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8 kitchen time savers [5 ingredients | 10 minutes]

jules — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:58:16 +0000

Ever had the feeling that there just aren’t enough hours in the day? We’ve all been there. Caught at work. Horrific traffic. Home late. Tired. Hungry. Here are a few tricks that I’ve developed over the years to get food on the table as fast as possible. 1. plan ahead I know it [...]

the secret ingredient – how to scramble eggs like tetsuya

jules — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:03:17 +0000

So you want to know what my prediction is for the new hottest brunch ingredient? Two words – creamed. corn. Now before you start thinking that Jules is loosing it and reverting to her childhood in the oh-so-ugly 1970s, I’d better come clean about my sources. You [...]

7 tips for kitchen glory – how to get rave reviews for your cooking

jules — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:03:02 +0000

‘Let what you like to eat tell you how you should cook’ Ferran Adria, ElBulli Why do you enjoy cooking? If you’re anything like me there are many reason. Cooking is a chance to be creative and make things, it’s a way to relax and unwind, it’s fun [...]

the top 20 stonesoup salads

jules — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:16:46 +0000

Now that (sadly) the end of Summer is on the horizon, it’s time to wrap up the definitive guide to salad with a highlights tour of the top 20 stonesoup salads. Got an all time favourite salad? Would love to hear about it in the comments. the top 20 stonesoup salads in no particular order chickpea & [...]

5 ingredients. 10 minutes. the definitive guide to salad – protein

jules — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:12:40 +0000

In the second last installment of the definitive guide to salad, we’re looking at salads that focus on meat, fish or poultry. Just the thing for when you’re trying to satisfy both a hardened carnivore and a rabbit food fan with the one dish. The idea [...]

valentines for 10 – how to cook for a crowd

jules — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:23:20 +0000

Valentines is a funny day. Whenever I’ve been in a relationship, it’s usually involved a candle-lit dinner for two in a favourite restaurant, sharing some special vino. Low key and lovely but sometimes a little depressing when you are sitting next to awkward couples struggling to make conversation let alone enjoy [...]

the definitive guide to salad – shaved salads

jules — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:24:01 +0000

I love it when two world collide, and today we have just that – the second last part of my definitive guide to salad with a new 5 ingredients 10 minutes recipe. Ever since I discovered the concept – I think with a shaved fennel salad [...]

best ever (cocoa) brownies & the business of blogging

jules — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:01:29 +0000

Important things first. THE brownies. I’ve always been a bit of a chocolate snob but even more so when I worked with chocolate. If you had have asked me a few weeks ago whether I’d prefer my baked good to be based on cocoa powder or [...]

5 ingredients. 10 minutes. How to cook pasta in a flash.

jules — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:20:24 +0000

I’m really excited to announce a new weekly segment on stonesoup. While I try and apply my minimalist home cooking principles to all the recipes I share with you. Some, shall we say, are more minimal than others. So to keep me honest, and to make sure things around here are as simple and as quick [...]

the definitive guide to salad – part 5 legumes

jules — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:44:09 +0000

I’ve always been a little unclear of the correct terminology for lentils and peas and their friends. So I thought I’d take the time and look it up. Apparently the legume family includes alfalfa, clover (no wonder sheep love it), peas, beans, lentils, lupins, soy, chickpeas and peanuts. According to Wikipedia [...]