Category: Lunch

• A week in the life of a loaf

  

  A week in the life of a loaf -how to make the most of your bread day by day (whether you’ve made or bought it) plus some additional ideas

  Ink Sugar Spice

  April 16, 2020

  Baking, Bread, Bread information, Food, Frugal food, Ingredient information, Kitchen tips & food advice, Lunch

  a day in the life, a week, breadcrumbs, bruschetta, cheese on toast, covid-19, croutons, frugal, ideas, lockdown cooking, melba toast, pandemic, seven days, waste not

• Thai flavours parsnip soup

  

  A warming, gently spicy thick vegetarian soup brimming with Thai flavours

  Ink Sugar Spice

  January 23, 2019

  All seasons, Cuisines, Food, Herbs, Lunch, Main meals, Soups, Vegetarian, Winter

  chillies, coconut, featured, lime, parsnips, shallots, Thai, Thailand, turmeric

• Lean pasta sauce – Salsa magro

  

  Salsa magro, or lean sauce. A delicious, unusual tomato based sauce – adapted for modern kitchens from a late 1800s recipe

  Ink Sugar Spice

  August 10, 2018

  All seasons, Food, Food history, Italian, Kitchen tips & food advice, Lunch, Main meals, Pasta, Preserves & creams, Sauces, pastes, accompaniments, Summer, Vegetarian

  anchovies, mushroooms, pasta sauce, salsa, sauce, tomato, tomatoes

• Pretzel rolls

  

  Recipe for making your own soft pretzel rolls #baking #pretzels #realbread

  Ink Sugar Spice

  November 28, 2017

  All seasons, Baking, Bread, European, Food, Lunch, Picnic

  knots, malt extract, pretzel, Rolls

• Courgette, cheese and bacon quiche with hyssop pastry

  

  Unusual hyssop pastry adds a slightly aniseed tang to this rich quiche

  Ink Sugar Spice

  August 2, 2015

  Baking, British, Food, Herbs, Lunch, Picnic, Summer

  al fresco, bacon, cheese, courgette, flan, pastry, Picnic, quiche, savoury, vegetables

• Spinach gazpacho with ham ‘crisps’ and butter croutons

  

  I was lucky enough to have been sent a gorgeous hamper of mediterranean ingredients from Lurpak (very chuffed – thanks!) and this is the first dish that I’ve made from the ingredients. A nice light lunch for two or a starter for four. Equipment Two baking trays – one must fit inside the other Baking […]

  Ink Sugar Spice

  June 19, 2015

  Food, Lunch, Soups, Spanish, Mexican and Latin American, Starters, Summer

  croutons, gazpacho, Parma ham, soup, spinach, starter

• Focaccia with caramelised shallots

  

  A basic focaccia with the addition of shallots, slowly caramelised in sugar and fig and date balsamic vinegar with rock salt and rosemary. Focaccia is a quintessential Italian bread and is reputedly thousands of years old, earlier than the Romans. It is traditionally round, although now you’ll see oval and square focaccia and would originally […]

  Ink Sugar Spice

  April 27, 2015

  All seasons, Baking, Bread, Food, Italian, Lunch, Picnic, Sides

  Bread, caramelise, focaccia, Herbs, shallots, yeast

• Spiced beef and cheddar pasties

  

  These are roughly based on a traditional Cornish recipe – which I adore, but I’ve spiced them up a bit and added chunks of melty cheddar. So they’re definitely not Cornish anymore, but they are nice! Makes about 5 – 6 Equipment Baking tray Large saucepan Saute pan Grater or microplane pastry brush Rolling pin […]

  Ink Sugar Spice

  November 18, 2014

  All seasons, Baking, British, Food, Lunch, Main meals, Picnic, Winter

  beef, cheddar, cheese, pastry, pasty, savoury, specialities, vegetables