Archive for August, 2007
Monkfish
We bought two rather large monkfish tail fillets from our fishmonger today. Our attempt at griddling them wasn’t too successful, so we have decided to buy a new griddle pan; it must be the pan rather than us! That said though, they were really good. Meaty fish with a distinctive flavour. [...]
Read More..>>Moorish Skewers with Tabbouleh
We used a recipe from the Moro book to marinate some pork fillet before frying them off in the griddle pan and serving them with some tabbouleh. The marinade used saffron, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, oregano, garlic and olive oil. The meat was very tender but the marinade itself was rather heavy. [...]
Read More..>>Chicken Basque
We’d planned to have this yesterday but as the weather was good we barbecued instead. Fred whipped this up yesterday afternoon and we reheated it when we got home from work tonight. It was tasty but didn’t take that well to being reheated.
Read More..>>Barbecued Fish
Our second barbecue in as many days! It seemed like a waste not to barbecue on any rain-free weekend days, so we bought some fish to burn. It was a pink / red sea bream this time - the first time I remember having one. We bought it from a local fishmonger [...]
Read More..>>Roasted Tomato Soup
We used this Waitrose recipe today to make a batch of soup for lunches. Despite the fact it’s August and supposed to be warm, I’ve found myself craving tomato soup for the last couple of weeks. Hopefully this’ll cure me and I can move onto the next thing to obsess about!
The tomatoes were [...]
Read More..>>Barbecue!!!!
So finally it’s a) the weekend, b) we don’t have any prior social engagements and c) it’s hot….leaving only one thing to do….BARBECUE!!!
We started with corn. Fred bought these last week with the sleeping bags husks still intact, despite the fact that he maintains he prefers them to be cooked without. I gently [...]
Read More..>>Guacamole
Did I mention I have become slightly obsessed with avocados lately? I can’t get enough of them. We picked up some avocados on Wednesday to use this weekend…how’s that for organisation? Today I turned it into guacamole which we ate with Poco Loco corn chips while we waited for the fire to get hot.
Read More..>>Sardines on Toast
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A quick lunch today of sardines on toast. Reminds me of being small as we often used to eat this for lunch on a Saturday. Yum.
Breakfast Bread
This morning Fred made breakfast bread, to his mum’s recipe. He used to eat this at home in South Africa when he was small. It was delicous, fruity and cinammony and perfect eaten with butter.
1 cup wholewheat flour
1 cup digestive bran
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
1/4 tsp ground cloves
Pinch [...]
Fish Egg!
Well, an egg that’s shaped like a fish really.
I bought this for Fred from eBay, it’s a plastic mould that you squish a boiled egg into and leave to cool until it’s shaped like a fish. It’s from a Japanese seller who specialises in Bento box accessories, this is for a child’s lunchbox. [...]