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Quiche
I toyed with titling this post “Leek, Bacon and Gruyere Tarlet” or something similarly “foodie” but decided I’d stick to what it actually is, which is quiche. I’m not sure if I’ve ever cooked this before; I have a very vague memory of cooking Quiche Lorraine in Home Economics at school but since I’ve managed […]
Read More..>>Asparagus Pesto
I had no idea if this was going to work, partly because I’ve never seen asparagus pesto before and partly because my previous experience of trying to make pesto in our Tragimix (or Mini Magimix to give it it’s real name) was very trying. We had about eight stems of very tired looking asparagus lurking […]
Read More..>>Jamie’s Lamb
Stephen’s family came to visit on Saturday and we’d originally planned to barbecue a leg of lamb since we’d enjoyed it so much last time. Unfortunately, the weather let us down so we opted to cook Jamie’s lamb shoulder again. This time, as there were so many of us, we got to use a whole […]
Read More..>>Deja Vu… times two…
Since cooking the spaghetti with anchovies on Wednesday, we’ve eaten it again twice. Stephen cooked it on Thursday with asparagus and then I had the original version again on Friday. We’ve tweaked it slightly by using better anchovies and more chilli but the basic recipe remains the same. This doesn’t make for very interesting reading […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti with Anchovies, Garlic, Chilli, Lemon and Basil
I had a spaghetti craving last night and while thinking about what to cook for dinner this evening, we came up with this. While the spaghetti was boiling, Stephen fried some garlic and chilli. After a few minutes, he added the anchovies and cooked them down. When the spaghetti was cooked, we threw the garlic, […]
Read More..>>Asparagus Spaghetti
We weren’t sure what to eat tonight so I had a quick look online and this recipe from Waitrose caught my eye; the picture looked good, the flavours sounded interesting and Stephen agreed so we were all set. It was really disappointing though, there was very little flavour and the overall taste was bitter and […]
Read More..>>My Favourite Sandwich
It wasn’t exactly a secret since I’ve posted about it before but I suppose it’s one of those things that doesn’t come up in conversation very often and I don’t really mention it either. The truth is though that I love fishfingers. They remind me of being small but I’m not sure why as we […]
Read More..>>Chocolate Brownies
We were invited to a barbecue today and I offered to make cheesecake. When it came to making it though I realised that I’d actually left the base of the tin at my mum’s place so we had to improvise. I originally made these particular brownies in June of last year and took them in […]
Read More..>>Barbecue!
It was 20 degrees on Saturday so we thought it was about time we dusted off the barbecue and put it to work. We spent most of last week deciding what to cook but settled on lamb chops since they’re our favourite thing to eat from the barbecue. We marinated them in parsley, mint, coriander, […]
Read More..>>Vegetable Stir-Fry
Stephen cooked this for himself on Thursday night, I was out eating steak which was also supposed to go into this dish but apparently it didn’t smell too good. So vegetables it was, and nuts and noodles by the look of the picture.
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