Sweet chilli noodles are a super quick and easy side dish featuring egg noodles, sweet peppers, garlic and red onion in a silky spicy sauce.
Side Dish Recipes
Parmentier potatoes are mini roasted spuds, and they are delicious; I roast mine in beef dripping and flavour them with rosemary and garlic.
How to cook poppadoms... the low down on all of the ways to cook Indian papad, their pros & cons & my favourite method for this iconic snack.
Samphire salad, a simple side dish that is light but packed full of bright fresh flavours, served warm it is delicious with a host of meals.
Crushed minted peas are a superb way of adding a bit of pizazz to frozen peas; using mint sauce means no messing with fresh herbs either!
Roasted savoy cabbage cut into thick "steaks" and flavoured with fennel seeds, olive oil and sherry vinegar, then slowly baked to perfection.
Braised cavolo nero or Italian black kale cooked with butter, shallots & sherry before being finished with sweet peas, a fantastic side dish.
Roasted vegetable couscous, a simple vegetarian dish of loads of veg baked with ras el hanout & before being tossed through buttered couscous.
Vegan onion gravy, a rich & boldly flavoured silky sauce packed to the gunnels with loads of onions, thickened with dried porcini mushrooms.
Straw potatoes or matchstick potatoes are a delicious, crispy side dish; they cook in minutes and just need a good whack of salt and pepper.
Cheesy polenta porridge is a wonderfully comforting and simple side dish that pairs beautifully with everything from Ragu to Cacciatore!
Fried polenta chips; a crispy, cheesy, herby and delicious side dish that is borderline genius and very easy to make.
Miso Brussels Sprouts with a delicious Asian influenced glaze, roasted with bacon, are an awesome and easy way to change up a much-maligned veg.
Glazed Chantenay carrots are quick & really easy to cook, naturally sweet; I cook them in a little brown sugar, thyme and lots of butter.
Fondant potatoes are like boss-level spuds, seared barrels of potato are seared then gently cooked, almost confit style in butter and stock.
Celeriac mash has the most incredible flavour and makes for a wonderful alternative side dish to everything from stew to fish.
Aloo methi is an easy vegan recipe of potatoes, fresh fenugreek leaves and spices; I think of it as a perfect side dish for a light curry.
Petit Pois a la Francaise is a classic French bistro recipe of braised peas and lettuce that features bacon, baby onions cream and butter.
Swede and carrot mash, a fab buttery alternative to mashed potato, the sweet, earthy flavours are an ideal complement to so many dishes.
Parsley sauce, a traditional British accompaniment for fish, is similar to a bechamel; it begins with a roux, it's silky smooth and delicious!