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Mexican Bean Wraps
Another dinner cooked by Stephen. I’m not sure exactly what he did but we cooked the beans last night and then today he added them to some onion, chilli and garlic and re-fried them. Served with guacamole and some smoked cheese inside corn tortillas.
Read More..>>Wedding Food
Stephen’s cousin got married on Saturday and at the reception we ate a goats cheese tart with caramelised onions and a red onion chutney followed by roast lamb with wild mushrooms and fondant potato. Dessert began with a creme brulee with strawberries and a sugary tuille and was followed by home-made tablet. All of the […]
Read More..>>Prawns in Dark Sauce
I know it’s been quiet around here lately. We have been eating but it’s mostly been food from the freezer and we haven’t had much time for posting. We actually ate this last Monday but it was good enough that I still remember it. I worked late and Stephen cooked this ready for my return […]
Read More..>>Mexican Steak and Green Poblano Rice
For a while now we have been cooking Mexican food on and off. We started with the usual fajitas, tacos, chill con carne, guacamole, etc, using recipes that friends had recommended or that we had found somewhere on the world wide internets. While some of these turned out really well, we eventually felt that we […]
Read More..>>Lamb Ragu
When I originally thought this up, I had planned to use leftover lamb. I didn’t get round to it earlier in the week though so Stephen ended up taking Sunday’s leftovers to work as sandwiches. I had a day off from work today though so adjusted my plan slightly to use a lamb shank. Lamb […]
Read More..>>Roast Lamb
I planned something using leftover lamb for tomorrow night’s dinner but a later shift means I won’t have enough time to do it now so it’s gone on the “to cook” list, (which should be renamed “where ideas go to die”). Since we don’t need enough for tomorrow but still fancied lamb, we opted for […]
Read More..>>Colston Bassett Stilton
Yes, we did eat rather a lot last night but it was unavoidable. We put some samples of Colston Bassett Stilton out for customers to try in the shop yesterday afternoon and the smell drove me so mad that I had to buy some to take home. It isn’t Scottish cheese so it didn’t really […]
Read More..>>Haggis
After half our haggis was put to good use in our sausage rolls, we used the rest for traditional haggis with neeps and tatties. While this was good (although it doesn’t look that interesting) we both wished we had just made more sausage rolls instead.
Read More..>>Haggis Sausage Rolls
Last year, we made Scottage Pie, using haggis as the filling. It was a partial success but the inside (which was purely haggis) was a little too dry and dense. This year, we thought about doing the same again but combining the haggis with some kind of mince. Somewhere along the way, this idea transformed […]
Read More..>>Cheese and Marmite Crumpets
Helen’s recent post about homemade crumpets coincided with the rekindling of our love for them. We eat them now and again but not regularly, once we’ve got through one packet though it usually isn’t too long until we reach for another until we tire of them and then repeat the process a little while later. […]
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