FOOD
A recipe of love
by Ruth Dalton, Head of Communications and Marketing
Chorizo Gnocchi Bake I first discovered this recipe when I was working for City of Bristol College. Our horticulture students had an abundance of spinach – it had been a good year for the crop, and staff benefited from the mass production with free veggies to take home for what seemed like months.
As I was cooking she wandered into the kitchen to find out what the wonderful smell was that was besieging the house. Proudly, I lifted the dish from the oven to showcase my toils of the evening. That night we sat around the table and tucked into my first bake – encouraging the small people by explaining the spinach was fortified with goodness and would make them strong and healthy. My Popeye reference was completely lost on them, but they ate up with joy.
As I drove home with a boot full of the stuff, I started to wonder just what I was going to actually do with it. I hate waste, so as soon as I got in – Google was my friend. The BBC Food site is an absolute game changer for chucking in a list of ingredients and producing some great recipes, without any real thought or input Whenever my stepdaughter visits from Cardiff, from my culinary expertise and me. and asks for a preview of the menu of the days ahead…I know what she is really asking. There it was – chorizo gnocchi bake – warm, Chorizo gnocchi bake is a firm favourite in the hearty – and most importantly full of spinach. Dalton house, it means coming home, family I set to work in the kitchen creating what was and spinach inducing muscles. J soon to become a firm family favourite. At that time my stepdaughter lived at home with us, long before her vegetarian, vegan and other dietary updates hit us. 10.
