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Slow-Roasted Shoulder of Lamb
Yesterday, we had decided that today we should have some roast lamb. We were in the market for half a leg of lamb when we arrived at our local butcher yesterday, but we ended up taking half a shoulder instead because there was one on display and we couldn’t remember having cooked shoulder before. So […]
Read More..>>Steamed Barramundi and Stir Fried Vegetables
Kerri was out tonight and I wasn’t sure what I wanted to eat, so I just picked things up as I wandered around the supermarket. As I was doing so, I realised I quite fancied vegetables and fish, so I ended up making stir fried vegetables and steaming some fish to go with it. I […]
Read More..>>Steak Fajitas
We’ve had some good successes with chicken fajitas before, but our previous attempt at steak fajitas didn’t turn out that well. So we decided to try again and attempt to get it right. And, after all the meat-free dinners we’ve had recently (we decided that fish doesn’t count as meat), we needed some steak. Kerri […]
Read More..>>Roasted Vegetable Lasagne
We’ve only cooked this dish once before, partly I think because it’s quite time consuming. However, we planned for this by roasting the vegetables over the weekend so that all we needed to do today was assemble the lasagne and cook in the oven. The dish doesn’t suffer from the pre-roasting and it obviously makes […]
Read More..>>Mushroom Risotto
Kerri was going to be out today, so we hadn’t planned anything particularly elaborate. As it was though, she wasn’t feeling well and stayed at home. Which meant that we needed dinner and hadn’t planned any. Kerri suggested mushroom risotto with thyme and lemon, which sounded like a good idea so we made chicken stock […]
Read More..>>Marinated Cucumber and Wild Boar Chops with Noodles
On Saturday, while searching for lamb shanks, I also discovered some wild boar chops and of course had to buy them. My memory told me that the sign had said that they were marinated in sesame and ginger, so we planned some Oriental side dishes. On opening the chops, we found bits of thyme in […]
Read More..>>Almost Pizza
Last night we decided to make pizza. We’ve done it quite successfully a few times before, so had no reason to believe that this time would be any different. But it was different. The dough just didn’t work out very well. We guessed at many reasons for this, ranging from the yeast being old to […]
Read More..>>Pre-Christmas Dinner
Yesterday, Kerri and I visited my sister’s family, where we had a sort of pre-Christmas dinner. To start with, my sister cooked some asparagus wrapped in Parma ham. These were cooked in the oven until the ham was just a bit crispy, which turned out rather well. For main course, we had brought along salmon […]
Read More..>>Pork and Paprika Casserole
This was a Spanish-inspired dish, but not made from any particular recipe. Winter has very definitely set in and we have been craving all sorts of comfort stodge, which is unfortunately at odds with our attempts at eating healthily. This dish seemed like it would give us the comfort factor without the calorie-high and vitamin-light […]
Read More..>>Dinner at Friends
Last night, we went to visit friends for dinner and enjoyed a veritable feast. We started with prawn crackers, accompanied by some rather good Champagne: Then came the spring rolls which were filled with (if I remember correctly) pak choi, bean sprouts, rice vermicelli and mushrooms: Then came the main courses, which included… Scallops with […]
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