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Mince Pies and Mulled Wine
Today we made mince pies. I can’t remember making my own since I was small but I certainly eat enough of them every year (not until 1 December though). We made mincemeat to this recipe (which I think is Nigella’s): Hettie Potter’s suet-free mincemeat Makes about 2kg 250g soft dark sugar 250ml medium dry cider […]
Read More..>>Kippers
Tonight saw Stephen and I wandering aimlessly around the supermarket, tired, hungry and lacking in enthusiasm. That is until we happened upon these smoked kippers at the fish counter. We quickly decided we would take them home and have them with salad. Imagine our delight when we found they had been reduced and were only […]
Read More..>>Guacamole, Salsa and Chicken Fajitas
The title says it all really. We made guacamole to our usual recipe (avocado, red onion, lime juice, chilli, coriander, garlic, salt and pepper) and served it with some toasted corn wraps. We attempted to make salsa but it came out too watery (I caught Stephen drinking it when he thought I wasn’t looking) although […]
Read More..>>Steamed Fish
Stephen cooked a lovely dinner this evening of steamed sea bream which he had marinated in garlic, ginger, minced shallot, oyster sauce and soy sauce. It was topped with ginger, chilli and spring onions and steamed for 20 minutes. We served this with some steamed vegetables: cauliflower (not good), red pepper (ok), celery (surprisingly delicious) […]
Read More..>>Pork Chops and Stuffed Peppers
Last week we bought some long, red peppers that we thought would be nice stuffed. We didn’t get round to using them during the week so had them last night with some pork loin chops. The chops were rubbed with our usual garlic, rosemary and bay mix before being expertly fried by Stephen. The peppers […]
Read More..>>Pea Shoots
Tonight we made a rather disappointing stir-fry, we used the same method we used here but substituted chicken for beef. Something went wrong though because it just didn’t work, the flavours didn’t come together properly and I ended up having Marmite toast instead. We did however have some interesting pea shoots that we stir-fried with […]
Read More..>>Thai Green Curry
Not all that exciting because we make this a lot but this was a particularly good example. We used the reduced fat coconut milk again and I don’t think I’d have been able to tell if I didn’t know as the liquid was really creamy and tasty. We added some small, purple aubergines that we […]
Read More..>>Fish Pie
We’ve cooked fish pie a few times in the past but always with varying success. Today’s method was slightly different and more successful. Rather than poaching the fish in milk as we usually do we added it to the dish raw with some white sauce (which had been steeped with celery, carrot, shallots and capers), […]
Read More..>>Tomato and Basil Soup
We had some leftover tomatoes languishing in the bottom of the fridge so I turned them into soup for lunches next week. Roast some tomatoes, red peppers, red onions and garlic in the oven for about 40 minutes. Add some vegetable stock and basil. Blitz until smoothish. Eat 🙂
Read More..>>Fish, Potatoes and Tomatoes
We made this recently and were both pleased about how quick and easy it was. We decided to do it again tonight and add some red peppers and olives. The olives didn’t work very well but overall it was ok. Not as good as last time but ok.
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