Archive for March, 2007
Elizabeth David
I’ve long been envious of people who just happen to find old and interesting cookery books in charity shops. I often find myself browsing the shelves only to be confronted with the Sainsbury’s Microwave Cook Book from 1982 or the Marks and Spencer All Time Favourite Slow Cooker Recipes. Today however, I struck lucky and […]
Read More..>>Scallops and Paella
Tonight’s starter was scallops with chorizo. We fried the chorizo off first, then the scallop roe and finally the scallops themselves. Served as above. Yum 🙂 To continue the fishy theme, we then made a seafood paella with prawns, mussels and clams: It was very tasty, and there was rice, you just can’t see it […]
Read More..>>Cheese Muffins
In my “things to cook soon” file, I’ve had Nigella’s Welsh Rarebit Muffin recipe for ages but never gotten around to making it. Speaking to someone I know this week, she mentioned that she’d had mixed results with the recipe and suggested I try this instead, Cheese and Pancetta Muffins from UKTV Food. We left […]
Read More..>>Steak with Butternut and Caramelised Onions
We decided that steak with salad would be fairly healthy for a Friday night. We had a couple of sirlion steaks and roasted some butternut pieces and mushrooms to go with them. We also cooked down a red onion until it was quite gooey and caramelised with just a few “intentional” black bits. And there […]
Read More..>>Thai Green Curry with Chicken
We had been planning to make Thai green curry for a few days, and when the day came, we found ourselves in Chinatown buying ingredients. We had a jar of green curry paste from the shop, but after my purchase of a long-coveted “real” mortar and pestle from New Loon Moon in Chinatown, I was […]
Read More..>>Cheese Crumpets
Stephen was out tonight and I had planned to use up the smoked mackerel fillets we bought last time he was out (I couldn’t be bothered to eat them that time) but I just couldn’t be bothered – again. So, I foraged around and found some crumpets that were dangerously close to their sell-by date […]
Read More..>>Brrr
It’s been lovely and bright and quite warm lately but today was cold, it even snowed briefly. After lots of tidying up in the garden we came inside and cooked a warming casserole. The afternoon was spent reading the papers and after an early shower I thought some hot chocolate would be just the thing […]
Read More..>>Guinness Marmite
Apparently, these limited edition jars are flying off the shelves and going for fortunes on eBay…we were lucky enough to find one today in Waitrose so snapped it up. I don’t buy the marketer’s “love it or hate it” rubbish, I think it’s ok…I like it with cheese on toast and it adds depth to […]
Read More..>>Pheasant au Vin
Yesterday, we bought a pheasant at our local butcher with the intention of cooking it today. After considering a few pheasant-related recipes, we decided to make something up and do a “pheasant au vin”. I’m glad that we did because it was really, really good. Joined the pheasant, then marinated it in some red wine […]
Read More..>>Chiang Mai Curry Noodles
I had a craving for some more Thai food last week, so I attempted to make “Chiang Mai Curry Noodles”. It didn’t go quite according to plan. I couldn’t get exactly the right noodles and I couldn’t get red curry paste because for some reason none of the shops had it at the time. I […]
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