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Cumberland Sausages and Mashed Potatoes
Tonight, we had planned to make beef stroganoff but when we came to cook it we found the beef wasn’t in good shape. So, we made a quick dash to the deli to find something else. Our choices were fairly limited so we resorted to sausages. And boy am I glad we did. They were […]
Read More..>>Happy Pancake Day!
Wow, two food festivals in one week! Tonight, we made pancakes. Stephen had a variety, one with leftover meatballs, one with lemon and sugar and this one, that I made for him. Chocolate spread with raspberries. I thought of it too late though so the raspberries were still frozen. This would have been ok if […]
Read More..>>Potatoes and Chorizo
We have a glut of potatoes and some leftover chorizo so decided to make a sort of patatas bravas type-thingy. It was my idea but Stephen actually cooked it, I think he basically fried off the par-boiled potatoes and removed them from the pan. Cooked the onion and chorizo with some garlic, threw the potatoes […]
Read More..>>Meatballs with Spaghetti and Spicy Tomato Sauce
We had an interesting trip to the butcher last week, we needed some beef mince to make something or other so the nice butcher man (who we think is called Paul though we are yet to confirm this) weighed it out and got on with finding the other things we needed. When he came to […]
Read More..>>Vietnamese and Laotian Food for Chinese New Year
For Chinese new year, we decided to cook Vietnamese and Laotian food. Makes perfect sense, doesn’t it? I realised that we had our ingredients laid out a little like the “store cupboard” photograph that seems standard fodder for the introduction section of many cookbooks, so I took a picture: First course was squid served with […]
Read More..>>Crumpets
For breakfast this morning, we had crumpets with bacon and cheese followed by crumpets with honey. Yum. This picture doesn’t really do it justice though, I had the settings wrong. G
Read More..>>Mussels
We’ve been meaning to make this for ages but, for some reason, haven’t got round to it. I’m glad we finally did though because it was really tasty and so simple. Fry onions (or shallots) in some butter, add the mussels with some wine and garlic. Cook for about four minutes. Remove mussels, turn up […]
Read More..>>Valentine Dinner
Kerri and I planned a Valentine’s dinner – she planned the starter and dessert and I planned the main course. We only found out what each other had planned when we started preparing it on the day. Very exciting! First was scallops with chorizo and salad leaves. These went well together; maybe the chorizo could […]
Read More..>>Happy Valentine’s Day
For breakfast, I made heart shaped cranberry and orange muffins. G
Read More..>>Chicken and Artichoke and Mushroom Pie
This started off in our heads as a casserole but, somewhere along the line, became a pie, and a tasty pie at that. We started off by browning the chicken and removing it from the pan, next we softened some onion, garlic, celery and carrot. Then we threw in the mushrooms (chestnut, white and another […]
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