Archive for September, 2008
Pork Shoulder Braised in Cider
Last week Kerri had pork braised in cider for lunch in a rather good gastropub (Great Queen Street on – you guessed it – Great Queen Street in Covent Garden) and wanted to try to recreate it. We had a look around for recipes but eventually just did our own thing. We bought a boned, […]
Read More..>>Pizza
Our dough turned out a bit too thick again but it was a definite improvement on last time. Garlic bread followed by salami, olive, pepper and rocket for me; tuna, anchovy, olive and pepper for Stephen.
Read More..>>Creamy Mushroom Pasta
Mushroom pasta is one of those things I’ve attempted a couple of times with no success and I’d pretty much given up on it. This recipe posted by Rachel of What Rachel Ate Today sounded promising though and I bookmarked it to try later on. I didn’t have to wait too long; we bought mushrooms […]
Read More..>>Peppers Cashew nuts with Chicken
This is another recipe from the mysterious Thai Traditional Cooking: The Mother’s Recipes by Maria Kanigman Saunders that we used last week to make the beef stir-fry. Once again, the recipe was easy to follow and quick. I spent a few minutes chopping up the ingredients and Stephen cooked it when he got home. It […]
Read More..>>Chicken with Butter Beans and Chorizo
We’d planned to have this for lunch yesterday but changed our plans as the weather was so good. The chicken needed to be used up though so we cooked it anyway and just re-heated it this evening. It was really tasty and very easy to cook, it could easily be done after work…as long as […]
Read More..>>Final Barbecue of the Year (Probably…)
As evidenced by yesterday’s steak and kidney pie, we seem to have moved almost completely into winter cooking mode already. However, today’s weather was rather good and it seemed like a good day to squeeze in one last barbecue (although we will of course be glad of any opportunity to have another one!). We haven’t […]
Read More..>>Steak and Kidney Pie
It’s been a while since we’ve made any sort of pie other than cottage pie, and as we’ve had to much wintery weather lately, we decided that today would be a good day for it. As it was, the weather turned out to be rather nice, but we were so excited at the prospect of […]
Read More..>>Stir Fried Scallops
A recent comment on this post made us remember that we’d really loved this recipe and should cook it again. We put in quite a few vegetables this time – green beans, baby corn and some shredded cabbage to use up what was in the fridge. It didn’t look as good because the pale cabbage […]
Read More..>>Thai Monday – Stir Fried Chilli Beef with Holy Basil…
… aka Nuer-pad-kra-prao. This recipe is from a little Thai cookbook that I don’t remember buying, but it has a price tag on it from one of the supermarkets in London’s Chinatown. It’s called Thai Traditional Cooking – The Mother’s Recipes, by Maria Kanignan Saunders, aka Kanignan Suwannalai. First, fry holy basil leaves in some […]
Read More..>>Coq au Vin
This is something I thought we ate fairly often but looking back through the archives, it seems we haven’t eaten it at all since we started blogging. We’re definitely in Autumn now so this seemed like the perfect Sunday afternoon dish. Previously, I think we’ve always used the Delia version but today we made it […]
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