Archive for March, 2010
Herbed Lamb Chops with Lentils
Lamb chops, marinated in oil, lemon juice, garlic and sumac. Served with yoghurty lentils. A friend alerted me to the lentil recipe saying they were the best lentils he’d ever eaten. I’m not so sure, there’s something about the earthiness of puy lentils that doesn’t work with dairy for me. The herbs worked very well […]
Read More..>>Drunken Bean Wraps
We’ve cooked this before using tequila but when I saw Jen’s recipe using dark beer, I was interested to see what the difference was. Knowing I would be home late from work tonight, Stephen and I cooked the beans yesterday with the intention of making the wraps when we got home and turning the whole […]
Read More..>>Macaroni Cheese
Unusually for us, we were out on both Friday and Saturday night this weekend which didn’t leave much time for weekend cooking. We had planned on cooking beef brisket today but a surfeit of cheese meant we opted for macaroni cheese instead. I’ve only eaten it once before and was a bit underwhelmed but had […]
Read More..>>Roasted Salmon with Herbed Lentils
The paste that Stephen made up on Sunday to go with our roasted chicken worked really well and I started wondering what else I could use it with. I didn’t get much further than lamb but a craving for salmon today had me wondering whether it would work with that too. While the paste is […]
Read More..>>Lamb Cutlets with Cannelini Beans and Leeks
The official title for the beans is actually “Warm leek and white bean salad with mustard dressing” but that seemed just a little too wordy and unnecessary to me so I’ve taken the liberty of abbreviating. I’m pretty sure Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall doesn’t read Dinner Diary so I think I’ll get away with it. I wish […]
Read More..>>Chickpea Curry
Having gone wild in the ethnic aisle on Saturday, we went a bit wild in the kitchen later on and ended up with rather a lot of leftovers, some of which Stephen took for lunch today. In order to use everything else up this evening, we made a quick chickpea curry, following this recipe. It […]
Read More..>>Herbed Chicken with Persian Jewelled Rice
We fancied roast chicken for lunch but with today marking the official arrival of Spring (and the weather actually co-operating), we wanted something lighter than the traditional Sunday Roast. Stephen made up a marinade consisting of olives, lemon zest, coriander, parsley, mint, onion and garlic. This was blended with oil and salt and pepper in […]
Read More..>>Kaalee Mirch Cha Mutton, Moong Dal, “Sag” Aloo and Chapatis
We got a bit over-excited in the ‘ethnic’ section of our local supermarket this morning and ended up with enormous bags of yellow moong dal and chapati flour. With Indian food a given for this evening’s dinner (particularly with an afternoon with IPL cricket on in the background) we just needed to decide on a […]
Read More..>>Hamburgers
Stephen and I have been ill all week and existing on plain pasta and dry toast. While I like to think our readers are fascinated by what we eat every night, even I’m not stupid enough to think anyone is interested in looking at pictures of that, hence the lack of posts. Knowing we were […]
Read More..>>Sausages and Mashed Potatoes
We spent the morning at a farmer’s market local to where my mum lives in Kent and, while we were there, picked up some sausages for dinner. Having used up all my cooking creativity over the last few days, I threw these in the oven while I made some mashed potatoes and some onion gravy. […]
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