Category Archives: Fish fantastic

Salt water fishes, fresh water fishes and shell fish.

A super zingy, zesty and hot, shrimp salad

Posted on October 2, 2015 by lardersaga

This is my all time favorite concoction of raw, crunchy vegetables, seriously fragrant herbs, delicate little shrimps, zesty lime and hot chilli. I have created so many variations of this salad that it almost feels wrong writing a recipe for … Continue reading →

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The best ‘Crab Cakes’ ever…

Posted on May 7, 2015 by lardersaga

If there is one recipe that I have been asked for over and over again in the last six months it has to be this. Crab cakes are very close to my heart and I have for years endeavoured to … Continue reading →

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Friday fish

Posted on March 7, 2014 by lardersaga

As you may or may not have seen I have started contributing on a fairly regular basis to the awesome ‘mybaba’ blog. It is mainly ‘little people’ focused with the occasional ‘grown up’ recipe thrown in for everyone’s sanity. The … Continue reading →

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Rice paper rolls

Posted on July 3, 2013 by lardersaga

The first week of Wimbledon has been and gone, and for the cynical among us, as sure as night follows day, ‘rain will stop play’. Yet between these poignant, classic, English summer showers there has been some remarkably ‘balmy’ weather, … Continue reading →

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Ballet boys

Posted on February 8, 2013 by lardersaga

Imagine my surprise when I happily traipsed the ‘pink’ one off for her trial ballet session, (blue one tagging reluctantly behind) only to discover that the ‘blue’ one is the dance fanatic and the one mustard keen to point his … Continue reading →

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Sweden

Posted on November 29, 2012 by lardersaga

I have never been North of Scotland, so an invitation to Sweden was irresistible. Possibly because the promise of 2 nights without the little people was particularly enticing but also because I really wanted a taste of Scandinavia. What do … Continue reading →

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‘The Relaxed Holiday Cook’

Posted on October 11, 2012 by lardersaga

I admit I love burgers, I have no shame! This burger comes with a totally different health warning. The ‘Squork Burger’ is like nothing I have ever tasted before, clearly because I haven’t, that’s because it is a squid and … Continue reading →

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A simple starter in September!

Posted on September 12, 2012 by lardersaga

A new term, a new nursery and hopefully a host of new friends. Having dropped the ‘blue one’ off, I couldn’t face letting go of the ‘pink one’ – she was less impressed, for no longer is she still a … Continue reading →

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More notes from Puglia – Ricci, Spada, Seppia and Gamberi Rossi

Posted on August 16, 2012 by lardersaga

  Relief all round, especially for Mr.P – the famous ‘ricci’ have been sourced and devoured. 100 to be precise – I think I ate about 50 of them! As you can see they are prickly little morsels, but morsels … Continue reading →

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Books for cooks!

Posted on July 23, 2012 by lardersaga

Unsurprisingly I have a unsatiable love of cookbooks – ‘Food Porn’ as my husband calls it. The spare minutes that are dotted around my day are spent delving through cookbooks or surfing the net hunting for ideas, pictures, reviews and … Continue reading →

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