By Thomas Cenci

Avocados are now ripe in abundance and it’s time to make that famous duo of tomato and avocados.

From salads to salsas, it’s a classic combination that we all love.

Ingredients:
• 1 ripe avocado
• ½ small onion
• 1 small red chilli
• 2 tbsp sherry vinegar
• 2 tsp caster sugar
• 2 cloves fresh garlic, peeled and chopped
• 15 cherry tomatoes, quartered Read the rest of this entry »

By Thomas Cenci

We all know green tomato chutney.

It’s the first recipe that comes to mind when even mentioning the green fruit, but it doesn’t have to be just green tomatoes.

Why not try adding something else to help liven it up a little like using cardamon, coriander, chilli or even extra fruits like apple or pears. Try this recipe using poppy seeds or tell us what you add to yours.

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs Green tomatoes
• Large pinch poppy seeds
• Half an onion Read the rest of this entry »

By Thomas Cenci

The Nicoise salad - so simple but yet so tasty.

And what better way to eat a nice and healthy salad than go for one with the works.

You can eat it by itself or serve it with a lovely piece of fish such tuna, salmon or bass. Try putting some hot chicken and bacon pieces through as well (not as healthy but just as mouth watering).

Ingredients:
• 2 boiled eggs
• 2 cooked new potatoes Read the rest of this entry »

By Thomas Cenci

What better way to celebrate the upcoming summer days, than with a nice bowl of chilled Gazpacho soup.

The classic Andalusian dish is traditionally made with a mortar & pestle.

Week old bread and tomatoes are slowly pounded to a paste, and then combined with the olive oil, and finally the vinegar, whilst tasting all the time to make sure it’s right. The mix is then passed through a sieve so there are no seeds. It is then served up chilled and finished with diced garnish of all the ingredients that went inside.

You can make it the traditional way or if you don’t own a mortar and pestle just follow the recipe below.

Ingredients:
• 1 cucumber
• 2 red peppers Read the rest of this entry »

By Kira Hamman

I had this for lunch today, and it made me feel a teeny bit better about the cold, grey, rainy day (which is great for the plants, I know, I know).

Ingredients

My Thomas Cenci

With this recipe you can literally make a white tomato sorbet out of red tomatoes.

There’s no cheating involved either, all you need is a juicer and some tomatoes (obviously).

Its best used with cherry tomatoes but you can use others if you wanted (it’s just makes it a little pinker). It’s great for those summer dishes and goes extremely well with shellfish like shrimp or crab.

Ingredients:
• 2lbs cherry tomatoes Read the rest of this entry »