Archive for January, 2009
Coffee and Walnut Cake
I was quite pleased with how this worked out, despite it’s somewhat lopsided appearance. I’m not a very experienced baker so I’m not sure why this happened, perhaps I had the oven too hot? I followed a Delia Smith recipe, best to stick to basics when you’re not that confident in your ability was my […]
Read More..>>Pizza Fiorentina
Friday night is pizza night! Not always, but sometimes. This was one of those sometimes. Often we have fantastic success with pizza, but this wasn’t one of those times. Keeping in mind last time where the dough was very sticky, we added a bit more flour this time, but it just made the base rather […]
Read More..>>Lentil Cottage Pie
I’m really pleased with the way this turned out, especially as it was a very last minute decision. Stephen and I had decided that we would have something meat-free tonight as our meat intake has been so high lately. We didn’t have anything specific in mind but, while browsing other food blogs this afternoon, I […]
Read More..>>Chorizo and Butterbean Soup
On the way home from dinner last night, we realised that we didn’t have anything planned to eat this evening. I suggested we soak some butterbeans and find something to do with them today. It was doomed to failure from the start really, I like to plan meals in advance and don’t really work very […]
Read More..>>The Cabin
We had planned to eat leftover lamb this evening but we didn’t actually have any left. Plan B saw us defrosting some chicken breasts and eating those with salad and pitta bread instead. It just didn’t feel right though; admittedly today was a mild and sunny day that gave me hope spring was on it’s […]
Read More..>>Slow Roast Shoulder of Lamb
We have cooked slow roast shoulder of lamb a couple of times in the past and it always looms large in our memories as one of the tastiest meals that we can remember, especially considering that it’s so easy to prepare. Kerri’s family came to visit today and so we gladly took the opportunity to […]
Read More..>>Chocolate Mousse
As Stephen mentioned, my family came to visit today and requested chocolate mousse for dessert, they were particularly interested in the Baileys mousse we made recently so we made up two of those. We also made two with Cointreau which I preferred – the combination of chocolate and orange is one of my favourites. We […]
Read More..>>Scottage Pie – Haggis in a Cottage Pie
It is Burns Night tomorrow, but we are otherwise occupied, so we had to cook haggis tonight. We tried a twist on the idea though – doing it in a cottage pie style, with the haggis filling underneath and mashed tatties and neeps (i.e. potatoes and swede) on top. We chopped up a couple of […]
Read More..>>Chorizo and Beans
When I started cooking this I intended for it to become a soup. I didn’t follow a particular recipe but took inspiration from Jenny Chandler’s “The Food of Northern Spain” and Jonathan’s Chorizo, butterbean and passata stew. The end result was closer to Jonathan’s dish as I left it to reduce right down until it […]
Read More..>>Lentils with Spaghetti and Rice
It’s not often that Stephen and I have different dinners (unless something goes wrong and he perseveres with the wrongness while I reach for the toast) but tonight he fancied rice and I fancied pasta. I probably should have had rice too since we had spaghetti last night but, as much as I like rice, […]
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