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Spicy Lentils with Chorizo
I spotted some Brindisa cooking chorizo in my local deli last week and picked it up without having a definite plan for it. It’s been calling to me every time I open the fridge and today, with nothing else planned for dinner, it was a welcome addition to the fridge. I started wondering how it […]
Read More..>>Toad In the Hole
We spent the weekend at my mum’s and she had planned sausages and mashed potatoes for dinner last night, it turned out to be a busy day though so we opted for fish and chips instead. That left us with a surplus of sausages which Stephen and I brought home with us and turned into […]
Read More..>>Marmalade
Check us and our new found, Flickr tools! We vaguely talked about making marmalade earlier in the year but couldn’t find any Seville oranges. I was secretly quite pleased about that as it seemed like an awful lot of work for something only eaten at the weekends (we tend to eat cereal during the week). […]
Read More..>>Hamburgers and Chips
Having decided on hamburgers for dinner, we started thinking about what kind of meat to use. A quick Google search suggested chuck steak was the best option and luckily enough the butcher had some and was happy to mince it for me. I asked him if he would recommend any other cuts but he said […]
Read More..>>Slow Roast Pork Shoulder
I know, it looks dry doesn’t it? It was a little dry but not quite as bad as the photograph suggests. We didn’t follow a recipe for this and really should have as it didn’t turn out as well as it could have. We slow roasted the pork on top of some vegetables for six […]
Read More..>>Franco Manca
I’ve heard a lot about Franco Manca since it opened last year so was looking forward to my visit with Niamh and Lizzie . It’s only open at lunchtime and its in Brixton which has made it difficult for any of us to get there before. Despite meeting at the tube station at the arranged […]
Read More..>>Red Lentil Lasagne
For someone who previously said they’re not a big fan of lentils and beans, I seem to be cooking with them a lot lately. Now I understand them a bit better, I’m really starting to enjoy the flavour and texture they bring to a dish. The other great thing about them is that it’s so […]
Read More..>>Chicken Stir-Fry
As happens pretty often on a Monday, we planned to eat leftovers from yesterday’s roast only to find that there wassn’t actually anything left over. A quick scramble through the freezer revealed very little in the way of inspiration, other than one, small, sad looking chicken breast. I braved the rain this afternoon to buy […]
Read More..>>The Narrow
On Saturday, I had luch at The Narrow, Gordon Ramsay’s pub in Limehouse. We were in a large group and were seated in the conservatory which was lovely as the sun came streaming in through the windows, not so lovely half an hour later when we were all overheating and there weren’t any blinds to […]
Read More..>>Beef and Two Bean Chilli
As UK readers will know, most of London had a Snow Day today. The last time I remember such a day I was eight and, running low on food supplies, we had to trudge to the top of the road to the local shop. It took us two hours to walk what would normally take […]
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