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Carrot Soup
One of my favourite light lunches is a bowl of soup with a slice of buttered toast. When I was a kid, I used to eat gallons of soup whenever my mum made it; I think she despaired of it a bit. As we had carrots in our vegetable box but didn’t have any plans […]
Read More..>>Leek Risotto
Having received leeks in our vegetable box yesterday, we decided on leek risotto this evening. We added some pancetta and sage too, not just leeks. We added some leeks in the beginning to cook down and then saved some to add near the end to give a fresher leek flavour too, which worked very well. […]
Read More..>>Vegetable Box
No picture for this post, just a quick note. A couple of years ago we subscribed to a vegetable box from Able & Cole, but stopped it when we moved and never got around to re-subscribing. It was interesting (and sometimes challenging!) to come up with tasty recipes each week to use our mostly seasonal […]
Read More..>>Quesadillas and Guacamole
Kerri had suggested these a while back and we ended up having them this evening. She looked at a few recipes but decided to make our own quesadilla-like recipe. We marinated some sliced red peppers, sliced red onions and chopped garlic with some lime juice, chopped coriander and ground cumin. Then we fried this mixture […]
Read More..>>Hot and Sticky Roast Quail with Thai Style Brussels Sprout Noodles
Paging through Nigel Slater’s “the kitchen diaries” book, Kerri found this quail recipe, which sounded rather appealing. It involved basting quails in mustard, soy sauce, lemon juice, cayenne pepper and rather a lot of garlic and then roasting them. The result was very tasty, with some heat from the mustard and the cayenne and well […]
Read More..>>Braised Oxtail
I’m not sure if I’ve eaten oxtail before (apart from the famous Heinz soup) and neither of us have ever cooked it, so when I spotted some at the butcher last week I thought I should rectify that. We did some research and came across Nigel Slater’s recipe which we used today. Of course, we […]
Read More..>>Minimalist Thin Crust Pizza
We often cook pizza on a Friday night, but this weekend we ended up cooking it for lunch on Saturday. We had bought some “Tipo OO” flour which we were keen to use, as it should result in a better crust. We used the same recipe that we’ve used a few times recently – Jamie […]
Read More..>>Smoked Mackerel Fish Cakes
Kerri was planning to make rosti this evening, however in attempting to parboil the potatoes first, she encountered the same sort of problems as we’d encountered in our previous rosti disaster. So she made mackerel fish cakes instead, which were rather good. Served with a mixed salad with a mustard and lemon dressing. The dressing […]
Read More..>>Roast Lamb Neck Fillets with Redcurrant Sauce
On the way home from visiting Kerri’s mum this afternoon, we wandered into the supermarket looking for some lamb to roast, but we couldn’t find any likely candidates. There were no leg cuts, and the shoulders would have taken too long to cook. But then we saw lamb neck fillets. We haven’t had them for […]
Read More..>>Wild Boar Sausages
Kerri was out tonight, and when wondering what to have to eat this evening, I couldn’t really decide on anything. I wandered into Waitrose, wandered down various aisles without being inspired, then ended up loitering next to the fish and meat counters. Nothing fishy caught my eye, but then I saw the wild boar sausages. […]
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