Archive for September, 2008
Roast Chicken
Tonight we were planning to have a beef stir fry, but we ended up eating the steak last night. We had a chicken which we were going to joint and then use the breasts for the stir fry (and keep the legs for later), but as Ginger was home a bit early today she [...]
Read More..>>Steak Sandwich
A fairly simple dinner tonight as I’d been playing cricket but got home a lot earlier then I usually do, and we realised that we actually had some time to cook something but hadn’t planned anything. So we “borrowed” the steak from tomorrow’s dinner, cooked that to nice and pink, then sliced it up [...]
Read More..>>Pesto
Fred is out playing cricket today and I had planned on a quick lunch of spaghetti and puttanesca from the freezer. When I finally found the sauce buried at the back I saw that there were actually two servings and, not wanting to eat for two or let any any go to waste, I [...]
Read More..>>Veal Escalope
We’d been wanting to cook veal ever since reading an article in the Metro newspaper about how welfare standards had improved and many of the supermarkets were supporting the production of “friendly” veal. They may well have been supportive but we weren’t able to find any until we popped into Waitrose last week and [...]
Read More..>>Chicken Fajitas in Pitas for Lunch
We’d planned on having chicken salad for lunch but after a visit to the gym we both felt like something more substantial was required. Luckily, we had all the ingredients for chicken fajitas and guacamole. Filling, tasty and hot. Just what we need before we embark on an afternoon of spring (well, [...]
Read More..>>Angels on Horseback and Plaice with Nut-Brown Butter
Tonight we decided to cook ourselves a special dinner. Seeing as we are on holiday this week, we had some time to shop for ingredients today and start preparing early.
We were trying to think of dishes that would fit in well with British Food Fortnight, and after browsing various cook books, we ended up [...]
Janssen’s Temptation
This is one of those recipes that seems to have been following me around for a while which we finally got round to making this evening. Its a Swedish recipe and is usually part of a smorgasbord, served with cold meats and fish. Also traditionally served at Christmas and/or Easter.
Unfortunately, I tried to [...]
Guacamole
We’re on holiday this week, but I had to pop into work today. While I was out, Ginger had made some delicious guacamole. It was rather hot due to the birds eye chillies that were in it, but delicious and excellent served with toasted pita bread slices. Yum.
Read More..>>Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake
Fred and I have this week off and don’t have much planned apart from a little cooking and a lot of relaxing. We’re both quite fond of cake but don’t tend to eat them very often or make them ourselves as we always seem to have one eye on the waistline. Being on [...]
Read More..>>Butternut and Parsnip Risotto
For a while now, Ginger has been going on about risotto. In a good way though. She initially mentioned butternut squash risotto, which I thought would be excellent with some added sage. At some point she changed her mind to parsnip risotto, but I managed eventually to persuade her that making risotto [...]
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