Archive for the 'Beef' Category
Cottage Pie
I’m really surprised that we’ve never made this before, it’s a classic and one I grew up with. You’d think that it wasn’t all that appropriate for an evening in August but then the weather hasn’t really been all that appropriate of late either so it seemed fitting.
As I said before, I grew up [...]
An Old Favourite
I had to go to the dentist this afternoon and later on we had to do the weekly shop, neither of us were much in the mood for cooking after that so when Fred suggested fajitas it seemed a sensible choice. It’s quick, easy and we can do it with our eyes closed.
It’s not [...]
Thai stir-fried Beef with Shallots and Basil
Day two of the healthy eating plan led me to “Vegetables” by Sophie Grigson. We’ve had this book for a while but haven’t used it much despite a lot of the recipes sounding good. This recipe jumped out at me, something about spicy dishes seems to make low-fat cooking all that more appetising.
This [...]
Party
You’d be forgiven for thinking that things have been a bit quiet around here lately. Both Fred and I were out on Thursday and regrettably there was no food involved, only wine. And mojitos. For that reason, Friday saw us give in to the temptation of the supermarket pizza. As you [...]
Read More..>>Beef Stir-Fry
We went through a phase of eating stir-fry at least once a week, lately we’ve not been as concerned as we should have been with healthy eating which would explain why there’s been more variety in our cooking and therefore less stir-fries.
We decided tonight to re-visit the stir-fry, partly from a health conscious point of [...]
Spaghetti Bolognaise
Not a particularly interesting dish, nor a particularly interesting photograph but I’d been craving this for a few days so today I spent the afternoon making the sauce. We saw this a lot on menus while we were away, particularly children’s menus, so I guess that’s where the craving came from.
Initially it didn’t turn [...]
Thai Monday Part 7 - Beef Panang
Being a bank holiday today, we took some time to make something for another instalment in the recently neglected Thai Monday series. We chose Beef Panang this time, which is a Thai curry that includes peanuts as well as both coconut milk and coconut cream.
We started by making the paste as usual; [...]
Chilli Taco
I wasn’t going to post this because I couldn’t get the picture to work but it doesn’t look as bad as I remembered so here it is: Tuesday night’s dinner…apologies for the delay!
Chilli, made to our usual recipe a while ago and frozen for an emergency. Tonight’s emergency being Fred working late and an [...]
Thai Beef Salad
A quick and easy dinner tonight. We’ve both been really busy at work lately and this week we were planning to rely on dishes that we’d previously cooked and frozen: lentils, chilli and the like. However, we felt like something a bit lighter, yet still substantial tonight. So, Thai Beef salad it [...]
Read More..>>Beef Casserole
Fred cooked this last night to our usual recipe (although he forgot the tomatoes) which meant that all we had to do tonight was reheat it and add some vegetables. The lack of tomatoes gave the casserole a really deep, meaty flavour which was lovely. The chestnut mushrooms really stood out flavour-wise and [...]
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