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I have a sneaking admiration for Gordon Ramsey. Yes, there is a lot of swearing and macho posturing there, but anybody who trains for a marathon while running a multi-million pound business empire gets my vote.  Plus, I had a quick nosey at his new healthy eating book earlier in the week and it’s really pretty good.

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Is rhubarb good for you?

by sophie on May 5, 2008 · 33 comments

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I’m delegating responsibility to Jamie Oliver for the nutritional component of today’s post. As he comments, it’s nearly all water. 

It does have a bit of vitamin C, some calcium and fibre, but that’s not the point of rhubarb…Instead it has an amazing flavour spectrum

Jamie Oliver

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Tofu with hot and sour rhubarb sauce

by sophie on April 16, 2008 · 34 comments

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Easter snuck up on us this year and we ended up home alone, providing the perfect opportunity to make a recipe I had been itching to try out for ages: Pork with Hot and Sour rhubarb sauce from Jamie Oliver’s Jamie at Home.  Not your usual Sunday lunch at all.  Jamie’s recipe uses pork belly, a lip-lickingly tasty cut,
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Handpicked Links 09 April 2008

by sophie on April 9, 2008 · 6 comments

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I’m keeping the snowy graphic for now as it snowed here big time at the weekend.  Roll on spring.

  • Use your loaf and minimise food waste with a seasonal take on panzanella, a traditional Italian salad just made for using up slightly stale but otherwise good quality bread.  Deb at Smitten Kitchen has made a spring panzanella with asparagus, leeks
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