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Fish Braai
Another sunny and warm weekend so another barbeque. Two actually. On Saturday, we picked up some prawns, a rainbow trout, a red mullet and a sea bream to barbeque. The prawns were marinated in olive oil, lime, chilli and garlic. The other fishes were brushed with oil and stuffed with rosemary, lemon and bay. It […]
Read More..>>Camargue Red Rice Salad with Feta Cheese
We’ve had this rice in the cupboard for a while but haven’t really known what to do with it so tonight we tried this Delia Smith recipe. It was tasty but not brilliant; there was a lot of raw onion, shallot and garlic in it which made it quite sharp. The rice itself was highly […]
Read More..>>Salmon with Salsa Verde
The warm weather is definitely having an affect on our eating habits. No longer are we craving casserole or pie but instead lighter, fresher food. Tonight we went for salmon with salsa verde and salad. The salsa verde was just mint, parsley, capers, anchovies and garlic all pounded up and spread between the pieces of […]
Read More..>>Pimms
Another warm day, another barbeque. This time with steaks. And Pimms.
Read More..>>First Barbecue Of The Year
This Easter weekend saw the temperature in London reach 20 degrees. To celebrate, Stephen and I barbecued. To start with, we had prawns marinated in garlic, chilli, oil and lime juice: We followed this with garlic and rosemary lamb chops, corn on the cob, roasted butternut with spinach and feta and salad: It was all […]
Read More..>>Happy Easter!
Spring Is In The Air
Spring is one of my favourite times of year. Since becoming more interested in food, we’ve been eating seasonally and locally. We make a real effort to only eat British and, as far as possible, to buy local produce. This can be limiting; winter is tough as the choice of produce is much less but […]
Read More..>>Ice Cream
Probably my favourite ice cream comes from Marine Ices in Chalk Farm. I first found it on a late night excursion with my best friend who told me how she used to have her birthday parties there when she was small, the best part about it being the ice-cream birthday cake that they served. Stephen […]
Read More..>>Jersey Royals
Tonight, we used up the leftover pork that we roasted yesterday. We had some leftover cauliflower cheese and salad that Stephen made a brilliant honey and mustard dressing to go with (honey, Dijon, olive oil, cider vinegar and salt) and the first Jersey Royals of the season. I’m not a huge fan of new potatoes […]
Read More..>>Lettuce
Stephen and I have a small courtyard garden, we haven’t had any outside space at all before so this is quite exciting for us. As we like to cook, it made sense to plant some vegetables and herbs. We’ve got a small trough with thyme, sage and rosemary; some pots with mint and lavender and […]
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