Taste of Glasgow

Fattoush is a Lebanese bread salad which uses stale Pita Bread, smothered in butter and placed in the oven, to make Crisp Bread.  The toasted bread gives the salad a great crunch which is quite different from many salads where as the sumac in the dressing provides an interesting tangyness. This is a fattoush of [...]

Nothing could be simpler for my choice of the best summer salad.  Salata Caprese is simply sliced tomato, buffalo mozzarella, basil, olive oil seasoned with salt and pepper.  The key to this salad, is good ingredients. Firstly, get a good buffalo mozzarella from your local deli. Secondly, pick good, juicy organic tomatoes, even better grow [...]

Not many salads are capable of upstaging the main course, but this one can. It’s so good that it’s hard to resist a second helping. Luckily you don’t have to, because it’s salad! And it’s healthy! Well, mostly healthy, anyway.

This salad is a great celebration of the best of the new season broad beans and peas.  If you are making this whilst they are in season, try to use fresh broad beans and peas straight from the pod. It’ll make for a true taste of spring! Serves 4 as  a side 350 g of [...]

Oatcakes are an item that you can usually find in the shelves in my kitchen as they are useful for so many things like accompanying a starter, some cheese after a meal or just an easy and quick snack. Oatcakes are so easy to make and you can rustle up a batch of about a [...]