Barley Salad with Green Olives and Toasted Walnuts

Barley Salad with green olives and toasted walnuts

Spring loading One of my favourite grains is barley, a wonderfully versatile little gem with a rich, nutty flavour that you can treat like rice or millet, as it has a pasta-like consistency. I love preparing this salad, adding some green olives, crunchy walnuts, raisins and fresh chives, with an uplifting dressing of virgin olive…

Spicy Pork Meatballs with Fennel and Olive Salad

Spicy pork meatballs with fennel and olive salad

Naughty but Nice This recipe is from of my favourite London bookshops, “Books for Cooks” in Notting Hill. They publish their own collection of recipes every year. I have being collecting these books for the past 20 years. Spicy Pork Meatballs with Fennel and Olive Salad Ingredients 500 g ground pork 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 tablespoon fresh mint, finely…