Archive for September, 2010
Mexican Corn Salsa
The corn in Sainsbury’s was only 30p a head last weekend so we bought some. I keep reading about how cheap it is at the moment but I haven’t been food shopping for ages so hadn’t noticed it myself. This was indeed a bargain but I didn’t have a plan for it. Not so much […]
Read More..>>Tomato and Mozarella Pasta
We met up with a friend for lunch yesterday and while waiting for him, popped into a small Italian deli for some coffee. I love the unusual pasta shapes you can find in these kinds of places and managed to limit myself to buying just two. This type is called caserecci and has a great […]
Read More..>>Burgers
First of all, I should probably point out that we’re not dead. And apologise to those people who have emailed us to check that the mystery dinner wasn’t the end of us after all. We’ve just been busy. Again. This was actually last Friday night’s dinner, eaten on our laps in front of the TV. […]
Read More..>>Mystery Dinner
We have a blackboard in our kitchen that lists the items in our freezer. Sounds a bit anal I know but, even though it’s a really small freezer, I’ve becoming pretty good at filling it full of stuff. We have a selection of different sized freezer bags to use in said freezer, the type that […]
Read More..>>Slow Roast Shoulder of Lamb – The Leftovers
The best thing about cooking a half shoulder of lamb for just two people? The leftovers. You don’t need a recipe for this: just heat up a wrap, add some hummus or tzatziki (or both), some salad and the lamb, roll it up and eat.
Read More..>>Slow Roast Shoulder of Lamb – Moroccan Style
Due to our successes with slow roasting a shoulder of lamb with garlic and rosemary, we thought we would try a different slant on it this weekend and give it a Moroccan style treatment. We had half a shoulder and the evening before cooking it, we rubbed it with a spice mix and left it […]
Read More..>>Mexican Corn Soup
I spotted some pancetta bones for sale at Union Market a little while ago and thought they would be brilliant for adding flavour to soups and casseroles. It was mid July at the time and definitely not soup or casserole weather but the seasons seemed to have changed very quickly this year and, almost without […]
Read More..>>Mussels with Garlic and Cream
We ate mussels in Brussels. Obviously. If you like mussels then that’s one of the reasons to go to Brussels. There’s beer too of course and chocolate but the mussels are excellent; at least the ones that we had were. When we were in the restaurant waiting for our mussels, we realised that the way […]
Read More..>>Prawns in Romesco Sauce with Cabbage
At the recent opening of Union Market, I spent some time talking to Simon of Olives Et Al who provide the olives, artichokes, anchovies, etc. There were plenty of samples to taste and liking them so much, I’ve been buying them most weeks since. I love olives but am often disappointed with the supermarket and […]
Read More..>>Mexican Fish and Black Bean Wraps
I always knew it was going to be challenging to get this to look attractive, I didn’t think the picture would come out quite as badly as this though. It’s a truth universally acknowledged by all food bloggers (well, Stephen and I at least) that the quality of the picture often bears little relation to […]
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