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Smoked Mackerel Tart, Salad, Mince Pies and Sparkling Wine
One of the best things I discovered on holiday was the fish snoek. I had it plain, smoked, in salad, fried, deep fried and as pate. Stephen’s mum also made a brilliant snoek tart. Sadly, snoek isn’t available here so we tried to recreate the tart using mackerel. It worked really well. There’s also spinach […]
Read More..>>Lasagne
We’re back! December has been an eventful month for us, we moved house, went on holiday and had Christmas. Tonight, we had lasagne. I’ve been craving it for a couple of days and Stephen had a horrible version of it on the plane, a situation which was rectified here. It was good, and Stephen’s cheddar […]
Read More..>>Pork Chops with Mashed Swede and Roasted Butternut
We’re kind of in limbo at the moment, no vegetable box to plan our meals around, no weekly menu plan to work to and barely any food in the house. This is partly due to our recent move but also, partly due to the fact that we are GOING ON HOLIDAY on Wednesday 🙂 So, […]
Read More..>>Roast Chicken with Champagne Gravy
So, we’re all moved into the new place now and to celebrate, we cooked a roast chicken. It was also a trial run to see how the oven works ahead of our Christmas Dinner. I am pleased to report that it works very well and helped to produce a splendid dinner. Chicken, roasted with garlic, […]
Read More..>>Ostriches with CHEESY-LEEKY-BUTTERY-MASHED-POTATOES with Cauliflower and Peas
We’re moving on Friday. To a better flat but a smaller freezer. This is painful for me. I like to freeze things for emergencies. Part of the getting-used-to-not-having-a-freezer has been using up all the old stuff, which has been good because a lot of it I had forgotten was there. I figure you’re not so […]
Read More..>>Pasta and Pesto with Bacon and Broad Beans
The normal vegetable box saga has been replaced with the freezer saga. We’re moving next week and therefore need to use up the contents of the freezer. It’s been ok so far, I’m not sure how we’re going to get through the never-ending supply of bacon but that should make next week interesting. Tonight, we […]
Read More..>>My Pie!
Kerri was at home today and when I got back from work she had cooked a pie. Not just any pie, it said “Stephen’s Pie” in letters on the crust. It was brilliant. And not only did it look brilliant, it tasted brilliant too. Because I’m nice, I let Kerri have some of my pie. […]
Read More..>>Bacon and Leek Gratin
We had four leeks to use up and, having discussed various things to do with them, decided on a sort-of gratin. It contained leeks, lardons, potatoes, cheese, creme fraiche, milk, nutmeg and salt and pepper. It was really good, we had it with winter greens and I think we’ll have it again very soon.
Read More..>>Cheese
As is quite usual for a Friday, Stephen and I both had big lunches. Unusually, there was a food fair near our office at which there was a good selection of cheeses. We bought Godminster Cheddar and Vacherin Mont d’Or. So, that’s what we had to eat this evening, with a selection of crackers and […]
Read More..>>Beef Burgundy
I cooked this on Monday night, we were supposed to eat it last night but we went out and there was food there. We had it for lunch today, it wasn’t bad as a first attempt but needs some more thought. This is the recipe I followed: Burgundy Beef 1 pack braising steak Butter Olive […]
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