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Salmon and Leek Quiche
It was my niece’s second birthday party yesterday afternoon. We knew there would be lots of tasty party food on offer so, in order to avoid overdosing on chocolate Fingers and fairy cakes, we thought we would eat a reasonable sized lunch before we went. We used ready-made pastry again as we still haven’t summoned […]
Read More..>>Sandra’s Christmas Puddings
I’ve never made a Christmas pudding before, as a child I didn’t really like it and have only come to appreciate it in the last few years. I was keen to make my own this year so started looking around for recipes when my mum mentioned that her very good friend Sandra made very good […]
Read More..>>Shortbread
Part one of our Christmas-Present-Experiment. These didn’t turn out too badly for a first attempt but I think I over-cooked them, I’ll reduce the cooking time to 10-12 minutes next time. We used this recipe which was very easy to follow but I had some trouble “mixing into a smooth paste”.
Read More..>>Parkin
Like many other bloggers, we decided to make parkin in honour of Guy Fawke’s Night. Neither of us had eaten it before so weren’t sure what to expect, the combination of ginger and cinammon sounded irresistable though so off we went to purchase the huge amounts of sugar, butter, treacle and syrup we needed. I […]
Read More..>>Stir Fried Beef with Green Beans and Basil
This was very quick and simple to make, perfect for a cold, wet, Monday: 1 red chilli, chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped Tablespoon ginger, chopped 3/4 red pepper, sliced Handful green beans, chopped Medium steak, sliced Tablespoon soy sauce Tablespoon fish sauce Four tablespoon stock 10 basil leaves Pound together the chilli, garlic and ginger […]
Read More..>>Figs with Tallegio Cheese and Parma Ham
It was Stephen’s birthday yesterday so we decided to cook a special dinner at home. He requested roast beef as that’s what he always had for his birthday dinner when he was small. He also requested a starter which was quite difficult to decide upon as roast beef is quite heavy and we didn’t want […]
Read More..>>Baked Potatoes and Chilli
I know, baked potatoes again but we do have a big bag to get through and I’ve never had chilli with baked potatoes before. And it’s cold out and I’ve had a horrible day so this seemed like the very best kind of comfort food. I made the chilli yesterday during my mammoth day of […]
Read More..>>Chicken Casserole
I was home from work today so decided to use the time wisely and do some batch cooking. We bought a whole chicken yesterday which Stephen jointed last night, saving the carcass for stock. I made an early start on the stock so that I could use it in today’s casserole and when it was […]
Read More..>>Baked Potatoes
Stephen and I were away this weekend and arrived home last night. We’ve eaten a fair amount over the past few days so decided on something simple and relatively plain: baked potatoes with pancetta, cheese and mustard. We scooped out the filling and combined it with the grated cheese, mustard and crispy pancetta then piled […]
Read More..>>Parmesan Parsnips
I love parsnips and apart from the risotto we made recently, we haven’t had any for ages. We bought these last week with no particular idea about what we were going to do with them and they’ve been in the fridge ever since. I decided to steam them and then roast them in the oven […]
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