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Roast Pork Loin with Garlic, Rosemary, Anchovies and Lemon Zest
I’ve been thinking a lot about pork ragu lately and decided I would make it this week. The version I’ve put together uses leftover pork so, of course, we needed to cook pork today in order to generate those leftovers. I picked up the new Jamie Oliver magazine last week and there were a number […]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken
Roast chicken is not usually a weekday meal for us, but due to my badly planned shopping trip yesterday, we ended up with a chicken that needed to be used. We debated whether or not to post about it as we’ve posted about roast chicken hundreds of times before, but the point of Dinner Diary […]
Read More..>>Cabbage Stew
When I was younger, my mum used to cook this on occasion and I loved it, especially topped with a big pile of grated cheese. My mum had written it and several other recipes into a little notebook for me about ten years ago, so as Kerri was out this evening I dug it out […]
Read More..>>Mackerel, Lentil and Wild Rice Salad
This evening we wanted something relatively healthy but filling. Kerri found this recipe, which we took some elements from. Ingredients 100g puy lentils 70g red rice, wild rice or a mixture of both (we used a mixture since that’s what we had) 2 fillets of smoked mackerel (peppered or not; up to you) 2 small […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti with Crab, Chilli and Rocket
Quite a while back we went through a phase of cooking crab and chilli pasta quite a few times. We haven’t done it for a while, but when we were wondering what to cook for a quick Saturday lunch on an almost-spring-like day just as we were passing a fishmonger, we popped inside to get […]
Read More..>>Salmon and Leek Fish Cakes
When I arrived home this evening, I was greeted by the lovely aroma of fish cakes cooking, which I find rather alluring in its combination of mashed-potato richness and poached-fish lightness. Then when they go into the oven, the fish aroma changes to roasted fish instead. They were quite small and also contained leeks, which […]
Read More..>>Green and Blue Wine and Chocolate Tasting
Last Thursday we were invited to Green and Blue for a wine and chocolate tasting along with Gourmet Chick, Food Stories, Cheese and Biscuits, Around Britain with a Paunch and Chocolate Chilli Cupcakes. Green and Blue is a wine shop, bar, deli and cafe in East Dulwich. Good principles are at the heart of what […]
Read More..>>Port, Sherry, Madeira, etc…
As part of my studying for the fortified wines module of my wine diploma, I’ve been tasting a fair number of fortified wines as you can see. The exam is tomorrow, after which a lot of these will be thrown away (some are empty or almost empty, some are past their best for having been […]
Read More..>>Chicken wrapped in Parma Ham
I wasn’t particularly excited about this but we had two leftover chicken breasts following yesterday’s green curry and were stuck for something else to do with them. I’d love to say that it turned out brilliantly but unfortunately it didn’t. We seasoned the chicken breasts with pepper and parmesan cheese before wrapping them in Parma […]
Read More..>>Breaded Tilapia and Chips with Homemade Tartare Sauce
Over the past 24 hours we’ve been through many different potential menus for the weekend. The main driver for this was that we couldn’t find the ingredients for our first choices, but I think we still over-thought it quite a bit. In the end we settled on breaded fish for this evening and shuffled and […]
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