Archive for June, 2007
Sweden
We’re off to Sweden for a week and a half, so there won’t be any posts for a while. We’re not sure what food awaits us in Sweden. I’m off there to play cricket (yes, really) so that is what it’s mostly about; the food will be a side-order, so to speak. [...]
Read More..>>Pork Chops and Roasted Vegetables
Tonight we had pork loin steaks with some roasted vegetables. We roasted the vegetables (red pepper, sweet potato, onions and mushrooms) in the oven for a while, then pan-fried the pork loin steaks after dusting them with salt, pepper and paprika. The vegetables were really good, but I overcooked the pork a bit [...]
Read More..>>Lentils and Cauliflower
Ginger had a big lunch today, so didn’t want much dinner. I took this opportunity to make some lentils. I fried onion, garlic and ginger with a chopped fresh chilli and a random selection of spices - coriander seed, cumin and clove (all ground). Then I added some water, some chopped tomatoes, some carrots and [...]
Read More..>>Roast Brown Trout with Roasted Vegetables
Tonight we roasted a couple of brown trout. We stuffed with with a herb and shallot mixture. We started by roasting red pepper, onion, tomatoes and onions for a while and then added the trout for the last half hour along with half a glass of white wine. The result was good, with the juice [...]
Read More..>>Asparagus and Pancetta Risotto
We had some left over asparagus that I’d bought on Thursday at the “farmer’s market”* in Hammersmith. It was getting a little past its prime, so we made it into risotto instead of just eating it on its own. We boiled up the stalk ends (and also the stalk ends that we’d kept [...]
Read More..>>Friends for Dinner
Last night, we had some friends over for dinner. We started with asparagus and the same dressing we made last week:
Next, we had rosemary and garlic lamb, crushed new potatoes, fresh peas, runner beans and winter greens:
And finally, elderflower jelly with summer fruits and vanilla ice-cream:
The jellies, based on a Mark Hix recipe, turned [...]
Read More..>>Lemongrass Beef and Chicken with Cashew Nuts
Last night we had a quick-but-tasty dinner of lemongrass beef skewers and chicken with cashew nuts.
We’ve made the skewers a couple of times before and they’re definitely a favourite. They were marinated overnight this time, which gave them a stronger flavour. Next time we make them we’ll make some Thai dipping sauce too.
Followed [...]
Scallop Stir-Fry
This is a recipe I found on an old Sainsbury’s Magazine calendar, it’s been in my recipe file for ages but we only got round to making it today. The scallops were fried off then removed from the pan, the shallots, garlic and ginger were then fried before the vegetables (tenderstem brocolli, baby corn [...]
Read More..>>Spaghetti, Prawns and Rocket
We both popped out after work for some social business today, so when we got home we needed something quick and easy for dinner. Ginger bought some prawns on the way home, so we made spaghetti with prawns and rocket. Much like this. Quick and easy and tasty.
Read More..>>Hemp Seeds
Welcome to the first in a new series entitled The Dinner Diary Top Tip….add some toasted hemp seeds to your salads for extra crunch and flavour.
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