Helen Graves
I first started writing about food on my blog, Food Stories back in July 2007. I live in Peckham (and I'm very proud of it!), which has had a big influence on my cooking style; you'll find Middle Eastern and Caribbean ingredients popping up often in my recipes.One day I'd like to buy a van, learn to drive it (quite important that bit) and take it around the world selling jerk chicken and ice cream.
One-Pot Winter Warmers: Baked eggs with smoked mackerel
Baked eggs are so simple to make, yet so deeply comforting and perfectly delicious at any time of day; for brunch, dinner or - best of all - a sudden attack of the late-night munchies. A...
One-Pot Winter Warmers: Winter minestrone
Some rustic Italian fare for you this week, a winter minestrone, which brings out the best in the season's hardy veg.
The lovely thing about minestrone is that there is no set...
One-Pot Winter Warmers: Corn and bacon chowder
This week's winter warmer is a cheering corn and bacon chowder. This recipe is really simple to throw together, uses few ingredients, yet really packs flavour. This freezing weather...
One-Pot Winter Warmers: Baked kofta curry
This week's recipe is a baked kofta curry; lamb meatballs oven-cooked in a rich and spicy tomato sauce. All this dish needs by way of an accompaniment is some warm Indian bread for dunking and...
One-Pot Winter Warmers: Roasted mushrooms with garlic butter, anchovies and crispy crumbs
This week's one-pot recipe is very simple, yet packed with flavours: button mushrooms are roasted in garlic butter, latticed with anchovies and crowned with a crispy crumb...
One-Pot Winter Warmers: Curry laksa
I feel like you all need a very thorough warming in this week's one-pot dish and so I've come up with a spicy noodle soup recipe which will blast away the most stubborn lingering sniffle...
One-Pot Winter Warmers: Beef brisket goulash
This wet and windy January calls for substantial, rib-bolstering dishes like this beef brisket goulash. It's a slowly-simmered stew which requires very little effort for a lot of...
