the form of #worldnutelladay. Personally I find Nutella […]

This is the Trojan horse of curries!  The comforting and familiar cod and sweet potato, acting as a stealthy conduit for the introduction to Indian inspired flavours.  Lots of children, toddlers and babies feel pretty confident with white fish and sweet root vegetables, and so form a great basis for breaking new ground with new […]

So many recipes on Family Fork take healthy ingredients and different flavours, and (aim) to make them appealing and available to the whole family.  This recipe, conversely, takes a childhood favourite, baked beans, out of the tin and into super nutrition territory.   It’s also the easiest recipe I think I have ever put together. […]

It sometimes seems that I am on a never ending mission to reduce the amount of heavy starchy carbs that I eat, they encourage my blood sugar leves to misbehave and often make less room for more nutrient dense vegetables.   Having a toddler in the house, however, means that we need balanced meals, varied […]

It’s a common misconception that risotto needs the addition of cream to be creamy, or cheese to add richness.  It needs neither, the creaminess come from picking the right rice (carnaroli is my favourite) and stirring and stirring, slowly releasing the starch from the grains; cheese serves mainly as a seasoning, adding depth of flavour […]

My daughter likes eating pasta and I like her eating raw green things like spinach.  This is a great compromise, a fresh delicious pesto with raw spinach to mix with pasta, dollop on grilled meats or toss through cooked vegetables.   I think this works really well for children as the gentler flavour of spinach […]

I would usually associate slow cooking with warming winter dishes, to be enjoyed on dark rainy evenings, so it surprised me that when we had family over recently (it was June) that they wanted me to make my lamb, chickpea and apricot tagine.  Thinking more about this, it’s inspired by North African flavours, and while […]