http://dinnerdiary.org A (photo) diary of our dinners Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:50:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Firstly let me say that this steak tasted better than it looks in the picture. The picture looks a bit like a really old post card or one of those nasty, faded pictures of food that some cafes and restaurants ill-advisedly put in their window. And it does ... http://dinnerdiary.org/2008/10/03/steak-with-horseradish-mashed-potatoes/ We've cooked spaghetti with bacon and cabbage before, so when we were wondering what to do with the cabbage in our fridge, we decided to try a variation on the theme. In order to keep it relatively healthy, we went for chilli and anchovies rather than bacon. It ... http://dinnerdiary.org/2008/10/02/spaghetti-with-cabbage-chilli-and-anchovies/ I know. I toyed with not posting it because it's appeared so many times before but that's not what Dinner Diary is all about. So, apologetically, I give you chicken stir-fry. It contained all the usual ingredients and was cooked in pretty much the same way we usually cook ... http://dinnerdiary.org/2008/10/01/chicken-stir-fry-3/ 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 ... http://dinnerdiary.org/2008/09/29/roast-chicken-10/ 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 ... http://dinnerdiary.org/2008/09/28/steak-sandwich/ 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 ... http://dinnerdiary.org/2008/09/28/pesto/ 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 ... http://dinnerdiary.org/2008/09/28/veal-escalope/ 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 ... http://dinnerdiary.org/2008/09/25/chicken-fajitas-in-pitas-for-lunch/ 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 ... http://dinnerdiary.org/2008/09/24/angels-on-horseback-and-plaice-with-nut-brown-butter/ 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 ... http://dinnerdiary.org/2008/09/23/janssens-temptation/