Archive for February, 2009
Dulce de Leche Brownies
After Tuesday night’s pancakes, we were left with rather a lot of leftover Dulce de Leche. As nice as it is to eat straight from the fridge with a spoon, we both felt it deserved a more fitting end so we decided to use it to make chocolate brownies. I first came across this recipe […]
Read More..>>Chicken Kiev
Chicken Kiev has become something of a byword for outdated, retro-but-not-cool food along with prawn cocktail and similar dishes that were once considered the height of fashion but have since fallen from grace. It’s a shame really, as when they are done well, they can be very good. I used to like chicken kiev when […]
Read More..>>Lamb Chops Provencale with Ratatouille
After a brief Messenger conversation this afternoon we decided on lamb chops provencale, mainly because we had lamb chops in the fridge and we have enjoyed cooking crumbed cuts of meat in the past. Ratatouille sounded like a very good accompaniment to lamb chops provencale, as did sautéed potatoes, so we cooked both. For the […]
Read More..>>Pancakes!
Last year, a friend of Stephen’s brought us back a tin of Dulce de Leche from Argentina and it’s been sitting in our cupboard ever since, very much like those bottles of wine that are given to you as gifts and are too good for every day drinking. Tonight felt like the perfect time to […]
Read More..>>Leek, Pancetta and Yellow Pea Soup
Neither of us really put much thought into tonight’s dinner because it was really just a prelude to the real point of the evening: pancakes. As I wandered around Waitrose earlier though I realised that I should make some kind of effort to feed us with something other than sugar and decided on leek soup. […]
Read More..>>Spicy Lentils with Chorizo
I spotted some Brindisa cooking chorizo in my local deli last week and picked it up without having a definite plan for it. It’s been calling to me every time I open the fridge and today, with nothing else planned for dinner, it was a welcome addition to the fridge. I started wondering how it […]
Read More..>>Toad In the Hole
We spent the weekend at my mum’s and she had planned sausages and mashed potatoes for dinner last night, it turned out to be a busy day though so we opted for fish and chips instead. That left us with a surplus of sausages which Stephen and I brought home with us and turned into […]
Read More..>>Baby Pears and Ice Cream
Some friends gave us baby pears preserved in sweet wine as a Christmas present. I thought that they would go well with some vanilla ice cream, so that’s what we did. When I opened the jar I realised that the baby pears were a lot more baby than I thought they’d be; they were very […]
Read More..>>Marmalade
Check us and our new found, Flickr tools! We vaguely talked about making marmalade earlier in the year but couldn’t find any Seville oranges. I was secretly quite pleased about that as it seemed like an awful lot of work for something only eaten at the weekends (we tend to eat cereal during the week). […]
Read More..>>Hamburgers and Chips
Having decided on hamburgers for dinner, we started thinking about what kind of meat to use. A quick Google search suggested chuck steak was the best option and luckily enough the butcher had some and was happy to mince it for me. I asked him if he would recommend any other cuts but he said […]
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