Your KitchenPause · 15/10/2026
Published recipes and reading to enjoy cooking.
Baked Pasta with Chickpeas and Almonds
Short pasta baked with chickpeas and tomato sauce, topped with browned tempeh and a crunchy almond and nutritional yeast mixture.
Oven-Roasted Turkey with Aromatic Herbs
Turkey legs roasted with garlic, rosemary, and thyme, basted with white wine and stock. Serves 4.
Carrot and lemon cake
A homemade cake with grated carrot, ground almonds and lemon zest, baked until the centre is cooked through.
Mozambican badjias
Mozambican cowpea fritters with garlic and salt: soak the beans, blend them into a paste, then fry until golden.
Nigerian Akara
Nigerian black-eyed pea fritters, whipped to aerate the batter and fried until golden.
New Zealand Fish and Seafood Chowder
A creamy soup for 4, with fish, prawns, smoked fish, and a base thickened with flour, milk, stock, and cream.
Nepali Sel Roti
Nepali rice rings, lightly sweet and spiced, fried until golden.
Malaysian nasi lemak
Coconut milk and pandan rice served with sambal, dried anchovies, roasted peanuts, boiled eggs, and cucumber.
Senegalese Fish Pastels
Small fried pastries with thin dough, filled with white fish, onion, garlic, and herbs. This version makes about two dozen.
Vietnamese Xôi with Lotus Seeds
Steamed sticky rice with lotus seeds, a simple variety of Vietnamese xôi.