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Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce and Scallops
Stephen cooked this last night and I’m sure he won’t mind me saying that it didn’t turn out quite as planned. He had intended to use prawns but couldn’t find any and used scallops instead. The delicate flavour of the scallops didn’t really stand up to the tomato sauce and they became a bit lost, […]
Read More..>>Smoked Mackerel with Butter Beans and Kale
I cooked these beans on Sunday with the intention of adding some white fish today. At the last minute, Stephen suggested we have mackerel instead and that worked out much better than I imagine the white fish would have. The mustard in the beans cut through the oiliness of the mackerel very well and the […]
Read More..>>Slow Roast Shoulder of Pork – Leftovers
We only cooked a quarter shoulder yesterday and even though we ate plenty, we were still left with enough pork to serve another four people. A pretty good position to be in, in my opinion. I love leftovers and try as often as I can to make sure we have some, if they don’t get […]
Read More..>>Slow Roast Shoulder of Pork
Slow roast shoulder of lamb is one of our most favourite things to cook and one of the things that gets the most hits on Dinner Diary. We’ve tried a couple of times to create something similar with pork shoulder but never really succeeded in getting anywhere close. It’s been a while since we last […]
Read More..>>Chilli and Baked Potatoes
If we have a Saturday at home, we usually like to take the opportunity to cook something new. We were at home today but we had a long list of chores to get through and needed something that would sit happily in the oven while we got on with other things. The other thing is […]
Read More..>>Jamie’s Sausage Pasta
This recipe comes from Jamie’s new 30 Minute Meals book which we were sent recently. It’s always the pasta recipes that catch my eye when paging through Jamie’s books and, having highlighted this one and with no plans for dinner, it seemed like a good option for a rainy Tuesday night. I actually saw him […]
Read More..>>Thai Chicken Noodle Soup
We had a roast chicken on Sunday and, of course, there were leftovers. We normally turn these into chicken curry but I was keen to try this Nigella recipe that I’d seen her make on TV recently. We forgot the vegetables and played around with the recipe (adding lemongrass and fish sauce) and it was […]
Read More..>>Pizza Party
Last Saturday, Stephen’s sister, her husband and their little girl came over for lunch. We thought Stephen’s niece might enjoy making pizza so we made up a huge batch of dough and some tomato sauce and laid out lots of toppings for everyone to choose from. I’d intended to experiment with a blue cheese and […]
Read More..>>Piccalilli
We watched Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Everyday programme last week and it reminded us that we had planned to make piccalilli this year, in time for Christmas. Since we had a quiet weekend planned, we added the ingredients to our shopping list and made it up on Sunday afternoon. Aside from the overnight salting, it was quick […]
Read More..>>Cavolo Nero Pasta
Another week without any posts. This is becoming embarassing. And, as is usual when this happens, there isn’t anything particularly worth waiting for. This had potential but I can’t quite remember what that potential was since it was so long ago that we ate it. There was chilli, garlic and anchovies in here, along with […]
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