Vegetarian
Spud Sunday: The Why Of Cookbooks
In which I give a recipe for potato, cheese & mushroom pie from the new Pieminister cookbook a whirl, but not without making a few changes and having a few things to say on the subject of cookbooks first
Spud Sunday: Meet The Peppers
Roasted potatoes with a bit of middle eastern flavour, adapted from Yotam Ottolenghi’s recipe for batata harra
Spud Sunday: Those Other Potatoes
Sweet potatoes finally get a look in on The Daily Spud, thanks to a lime-seasoned potato and sweet potato mash, as spotted in Catherine Fulvio’s new book, Catherine’s Family Kitchen
Paint Me A Pizza
A pizza makeover with a bit of Irish flavour, featuring four Irish cheeses, potato, leek and turnip no less.
Spud Sunday: Mixing It Up
Having received a shiny new stand mixer from the lovely Fairy Hobmother, there was nothing else for it but to make some of this yeasty potato-tomato bread
Spud Sunday: Waste Watching
The Four Pounds of Cheese Project has not only inspired me to look anew at my food waste but also lead to this savoury pie filled with cheese & cauliflower and with a potato & onion crust. That’s what I’d call a result.
Make Food, Not Excuses
A summer vegetable tian – otherwise known as a quiche in search of a crust – with slow-roasted herby tomatoes and courgettes – ’tis the Mediterranean on a plate
Spud Sunday: Still Full And Plenty
Potato drop scones – fat little pancakes, really – a recipe from my mother’s 50-year old copy of Maura Laverty’s Irish classic, Full and Plenty – a book still worth reading today






