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Steak with Butternut and Caramelised Onions
We decided that steak with salad would be fairly healthy for a Friday night. We had a couple of sirlion steaks and roasted some butternut pieces and mushrooms to go with them. We also cooked down a red onion until it was quite gooey and caramelised with just a few “intentional” black bits. And there […]
Read More..>>Thai Green Curry with Chicken
We had been planning to make Thai green curry for a few days, and when the day came, we found ourselves in Chinatown buying ingredients. We had a jar of green curry paste from the shop, but after my purchase of a long-coveted “real” mortar and pestle from New Loon Moon in Chinatown, I was […]
Read More..>>Chiang Mai Curry Noodles
I had a craving for some more Thai food last week, so I attempted to make “Chiang Mai Curry Noodles”. It didn’t go quite according to plan. I couldn’t get exactly the right noodles and I couldn’t get red curry paste because for some reason none of the shops had it at the time. I […]
Read More..>>Lamb Chops with Roasted Vegetables
Tonight we had planned to make lamb kofta, but the lamb mince that we’d bought on Saturday had not lasted well so we bought some lamb chops at the last minute. We seasoned the lamb chops with salt and garlic and pan-fried them, then sprinkled them with parsely and a squeeze of lemon juice. We […]
Read More..>>Beef Stroganoff
After the huge success of our pork stroganoff a while back, we decided to try it with beef instead. We found a recipe and followed it, but the result was not as good as the pork stroganoff. We’ll try it again using exactly the same recipe that we used for the pork, except use beef […]
Read More..>>Mmmmmm cheeeeeese…
On Friday night we decided to have something easy to prepare for dinner. We had various nibbly bits and then had a selection of four cheeses, each individually selected from Neal’s Yard Dairy. Clockwise, from the bottom round… Coolea (full in the mouth, slightly nutty aftertaste, very good indeed), Keen’s Cheddar (very sharp; I think […]
Read More..>>Lemongrass Marinated Beef
We have been planning to cook this for a while but have been distracted by various things along the way. We got around to it tonight and it was really good. The vegetables in the marinade (shallots, lemongrass, garlic, chilli) were supposed to be ground to a puree, but our mortar and pestle weren’t really […]
Read More..>>Rolled, Stuffed Pork Loin
Tonight we decided to try stuffing a pork loin. Kerri made a sage, onion and bacon stuffing which we stuffed into the opened and flattened pork loin. We rolled it and Kerri tied it up with little bows. Served with roast potatoes, parsnips and peas. We’d planned to have butternut squash with it too but […]
Read More..>>Flaked Baked Salmon with Pasta and Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
Another quick dinner, this time one that we made up ourselves. We roasted the salmon with a little tomato pesto on it. Then we stirred some more tomato pesto into the cooked pasta before adding the flaked salmon, roasted cherry tomatoes, parsely and lemon juice. F
Read More..>>Pork Stroganoff
We cooked this last night. Really simple, really quick and really tasty. Sliced pork fillet with onions, paprika, parsely and soured cream. We served it with rice and waiting for the rice to cook was the longest wait. We’ll definitely be exploring many variations on this theme in the near future. F
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