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Harissa roasted sweet potatoes with blue cheese

Heather — Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:31:56 +0000

Harissa roasted sweet potatoes with blue cheese

I love sweet potatoes and can’t seem to stop eating them at the moment. Stacked full of fibre, they are a fantastic alternative to white potatoes, especially if you’re trying to balance your blood sugar levels but still fancy some carbs. I love to roast them whole and then top with hummus and sprouted seeds.

This recipe is one of my current lunchtime favourites and is great served with cold meat and salad or just as they are, warm from the oven with fresh cheese crumbled over them. Delicious.

Should serve 2/3 people – depending on your portion size!

You will need
2 teaspoons of harissa paste
2 medium size sweet potatoes
Sea salt
A table spoon of olive oil
100g of blue cheese (I used Brighton Blue, my local favourite, but silton will do)

Method
Pre-heat your oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
Wash the sweet potato and then chop it into wedge-shaped chunks (leaving the skin on)
Place in a mixing bowl with the harissa paste, a good pinch of seasalt and the olive oil. 3.) Mix well until all the potatoes are evenly coated.
Place in the oven for around 30 mins or until the potatoes are crisp on the outside but soft inside.
Crumble with your blue cheese and serve.

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Catch of the day

Heather — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 11:18:00 +0000

All photography © Heather Elizabeth Wilkinson 2012

The weather last week was a bit unsettled, with a distinct feel of autumn in the air, but the day I chose to pop out and buy fish for the weekend was bright, sunny and warm, perfect for a cycle along the seafront.

The best place to buy fresh fish in Brighton is the aptly named Fish, near Hove Lagoon. Fish have their own fleet of boats at Shoreham Harbour, and the catch is unloaded straight into the market within hours of being caught.

Fish supplies most of the best restaurants in the local area, as well as further afield, and they stock an amazing array of products, from scallops, sardines & mackerel to live lobsters and crab – I even spotted a tray of beautiful fresh samphire. The staff are knowledgeable and friendly, testimony to how highly they’re regarded in the local area.

Get yourself along there – if you time your visit right you might even be lucky enough to see them unloading latest catch from the boats. Watch out for the seagulls though!

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A ‘real’ burger photoshoot

Heather — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 13:07:00 +0000

For a few months now there has been a bit of a buzz in Brighton about a new mobile catering business called The Troll’s Pantry. I can usually take or leave a burger, but quality of the food at Trolls is so tempting that I’d dare even the most hardened health freak to turn them down.

Paul, the owner of Trolls is on a mission to bring quality street food to the people of Brighton. All his burgers are handmade using locally produced 100% 35 day aged steak mince from ‘wild range’ grass-fed Sussex Longhorn Cattle. He also makes his own brioche burger buns – seriously! Most of the fillings are also sourced locally, one even includes Brighton’s very own Small Batch Coffee.

I’m always happy to give a hand to local, ethically minded businesses when I can, so Paul and I recently organised a photoshoot of his latest range of burgers. Did you see the McDonald’s viral about why their burgers look nothing like the ones you actually get served? In terms of styling on this shoot, yes we were obviously careful to ensure each unique filling was visible at the front of the burger, but that’s it – cook, fill, shoot, eat. The burgers you see in the pictures are pretty much what you’ll get when you buy one!

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