Archive for January, 2009
Puttanesca
There’s not much we can say about this that we haven’t said before and we toyed with the idea of not posting it at all but, given that this is a diary of our dinners, here it is. We both got home late this evening and didn’t have any plans for dinner. This is very […]
Read More..>>Chicken Casserole
We’ve not had this for a while, which is odd considering it’s so cold outside and this is perfect comfort food. It’s relatively healthy too which is appropriate as we are both trying to be more conscious about what we eat. Stephen jointed a chicken yesterday and I used the carcass to make stock today, […]
Read More..>>The Thai
As I mentioned at the start of the year, Stephen and I have resolved to post more about restaurants as well as food we’ve cooked ourselves. Last night, we went for a quick dinner at The Thai which has been open for a couple of months near where we live (I can’t find a homepage […]
Read More..>>Shepherd’s Pie
As regular readers will know, lamb features regularly on the Dinner Diary menu. We’re both big fans and it’s a versatile meat. Simply fried with rosemary and garlic and served with sauteed potatoes, it’s a quick mid-week meal. Shoulder, cooked long and slow in a casserole is a wonderful treat on a wintery Sunday. Lamb […]
Read More..>>Liver and Bacon Mash
Having watched Masterchef again last night where two of the contestants cooked liver and bacon, we both really started to crave it. We had to give it a bit of a twist though, so we put bacon into our mashed potato rather than having separate rashers of bacon. You can’t see a lot of it […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti with Anchovies, Chilli, Garlic, Brussels Sprouts and Walnuts
After quite a long run of successes and almost-successes, we were due for a dismal failure some time soon and this was it. In a strange series of coincidences, we had arrived at the idea for the dish by instant messenger conversation and had typed each of the ingredients at exactly the same time as […]
Read More..>>Lamb Chops with Salsa Verde and Rioja Beans
I know, a big pile of lamb chops and a big pot of beans aren’t really on the strict path of the straight-and-narrow with regards to the healthy eating that we are trying to do over the next few weeks, but we need to ease ourselves in slowly. The beans were quite low in fat, […]
Read More..>>Chicken and Braised Lentils
Today marks the first day of our new, healthier eating plan. To ease the pain, we spent some time with our cookery books over the weekend and came up with some interesting, low-fat options. Stephen bought me Skye Gingell’s “A Year in my Kitchen” for Christmas, a book that’s been on my wishlist for a […]
Read More..>>Roast Pork and Crackling
For our last day before some healthy eating begins, we decided on roast pork. Kerri poured boiling water over the skin before roasting it and then rubbed it liberally with salt, resulting in sublimely crisp crackling that didn’t even need to go back into the oven after the pork was done. The meat itself was […]
Read More..>>Ginger Cake
Having a birthday is a good excuse to make a cake. I made this on Friday and left it for a couple of days before eating to mature. That sounds incredibly restrained, the reality is that there just wasn’t any time to eat it before today! I found the recipe online but couldn’t find the […]
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