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Tortilla Casserole, aka Mexican Lasagne
When paging through Rick Bayless’s Mexican Kitchen, we found something which we initially thought was a bit odd but strangely interesting – a Mexican version of lasagne, layered up with tortillas instead of lasagne sheets. We became determined to try it and thought that it would be a good way to use up the left […]
Read More..>>Springbok Fillet and Jersey Royals
Kerri went to visit Borough Market on Friday to buy a few things and she asked if I could think of anything else that I would like her to get while she was there. I racked my brains for something interesting that was hard to find elsewhere and eventually thought of springbok, which Gamston Wood […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti alla Vodka with Crayfish
A quick dinner this evening based on our recent success with spaghetti alla vodka. At the time, Kerri had commented that it would be good with things added into it and this evening those things were little crayfish tails. We followed the recipe pretty much exactly as it is in the link above, except that […]
Read More..>>Thai Noodle and Prawn Salad
Yesterday Kerri commented that she was craving some sort of Thai style salad with lime juice and fish sauce in it and remembered the one we had made in this dinner. So we tried something similar, but it was not as successful this time because we could not get the bean vermicelli at the last […]
Read More..>>Barbecued Octopus, also Halloumi and Lamb Chops
Last week we received a copy of Jamie Oliver’s new book “Jamie Does…” in the post and started having a browse through it. He covers a number of different countries in it, all of which are within easy short-haul flying distance from the UK – a mixture of the usual culinary suspects and a couple […]
Read More..>>Stir Fried Chicken with Szechuan Pepper
We planned a quick dinner this evening of stir fried chicken and bought most of the ingredients yesterday. We weren’t quite sure on an exact recipe, which was left up to me as I arrived home first and started slicing things. I sliced an orange pepper, half an onion, some baby corn and a large […]
Read More..>>Brilliant Pizza
We have been making pizza on and off for a few years now, with varying levels of success. There were a couple of times when we did pretty well and thought we had definitely cracked it, but haven’t been able to keep it consistent. With our old not very hot oven we had a clever […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti Carbonara
Mmmm bacon. I arrived home this evening to the delicious smell of bacon frying; Kerri was making spaghetti carbonara, which was most welcome. It was similar to this recipe, but we took a slightly different path by adding some left over marscapone instead of cream. The result was delicious and the photograph much more appetising!
Read More..>>Pork Cheeks, Butter Beans and Chorizo
On a recent visit to Waitrose, Kerri bought seven pork cheeks for the rather reasonable sum of just £1.67. We had been talking about cooking them for a while, and this seemed too good (and cheap) an opportunity to pass up. Something slow cooked seemed to be the way to go, and we fancied something […]
Read More..>>Chicken, Chickpeas and Chorizo
I can’t remember how we decided on chickpeas, but I do remember that after we decided we then thought that we didn’t have any. So I checked in the cupboard and we did have them, so that was lucky and we soaked some of them yesterday ready for today. We made this up as we […]
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