The Family Cook Book

I was given the book Simple by Diana Henry by Martha for Xmas. I think it is going to be a really well used book. We had this recipe last night as a side dish but to be honest it would be pretty nice as a main dish alongside some salad. This might be a response to the onslaught of eating and drinking over the holidays (45 covers in 3 days!) or because of my new cholesterol lowering campaign for 2017. However I think it is mainly because most of the recipes in the book do what it says on the cover, they are 'Simple' to execute but still have something interesting going on.  In this case it is the coriander and yoghurt dressing that deliver,. Give it a whirl, you wont regret it. Happy new year! INGREDIENTS ·        2tbs plus 4tbs extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving ·        ½ tablespoon honey ·         Juice of 2 limes ·         Kosher salt, to taste ·         Black pepper, to taste ·        1kg sweet potatoes, scrubbed and cut into 1-inch wedges

This is now officially my go-to lamb curry. In her book ' A girl and her pig' April Bloomfield admits that it isn't exactly an authentic recipe, but I can assure you it's absolutely delicious and really makes the most of one of my favourite cuts of meat; shoulder of lamb. There are a few surprising ingredients like pineapple juice but go with the flow it all really works brilliantly in the end. I really like the way Bloomfield, one of Birmingham's finest exports, cooks and, having been to a couple of her New York restaurants you can see why her her inventive but laid back cooking has taken the city by storm. We made this for the return of the prodigal daughter from Uni. She had asked for something with flavour ... this definitely delivers on that. Some small amends that I make The only significant thing I did do was to cut back on the heart attack inducing two tablespoons of Maldon salt that are added half way through, It just seems crazily too much to me