Archive for August, 2009
Chilli with Roasted Peppers
Having complete an enormous, Supermarket Sweep style shopping trip at the local supermarket on Sunday, we found ourselves with rather a lot of minced beef that was destined for a pot of chilli. Feeling a little delicate yesterday, Stephen and I stayed behind while the majority of the group went walking in the rain. Not […]
Read More..>>Cumbrian Lamb
Continuing the Cumbrian theme, tonight’s dinner was local lamb cutlets, once again from Harrisons butcher. We briefly considered sauteed potatoes as an accompaniment but the practicalities of chopping enough onion and potato for 16 people soon became evident and we ended up with some very good roast potatoes instead. The chops were marinated in garlic […]
Read More..>>Cumberland Sausage
Stephen and I are on holiday in the Lake District with 14 friends. As you can imagine, catering for that number of people is potentially challenging but, on the first evening, the solution was obvious: Cumbrian sausage from the local butcher, Harrisons of Wigton. When I first heard of this plan, I idly wondered just […]
Read More..>>Scones
These were supposed to be scones but I think a more accurate name for them would be biscuits since they came out very flat. A little research has taught me that I probably overworked the dough and cut them too thin. They tasted good and the texture was right, they were just too small and […]
Read More..>>Three Onion Tart
Today was a big baking day, starting with this Delia tart. I didn’t make the pastry and didn’t even manage to roll the ready-made stuff out very well but it tasted fine and the filling was very good. This is quite a time consuming recipe and there are various steps to go through that make […]
Read More..>>Potato and Chorizo Salad
We’re going away on Saturday so this week is all about using up the stuff that’s hanging around in the fridge and cupboards. This is quite similar to the chorizo and potato dish we cooked last week but lighter and more like a tapas dish really. It worked well and was very quick and easy, […]
Read More..>>Lentil Ragu
It doesn’t happen often but sometimes, I just don’t feel like cooking. It’s more likely to happen if there isn’t anything exciting to cook with which is precisely what happened this evening. Faced with a cupboard full of beans and lentils, inspiration deserted me and no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t think […]
Read More..>>A Day in Lille
I’m not very good at getting up early, particularly at the weekends. My favourite kind of Saturday involves lounging around watching Saturday Kitchen with some tea and toast while planning what we’re going to cook that weekend. There was no time for that this weekend though since the alarm was set for 4am ready for […]
Read More..>>Salt Marsh Lamb and Sauteed Potatoes
We were supposed to go on a picnic today but the weather looked so unreliable that we ended up cancelling. Faced with a second evening of non-planned meals, I spent a while looking at recipes online; nothing inspired me though so I paid a visit to the butcher to see if I could find anything […]
Read More..>>Chicken Fajitas with Sweetcorn and Black Bean Salsa
I thought we were going out this evening but I got my dates muddled up, luckily I realised in time and defrosted some chicken breasts without much thought on what to do with them. Chicken breasts are something we’ve got used to having in the freezer but we don’t eat them much now and couldn’t […]
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