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Arbroath Smoked Salmon and Cheese Salad
Stephen and I went out for lunch today so decided on fishy salad for dinner. When we got home though, we both changed our minds. I felt like spaghetti with my salmon and Stephen was craving a cheese salad. So, that’s what we did. I can’t comment on the cheese salad but the salmon spaghetti […]
Read More..>>Fish Stew with Peppers, Almonds and Saffron
Otherwise known as Romesco de peix. We cooked this from a recipe in the Moro cookbook. Onions, thinly sliced red peppers and garlic, cooked down together. The aroma of these ingredients cooking together is delicious and comforting in a savoury but distinctly unFrench style. Added bay, rosemary, paprika, saffron, tomatoes, white wine and finally ground, […]
Read More..>>Steak and Dauphinoise Potatoes
On Friday night we had steak and dauphinoise potatoes. We were worried that we wouldn’t get to our butcher before they closed on the way back from work, so I called them and they were nice enough to cut us two nice ribeye steaks and leave them at the deli next door for us to […]
Read More..>>Cinco de Mayo
Being Cinco de Mayo today, we decided to have something Mexican. So we started with Margaritas: Which we drank with some tortilla chips (Poco Loco brand which taste much more like real Mexican tortilla chips than supermarket brands do) with some slightly too wet (even though I’d drained it once) but still tasty tomato salsa […]
Read More..>>Carpet Picnic
On Friday night we had a “picnic” at home with a mixture of Italian nibbly things and some French cheese. Marinated olives, tricolore salad (with really nice mozarella), San Danielle prosciutto, Napoli salami and Munster cheese.
Read More..>>Roast Lamb with Anchovies and Garlic
Today we had a leg of lamb for the first time in ages. We inserted little pieces of anchovy and garlic into it before roasting. The anchovy melted away and gave the lamb a lovely flavour without being fishy at all. It was a good thing too because it wasn’t the best lamb – next […]
Read More..>>Crisps
Last night we were very bad and had crisps for dinner. No picture either; the bag is in the bin.
Read More..>>Friday Barbecue
Gazpacho for Lunch…
I had a day off today, so had to look around for lunch. I’m ashamed to say that I didn’t make it myself; I bought some gazpacho from our local deli. It was good and tasted a lot fresher than carton soups from supermarkets.
Read More..>>Thai Red Curry
Having cooked Thai green curry a few weeks ago, we decided to try our hand at red curry. The recipe we used was fairly similar to the green curry recipe except that it used red curry paste rather than green curry paste. And the main difference in the paste recipe was the use of red […]
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