Archive for March, 2008
Service Interruption
We went to visit Stephen’s sister on Saturday and left the camera there so we’re taking an impromptu holiday. Hope to be back soon!
Read More..>>Crispy Duck Breast
Stephen cooked dinner this evening using this recipe from the BBC website. We’d planned to have duck last week but couldn’t find the same recipe. It didn’t really matter because this turned out well, although he might have been a little heavy handed with the cloves 🙂 We served it with egg noodles and vegetables […]
Read More..>>Thai Mondays Part 5: Stir Fried Pork with Beans and Green Peppercorns
Last week Kerri had lunch at a Thai restaurant and had a dish that she really enjoyed, which was beef with chilli, lemongrass, basil and a few other things. We had a look for recipe that was similar and, by happy coincidence, I had already bookmarked a recipe that contained most of those ingredients and […]
Read More..>>Chicken with Olives and Poorman’s Potatoes
We weren’t intending to eat at home on Saturday night but a bought of illness meant a change of plan. We needed to find a recipe that used ingredients we already had, Stephen suggested using one of our new Spanish books as the recipes are straightforward and don’t require lots of complicated ingredients. The chicken […]
Read More..>>Fish Pie
Being Good Friday today, Kerri wanted to cook fish pie. We found a tasty sounding recipe in a newly acquired cook book called Fish, subtitled “Recipes From a Busy Island”. It’s a National Trust book and is geared towards responsible and sustainable fish recipes. The recipe was called “Tweed Salmon, Smoked Haddock and Langoustine Pie […]
Read More..>>Beef Casserole
Stephen 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 added to […]
Read More..>>Salad
Monday is gym night so dinner needs to be quick and easy (or lovingly prepared by Stephen but he selfishly decided to go out this evening). Rather than reaching for the toast which is what normally happens when I’m eating alone, I decided to “be good” and eat salad. I usually have this for lunch […]
Read More..>>Thai Odyssey Part 4 – Mussel and Ginger Soup and Squid Salad
Given the success of last time’s soup and salad combination, we decided to give it another try. Normally on Sundays we have some sort of roast and Thai Monday happens on… Monday. But as I’m out tomorrow evening, we decided to have Thai Sunday instead. This time, the salad was squid salad, aka yam pla […]
Read More..>>Leek, Pesto and Parmesan Tart and Slow Cooked Shoulder of Pork
We had friends over for dinner last night and took the opportunity to go through our recipe file and cook some of the dishes we hadn’t done before. We started with roasted nuts which is from Nigella’s “How To Eat” and is based on the nuts she ate at the Union Square Cafe in New […]
Read More..>>Leek and Potato Soup
It’s been a bit quiet around here lately, mostly due to us both having busy weeks. We’ve got some interesting things planned for this weekend though so stay tuned. This was a quick soup inspired by the lonely looking leeks languishing at the bottom of the fridge and some potatoes I bought last night but […]
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