very quick asparagus and pasta

We love asparagus, but we only eat it in May/June, when it is British grown – somehow imported stuff doesn’t taste the same. Well, it doesn’t taste of anything, really. So we tend to gorge a bit when the local stuff is in season. I picked up two bunches from a roadside stall in Norfolk on…

Mediterranean vegetables and lentils

I often make a Moroccan lentils sort of thing – lentils with ras al hangout spices, garlic and onions.  I generally cook up a batch for the freezer, and they turn into a nice aubergine bake, or a lentil moussaka. I got a tub full out the other day to make the former, and then…