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Thai Red Curry with Chicken and Vegetables
The peanut sauce we made on Wednesday required one teaspoon or red curry paste which seemed like a lot of mortaring and pestling for such a small amount. Luckily Stephen remembered that we’d bought some paste at Oriental City before it closed down so we used that instead. There was obviously lots leftover so we […]
Read More..>>2009 Resolutions
Generally, I’m not one for making resolutions. January can seem like such a dull month after the excitement of Christmas: it’s cold, the days are short and most people are inevitably trying to eat healthily after the excesses of the previous month. It just doesn’t seem like the right time to go on a diet/get […]
Read More..>>Chocolate Mousse with Coffee Baileys
Shortly before Christmas the people at Baileys asked us if we would like to receive a bottle of their “Baileys with a hint of coffee” to use while cooking, I knew my mum would love it so accepted their kind offer. Unfortunately we forgot to take it away with us for Christmas so my mum […]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken
As I’ve mentioned numerous times before, this is one of our favourite dishes and seemed a fitting start to the new year. The jars of goose fat sitting in the fridge (leftover from our pre-Christmas dinner) needed some attention and I’ve been craving roast potatoes since Boxing Day. Last New Year’s Day, we bravely attempted […]
Read More..>>Farewell 2008
This was a post we meant to make last year but didn’t get round to. Part of the principle behind Dinner Diary is to post every meal even if it’s dull or we’ve made it a lot before or it doesn’t come out right. This doesn’t always make for the most interesting read but it’s […]
Read More..>>The Hinds Head
Like most people, we’re a bit fed up with thinking about food. This means that we’ve eaten out most days this week as we’re both lacking in inspiration and motivation to get into the kitchen. We’re also avoiding the leftovers that we know we need to do something with but just can’t summon up the […]
Read More..>>Mushroom Ragu
I’ve had this recipe in my “to cook” file for a while, I found it online with with the promise that it’s vegetarian yet hearty enough to satisfy a meat eater. We’re always on the lookout for meat-free dishes and this sounded promising, I have to admit to being skeptical about the satisfaction part though. […]
Read More..>>Pot Roasted Pheasant
This is another recipe from Nigel Slater’s Kitchen Diaries which unfortunately didn’t work out as well as the previous quail dish. The pheasant is browned in oil and removed from the dish, then some vegetables (celery, garlic, carrots and sage) are added along with the vermouth. The pheasant is returned to the pan and the […]
Read More..>>Mince Pies
Yesterday we spent the day decorating the house and the tree. It seemed fitting to have some mince pies while we did so and luckily we had some mincemeat in the fridge that we’d made a week or so ago, to our usual recipe. We didn’t quite get the sizes right, our cutters were either […]
Read More..>>Pancetta, Butternut and Chestnut Risotto
We bought some chestnuts last week without really knowing what to do with them so I spent a little time looking for recipes online. I found a Jamie Oliver risotto recipe that I liked the sound of but it sounded pretty complicated so we decided to take the basic elements and do our own version. […]
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