Archive for March, 2010
Rosewater Pavlova with Lavender Scented Rhubarb
When I realised I had nine egg whites in the freezer and plenty of people to feed over the weekend, I decided to make a pavlova. I divided the egg whites in half so that I had about 4.5 and adjusted the sugar, mixed it up, added some rosewater and some pink food colouring and […]
Read More..>>Lasagne
We celebrated Mother’s Day on Saturday night and my mum requested lasagne for dinner. I actually made up the ragu (roughly according to this recipe) on Friday with the intention of taking it back to Kent with us on Saturday. Only we got halfway there and realised we’d left it behind. A short dash back […]
Read More..>>Mexican Bean Burgers
In keeping with the Mexican theme, we started with some chilli popcorn. Pop your corn and, in a seperate pan, melt some butter with some chilli powder and salt. Add that to the corn and eat. And eat and eat if you made as much as I accidentally did. Next we moved on to the […]
Read More..>>Cauliflower and Potato Curry
We decided to go meat-free this evening and didn’t need to look much further than Camelia Panjabi for inspiration. This cauliflower and potato curry had caught my eye last week and since I had everything else I needed, apart from the cauliflower, it had the added bonus of being an economical dish too. This recipe […]
Read More..>>Chicken and Pearl Barley Casserole
A recent cupboard audit unearthed a number of long-forgotten ingredients, including pearl barley which we used in a risotto last year. I don’t have very fond memories of it which probably explains why the rest of the bag has languished in our “pantry” (or, very small cupboard) ever since. Not wanting to throw it away, […]
Read More..>>Chana Dal
Having worked our way through many of Madhur Jaffrey’s recipes, the arrival of Camelia Panjabi’s “50 Great Curries of India” was well-timed. We’re currently employing a one-in-one-out policy when it comes to cookery books and since I find it so difficult to part with any books at all, especially cookery books, we haven’t bought anything […]
Read More..>>The Octopus
There’s been a sense of unease in our little flat today. We slept well, had a good breakfast and completed all our boring domestic tasks early. The sun is shining and the day was ours to do with as we pleased so the little black cloud following us aroung puzzled me until my mind turned […]
Read More..>>Beef and Oyster Pie
This week is British Pie Week and with not a lot planned for dinner this weekend, we were grateful for the suggestion. This was actually supposed to be tomorrow’s lunch but we ended up swapping things around since tonight’s planned dish needed to spend some time in the freezer to tenderise, more on that tomorrow. […]
Read More..>>Brilliant Pizza
We have been making pizza on and off for a few years now, with varying levels of success. There were a couple of times when we did pretty well and thought we had definitely cracked it, but haven’t been able to keep it consistent. With our old not very hot oven we had a clever […]
Read More..>>Beef baked with Yoghurt and Black Pepper
I might have mentioned that we have quite a lot of meat to get through this week. A combination of having a freezer the size of a shoe-box and wanting to use as much of the meat while it’s at it’s best (i.e. unfrozen) meant that tonight we opted to use the oxtail – try […]
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