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Individual Cauliflower Cheese!
This week has so far been all about using up leftover things from the weekend. We’d originally intended to make cauliflower cheese with bacon but I was worried that we’d be hungry later on so decided to forgo the bacon for chicken instead. We roasted some chicken thighs with some onion, garlic and thyme but […]
Read More..>>Muffins
Both Stephen and I were out last night and today we both had big lunches so not a lot of cooking happening. We did however make muffins this evening to take to brunch at Stephen’s sister tomorrow. Mmmm, muffiny 🙂
Read More..>>Indian Herby Lamb Chops and Spinach Pilaf
Although we somehow missed the television show, we recently purchased Anjum Anand’s “Indian Food Made Easy” after drooling over it in the book shop. I haven’t really eaten a lot of Indian food but Stephen is a big fan and has been encouraging me to acquaint myself with the cuisine and learn about the methods […]
Read More..>>Harissa Chicken with Roasted Vegetable Couscous
We didn’t really put a lot of thought into tonight’s dinner, after Saturday’s pie extravaganza we were left with two chicken portions which we’d earmarked for this evening. We vaguely thought about stir-fry but we’ve eaten so much of it lately that it didn’t really appeal. Stephen mentioned harissa last night and a vague plan […]
Read More..>>Rabbit Casserole
We’ve only cooked rabbit once before because we find it so difficult to track down in the shops; last time we managed to find a tame rabbit in Selfridges Food Hall and it’s probably the most expensive piece of meat we’ve ever cooked. Imagine my delight when my mum told me she’d found someone locally […]
Read More..>>Chicken and Leek Pie
Stephen and I went to visit my mum this weekend and decided to make pie for dinner. As my nieces were also coming to visit, we thought we’d make them a pie of their own and put their names on the top. There were seven of us in total so we bought two chickens and […]
Read More..>>Carbonara
Please excuse the rubbish picture; Stephen is out this evening and I haven’t quite got to grips with this whole lighting thing. Also, I was hungry and this didn’t strike me as the kind of dish that should sit around for too long while I faffed about with f-stops and appertures. I didn’t have anything […]
Read More..>>Risotto with Chorizo and Onion Squash
We had some friends over for Thai food on Saturday night (the pictures were terrible hence the lack of post) and served some steamed onion squash with our green curry. It wasn’t a particularly big squash but, as always seems to be the way, there was loads left over so we decided to roast it […]
Read More..>>Chicken Stir Fry
I know. I toyed with not posting it because it’s appeared so many times before but that’s not what Dinner Diary is all about. So, apologetically, I give you chicken stir-fry. It contained all the usual ingredients and was cooked in pretty much the same way we usually cook it. We hereby promise to cook […]
Read More..>>Pesto
Stephen is out playing cricket today and I had planned on a quick lunch of spaghetti and puttanesca from the freezer. When I finally found the sauce buried at the back I saw that there were actually two servings and, not wanting to eat for two or let any any go to waste, I left […]
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