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Chicken and Chilli and Basil
Another Monday, another chicken stir-fry. Make a paste with four cloves of garlic and two birds-eye chillis and fry. Add the leftover chicken and heat through, throw in the vegetables and holy basil and cook through. Add two tablespoons of soy sauce and two tablespoons of fish sauce. Put the lid on and cook for […]
Read More..>>Thai Green Curry with Chicken
Stephen had a busy day shopping in Chinatown on Saturday afternoon buying ingredients for Thai curry paste which he made up in the afternoon. We used the paste last night to make a green curry which was delicoulsy fragrant and zesty. We used reduced fat coconut milk for the first time to save some calories, […]
Read More..>>Teriyaki Salmon and Tempura Vegetables
I wanted to cook salmon in a sweet chilli rub this evening but couldn’t find a recipe for it, a quick look on BBC food threw up this recipe for teriyaki salmon which both Stephen and I thought sounded good. Stephen had the fantastic idea of making tempura vegetables to go with it so that’s […]
Read More..>>Lamb Chops with Red Onion Reduction
That sounds a bit “cheffy” doesn’t it but I don’t know what else to call this. We bought some lamb chops to eat last night but weren’t hungry enough and ended up eating cheese instead. We’d planned to have them tonight with sauteed potatoes but a friend of mine suggested this instead. Sautee some onions […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti with Parma Ham, Tomatoes and Mozarella
Another looong day at work today but I came home to find Stephen busy in the kitchen. I’d had an idea that the combination of roasted tomatoes, mozarella and parma ham would work well with spaghetti so we picked up the ingredients and put it together tonight. Neither of us had much time to think […]
Read More..>>Dinner Diary – One Year On
I had a loooong day at work today and Stephen went out so there was nothing of note happening chez Stephen and Kerri (unless a much-needed glass of wine and a slice of Marmite toast counts?) So, as I’m sitting here I thought I’d post anyway and started thinking about one of my favourite things […]
Read More..>>Rice Pudding
I made a rice pudding yesterday and almost burnt my mouth in my hurry to taste it as soon as it came out of the oven. Although it was hot, it wasn’t long before I realised I’d forgotten to add the sugar. I managed to rescue it today though by re-heating some with some extra […]
Read More..>>Rocket Pesto
Last night, we used some of the rocket pesto from the freezer but mixed it with some roasted tomatoes and some Emmett’s bacon that we bought when we were in Suffolk. The roasted tomatoes acted much like a tomato sauce and I think we’ll use this method when we next need some instead of fiddling […]
Read More..>>Stuffed Lamb
I was out after work this evening so Stephen was in charge of dinner. I got home to the smell of something sweet and roasty which turned out to be roasted sweet potato. This was the accompaniment to some brilliant stuffed lamb fillets which he served with roasted red pepper and, of course, the sweet […]
Read More..>>Squid, Scallop, Salmon and Prawn Stir-Fry…with Oysters
We’d vaguely planned a fish stir-fry for dinner this evening and Stephen volunteered to go shopping for the ingredients. I’d imagined some kind of white fish or possibly some salmon but he came home with a big bag from the fishmonger which included all of the above. He sauteed off the fish first before removing […]
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